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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AATCC	American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
ABD	American Business Directory
ACGIH	American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
ADC	Average Daily Concentration
AFCEE	Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
ALP	Alkaline Phosphatase
ALT	Alanine Aminotransferase
API	American Petroleum Institute
AQUIRE	Aquatic Toxicity Information Retrieval Database
AST	Aspartate Aminotransferase
ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials
ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
AU	Azeotropic Unit
AWWA	American Water Works Association
BAAQMD	Bay Area Air Quality Management District
BCF	Bioconcentration Factor
BLS	Bureau of Labor Statistics
CA	Carbon Adsorber
CAA	Clean Air Act
CAPB	Cocoamidopropyl Betaine
CARB	California EPA's Air Resources Board
CAS	Chemical Abstracts Service
CBH	City of Beverly Hills
CC	Concern concentration
CCRIS	Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System
CEB	Chemical Engineering Branch, OPPT, USEPA
CEC	Center for Emissions Control
CED	Certified Environmental Drycleaner
CEPA	California Environmental Protection Agency
CERCLA	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CESQG	Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator
CFC	Chlorofluorocarbon
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CG	Cellulose Gum
CGA	Compressed Gas Association
CIR	Cosmetic Ingredient Review
CMC	Carboxymethylcellulose
CNT	Center for Neighborhood Technologies
CO₂	Carbon Dioxide
CRWQCB	California Regional Water Quality Control Board
CTFA	Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association
CTSA	Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment
CU	Consumers Union
CWA	Clean Water Act
DC	Drycleaning
DCA	Dichloroacetic acid
DDT	Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DEA	Diethanolamide
DfE	Design for the Environment
DL	Detection Limit
DMBA	Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
DO/PU	Drop-off/Pick-up
EC	Effective Concentration
ED	Exposure Duration
ED₁₀	Expected Dose at which 10% of the group will respond
EEG	Electroencephalogram
EIA	Energy Information Administration
EPI	Estimation Programs Interface
EWCC	European Wetcleaning Committee
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FEL	Frank Effect Level
FKDA	Federation of Korean Drycleaners Associations
FTC	Federal Trade Commission
GEMS	Graphical Exposure Modeling System
GGT	Gamma Glutamyltransferase
GRAS	Generally Recognized As Safe
GSD	Geometric Standard Deviation
HAP	Hazardous Air Pollutant
HC	Hydrocarbon
HCFC	Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
HEC	Hydroxyethylcellulose
HPC	Hydroxypropylcellulose
HPMC	Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
HQ	Hazard Quotient
HSDB	Hazardous Substances Data Bank
HSIA	Halogenated Solvents Industries Alliance
IARC	International Agency for Research on Cancer
IDEM	Indiana Department of Environmental Management
IDLH	Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
IFI	International Fabricare Institute
IRIS	Integrated Risk Information System
ISCLT	Industrial Source Complex Long Term
KSBEAP	Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
LADC	Lifetime Average Daily Concentration
LADD	Lifetime Average Daily Dose
LAE	Linear Alcohol Ethoxylate
LC	Lethal Concentration
LD	Lethal Dose
LDH	Lactic Acid Dehydrogenase
LEL	Lower Explosive Limit
LOAEL	Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level
LOWWT	Low Weight
LQG	Large Quantity Generator
LT	Lifetime
MACT	Maximum Available Control Technology
MC	Methylcellulose
MCL	Maximum Contaminant Level
MDEQ	Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
MHS	Municipal Health Service
MNNG	N-methyl-N’-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine
MOE	Margin of Exposure
MPBPVP	Melting Point, Boiling Point, Vapor Pressure
MWC	Machine Wetcleaning
NAG	n-acetyl-glucosaminidase
NCAI	Neighborhood Cleaners Association International
NCI	National Cancer Institute
NCP	National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan
NESCAUM	Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
NESHAP	National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NFPA	National Fire Protection Association
NHOU	North Hollywood Operable Unit
NIOSH	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NMRI	Strain of mouse (U.S. Naval Medical Research Institution)
NOAEL	No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level
NOEC	No-Observed-Effect Concentration
NOES	National Occupational Exposure Survey
NPDES	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NSPS	New source performance standard
NTP	National Toxicology Program
NU	Nucleotidase
NYCDOH	New York City Department of Health
NYSDEC	New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NYSDOH	New York State Department of Health
OAQPS	Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, USEPA
OCIS OSHA	Computerized Information System
ODEM	Occupational Dermal Exposure Model
ODEQ	Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
OPPT	Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, USEPA
ORD	Office of Research and Development, USEPA
OSH	Occupational Safety and Health Act
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PCE	Perchloroethylene
PDR	Potential Dose Rate
PEL	Permissible Exposure Limit
PGME	Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether
POTW	Publicly Owned Treatment Works
ppb	parts per billion
PPERC	Pollution Prevention Education and Research Center
PPI-CE	Producer Price Index for Capital Equipment
PPI-Chem	Producer Price Index for Chemicals and Allied Products
ppm	parts per million
PRP	Potentially Responsible Party
QA	Quality Assurance
QC	Quality Control
QSAR	Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
RC	Refrigerated Condenser
RCRA	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
REL	Recommended Exposure Limit
RfC	Reference Concentration
RfD	Reference Dose
RTECS	Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
RTL	Research Testing Laboratories
SAB	Science Advisory Board
SAR	Structure-Activity Relationship
SARA	Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SARA	Small Business Assistance Program
SD	Standard Deviation
SDWA	Safe Drinking Water Act
SGOT	Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase
SGPT	Serum Glutamate Pyrurate Transaminase
SIAM SIDS	Information Assessment Meeting
SIAR SIDS	Initial Assessment Report
SIC	Standard Industrial Classification
SIDS	Screening Information Data Set
SIU	Significant Industrial User
SLI	Sodium Lauryl Isethionate
SQG	Small Quantity Generator
SRC	Syracuse Research Corporation
SRI	Stanford Research Institute
SRRP	Source Reduction Research Partnership
SSD	Statistically Significant Difference
STEL	Short-term Exposure Limit
STORET	Storage and Retrieval of U.S. Waterways Parametric Data System
STP	Sewage Treatment Plant
SWDA	Solid Waste Disposal Act
TCA	Trichloroacetic Acid
TCE	Trichloroethylene
TCLP	Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
TCVC	Trichlorovinylcysteine
TCVG	Trichlorovinylglutathione
TEAM	Total Exposure Assessment Methodology
TLV	Threshold Limit Value
TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act
TSDF	Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
TURI	Toxic Use Reduction Institute
TWA	Time-Weighted Average
UCLA	University of California at Los Angeles
UEL	Upper Explosive Limit
UF	Uncertainty Factor
UIC	Underground Injection Control
USDHHS	United States Department of Health and Human Services
USEPA	United States Environmental Protection Agency
UST	Underground Storage Tank
UV	Ultraviolet
VOC	Volatile Organic Chemical
WC	Wetcleaning
WEF	Water Environment Federation
WHO	World Health Organization

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