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First Phase Report: Abbreviations and Acronyms

Hazardous Materials Serious Crash Analysis:
First Phase Final Report

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Alliance for Uniform HazMat Transportation Procedures (AUHMTP)
Association of American Railroads (AAR)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Commercial Vehicle Analysis Reporting System (CVARS)
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Emergency Response Guide (ERG)
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Government Accounting Office (GAO)
Hazardous material (HM)
Hazardous Materials (HazMat)
Hazardous Materials Advisory Council (HMAC)
Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS)
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)
International Registration Plan (IRP)
Management Analysis and Planning (MAP) System
Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE)
Marine Safety Information System (MSIS)
Motor carrier (MC)
Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS)
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
National Governors Association (NGA)
National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. (NTTC)
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Police accident report (PAR)
Railway Progress Institute (RPI)
Reportable quantity (RQ)
Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System (RCRIS)
Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents (TIFA)
U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG)
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
United Nations (UN)
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and
Vehicles Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)
Visual Risk Technologies, Inc. (VRT)






 
 
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