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648 Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial
HMTA Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
HMTUSA Hazardous Material Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990
HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
HTIS Hazardous Technical Information Service
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ID inside diameter
ICP inductively coupled plasma
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISWM Integrated Solid Waste Management
kg kilogram
kPa kilopascal
L liter
LCS leachate collection system
LCR leachate collection and removal system
LDPE low-density polyethylene
LDR land disposal restriction
LDS leachate detection system
LEL lower explosive limit
LHV lower heating value
LLDPE linear low-density polyethylene
LQG large quantity generator
MACT maximum achievable control technology
MCL maximum contaminant level
MRF materials recovery facility
MSW municipal solid waste
MW megawatt
MW molecular weight
MWTA Medical Waste Tracking Act
NA North American
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NIMBY Not in My Backyard
NIMEY Not In My Election Year
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ng nanogram (1 g 10 )
NO x nitrogen oxides
nos not otherwise specified
NPL National Priorities List
NRDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
OD outer diameter
ORM other regulated material
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCB polychlorinated biphenyls
PCDD polychlorinated debenzodioxins
PCDF polychlorinated dibenzofurans
PCP pentachlorophenol
PETE polyethylene terephthalate
PIC product of incomplete combustion
PM particulate matter
POHC principal organic hazardous constituent
POTW publicly owned treatment works
PP polypropylene