Acronyms
- AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction
- AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- ANSI - American National Standards Institute
- API - American Petroleum Institute
- ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- BPVC - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
- CCPS - Center for Chemical Process Safety
- CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
- CGA - Compressed Gas Association
- DoD - U.S. Department of Defense
- DOE - U.S. Department of Energy
- DOT - U.S. Department of Transportation
- EAP - Emergency Action Plan
- ERP - Emergency Response Plan
- ES&H - Environmental Safety and Health
- FMEA - Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
- HAZOP - Hazard and Operability Analysis
- HHV - Higher heating value
- ICC - International Code Council
- ICS - Incident Command System
- ISM - Integrated Safety Management
- ISO - International Organization for Standardization
- LEL - Lower Explosive Limit
- LFL - Lower Flammability Limit
- LHV - Lower heating value
- LPG - Liquefied petroleum gas
- MOC - Management of Change
- MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet
- MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
- NTP - Normal Temperature and Pressure
- O&M - Operations and Maintenance
- OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- PNNL - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
- PRD - Pressure Relief Device
- QA - Quality Assurance
- SCF - Standard cubic feet
- SIN - Safe approach; Identify the hazardous material; Notify the proper authorities
- SME - Subject Matter Expert
- STD - Standard
- VPP - Voluntary Protection Program