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Chapter: Appendix A - Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A - Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012. Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Shipping Papers for Hazardous Materials Shipments. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22747.
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76 3PL Third Party Logistics A4A Airlines for America (formerly Air Transport Association) AAR Association of American Railroads ACC American Chemistry Council ACE Automated Commercial Environment ACHMM Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers ACI Advance Commercial Information Aduana Mexican Customs AEI Automatic Equipment Identification AFA Air Forwarders Association AHMP Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professional AIS Automatic Identification System AMS Automated Manifest System ANSI American National Standards Institute AS Applicability Statement ASC Accredited Standards Committee ASLRRA American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association ASN Advance Shipping Notice ATA American Trucking Associations AWO American Waterways Operators B2B Business-to-Business BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion BOE Bureau of Explosives BOL Bill of Lading BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics CANUTEC Canadian Transport Emergency Center Cargo–IMP Cargo Interchange Message Protocol CASS (IATA) Cargo Accounts Settlement Systems CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBSA Canada Border Services Agency CCL Core Component Library CCTS Core Component Technical Specification CDC Certain Dangerous Cargo CEN/ISS Pan-European Standards Organization for e-Business A P P E N D I X A Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms

77 CFR Code of Federal Regulations CFS Commodity Flow Survey CHEMTREC American Chemistry Council CI Chlorine Institute CLM (Rail) Car Location Messaging COSTHA Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles COTS Commercial-off-the-Shelf CSV Comma-Separated Values CVII Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Initiative CVSA Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance DCM Dangerous Cargo Manifest DERA Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association DGAC Dangerous Goods Advisory Council DGM Dangerous Goods Manifest DMA Dynamic Mobility Applications DoD U.S. Department of Defense DOE U.S. Department of Energy DSRC Dedicated Short-Range Communications DTTN Digital Trade and Transportation Network e-BOL Electronic Bill of Lading ebXML Electronic Business Extensible Markup Language e-manifest Electronic Manifest ECE Economic Commission for Europe EDI Electronic Data Interchange EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport EDP Electronic Data Processing EFM Electronic Freight Management EMC Emergency Management Center EML E-mail File Extension EPA Environmental Protection Agency ERF Emergency Response Form ERG Emergency Response Guide ERI Emergency Response Information ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ESP Electronic Shipping Paper(s) FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FIATA Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) FMCA Federal Motor Carrier Association FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTP File Transfer Protocol GACAG Global Air Council Advisory Group GHS Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals GLS Global Locating System GPS Global Positioning System

78 GSF Global Shippers Forum GUI Graphical User Interface Hazmat Hazardous Material(s) HM-ACCESS Hazardous Materials – Automated Cargo Communications for Efficient and Safe Shipments HM/DG Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods HMIRS Hazardous Materials Information Reporting System HMR Hazardous Materials Regulations HSSM Highway Security-Sensitive Materials HTSP Hazmat Truck Security Pilot http Hypertext Transfer Protocol I2V Infrastructure-to-Vehicle IAEM International Association of Emergency Managers IAFC International Association of Fire Chiefs IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters IATA International Air Transport Association ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICS Incident Command System IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IFTDGN International Forwarding and Transport Dangerous Goods Notification IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods IHMM Institute of Hazardous Materials Managers IMP Interchange Message Protocol ISO International Organization for Standardization ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems IVODGA International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Association (formerly Vessel Operators Hazardous Material Association - VOHMA) LERC Local Emergency Response Committee LTD QTY Limited Quantity LTL Less-than-Truckload MCMIS Motor Carrier Management Information System MIP Message Improvement Program MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet NACD National Association of Chemical Distributors NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association NGO Non-Governmental Organization NIMS National Incident Management System NOPIC Notification to Pilot in Command NOTIC Notification to Captain NOS Not Otherwise Specified NTTC National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. NVOCC Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers/Consolidators OAGi Open Applications Group, Inc. OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards PDA Personal Digital Assistant PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PIH Poison Inhalation Hazard PO Purchase Order

79 PSN Personal Shipping Number RAIR Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Report R&D Research and Development RFID Radio Frequency Identification ROI Return on Investment RQ Reportable Quantity RSSM Rail Security-Sensitive Materials SaaS Software as a Service SAI Security Action Item SCT Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation) SDDG Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SOW Statement of Work SRI Smart Roadside Initiative SSM Security-Sensitive Materials STCC Standard Transportation Commodity Code TAG (EDI) Technical Advisory Group TDED Trade Data Elements Directory TIACA The International Air Cargo Association TIH Toxic Inhalation Hazard TL Truckload TRANSCAER Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response TRANSCOM U.S. Transportation Command TSA Transportation Security Administration UBL Universal Business Language UN United Nations UN/CEFACT United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business UN/ECE United Nations/Economic Commission for Europe UN/EDIFACT United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport USB Universal Serial Bus U.S. DOT U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USCG United States Coast Guard V2I Vehicle-to-Infrastructure V2V Vehicle-to-Vehicle VAN Value-Added Network VOHMA (International) Vessel Operators Hazardous Materials Association (now International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Association – IVODGA) VTS Vessel Traffic Services W3C World Wide Web Consortium WCO World Customs Organization WRI Wireless Roadside Inspection WTO World Trade Organization XML Extensible Markup Language

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TRB’s Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP) Report 8: Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Shipping Papers for Hazardous Materials Shipments examines the challenges of advancing the use of electronic shipping papers as an alternative to the current paper-based hazardous materials communication system.

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