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AA
Attainment Area – a region meeting applicable federal ambient air quality standards
ABS
American Bureau of Shipping (Company that inspects marine facilities and ships for safety hazards)
ACC
American Chemical Council – chemical industry trade organization
ACH
Air Changes per Hour
ACL
Alternate Concentration Limit
ACGIH
American Conference of Governmental & Industrial Hygienists, organization is noted for setting new threshold limit values for chemicals.
ACM
Asbestos Containing Material
ACWM
Asbestos Containing Waste Material
AD
Area Director, OSHA manager that runs an area office
Administrative Order
A legal document signed by EPA directing an individual, business, or other entity to take corrective action or refrain from an activity.
AHERA
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AIChE
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AIHA
American Industrial Hygiene Association
AIHC
American Industrial Hygiene Council
Air Exceedence
Emission into the air above the limits contained in permits or applicable regulations
ALJ
Administrative Law Judge, first person that will usually hear and decide on a contested OSHA, EPA, etc. citation.
Alternate Security Program
A third-party or industry organization developed standard that the Commandant has determined provides an equivalent level of security to that established by this subchapter.
AMS Security Assessment
Area Maritime Security an analysis that examines and evaluates the infrastructure and operates of a port taking into account possible threats, vulnerabilities and existing protective measures, procedures and operations.
AMS Security Committee
Committee established pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 70112(a)(2)(A). This committee can be the Port Security Committee established pursuant to Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 09-02, available from the cognizant Captain of the Port (COTP).
AMS Plan
Plan developed pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 70103(b). This plan may be the Port Security plan developed pursuant to NVIC 09-02 provided it meets the requirements of part 103 of the subchapter.
AMSPEC
Computerized piping data record keeping and analysis system
ANPG
Advanced Notice of Proposed Guidance or Guidelines
ANPRM
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making
ANSI
American National Standards Institute, a standards setting organization comprised of industry, governmental, trade, insurance and other professional organizations.
ANWR
Artic National Wildlife Refuge
AOPL
Association of Oil Pipe Lines
AOR
Area of Responsibility. The Coast Guard area, district, marine inspection zone or COTP zone described in 33 CFR part 3.
API
American Petroleum Institute
API 650
Recommended Practices for Welded Steal Tanks for Oil Storage
API 653
Recommended Practice for Tank Inspection, Repair, alteration and Reconstruction of Above Ground Storage Tanks
API RP 750
API Recommended Practice 750 – Management of Process Hazards (29 CFR 1910, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals is the legal enforcement of API RP 750)
API RP 119
API Recommended Practice 1119 – Training and Qualification of Liquid Pipeline Operators
APM
Accident Prevention Manual (Used by SPL)
Area Commander
U.S. Coast Guard officer designated by the Commandant to command a Coast Guard Area as described in 33 CFR part 3.
ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASSE
American Society of Safety Engineers
Assessment
The review of management systems to confirm compliance with Sunoco's Operations Excellence Management System (OEMS). The assessment serves as a comprehensive evaluation of management systems (how work gets done) and falls into the Check category of the Plan, DO, Check, Act continuous improvement cycle. The goal is to identify management systems weaknesses with a focus on the root causes of why the desired outcomes are not or might not be achieved. The assessment is performed by personnel independent of the facility or unit that is the subject of the assessment.
AST
Aboveground Storage Tank
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry, a part of CDC
Audit
A methodical examination of compliance with legal requirements, internal policies, and accepted practices.
AVD
Alleged Violation Description, the written portion of the citation that describes the condition found on the inspection.
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