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
