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A Technology Vision, The American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, The Chemical Manufacturers Association, The Council of Chemical Research, and the Synthetic Organic Manufacturers Association, available from American Chemical society, Washington, D.C., 1996, pp. 17-18. 

The standardization of batteries started in 1912, when a committee of the American Electrochemical Society recommended standard methods of testing dry cells. This eventually led to the first national publication in 1919 issued as an appendix to a circular from the National Bureau of Standards. It further evolved into the present American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee CIS on Portable Cells and Batteries. Since then, other professional societies have developed battery related standards. Many battery standards were also issued by international, national, military, and federal organizations. Manufacturers associations, trade associations, and individual manufacturers have published standards as well. Related application standards, published by the Underwriters Laboratories, the International Electrotechnical Commission, and other organizations that cover battery-operated equipment may also be of interest. 

Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association, 1100 New York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20005, (202) 414-4100, which offers information about regulatory impact on the chemical industry, particularly small and batch operations. 

The Commercial Guide is issued each January by the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA), Washington, D.C. 

Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA)... 

Formerly known as Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA). A trade association of chemical manufacturers, representing more than 90 percent of the production for basic industrial chemicals in the US. Administers research in areas significant to chemical manufacturing such as air and water pollution control operates Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (CHEMTREC) to control and report chemical accidents. ACC is organized by industrial groups and also by issue groups that sen>e as coordinators and advocators in their fields of specializations. 

European Council for Plasticisers and hitermediates (ECPI), 257 European Council of Vmyl Manufacturers (ECVM), 257 European Crop Protection Association (ECPA), 257 European Environmental Agency (EEA), 282 European Environmental Research Organization, 276 European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association (EFMA), 257... 

Despite the lack of interest in human factors issues in the CPI in the past, the situation is now changing. In 1985, Trevor Kletz published his landmark book on human error in the CPI An Engineer s View of Human Error (revised in 1991). Several other books by the same author e.g., Kletz (1994b) have also addressed the issue of human factors in case studies. Two other publications have also been concerned specifically with human factors in the process industry Lorenzo (1990) was commissioned by the Chemical Manufacturers Association in the USA, and Mill (1992), published by the U.K. Institution of Chemical Engineers. In 1992, CCPS and other organizations sponsored a conference on Human Factors and Human Reliability in Process Safety (CCPS, 1992c). This was further evidence of the growing interest in the topic within the CPI. 

However, the various national standards organizations, power boiler manufacturers associations and research institutes (such as the Electric Power Research Institute in the United States) do offer guidelines and recommendations for good waterside control and the avoidance (or at least the minimization) of the more exotic forms of waterside damage. 

The CleanGredients development model engages a multi-stakeholder coalition of participants from government entities, environmental organizations, industry associations, cleaning product formulators and distributors, and chemical manufacturers and suppliers, working to shift the direction of industrial and institutional (I I) cleaning product... 

Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association, Inc. (SOCMA), Manual on Chemical Site Security Vulnerability Analysis Methodology and Model, 2002. 

Professional and trade associations such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA), and the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) provide voluntary chemical process safety guidance to their members. 

The Committee continued to function after the publication of the report, but held no meetings nor took any significant action for the next few years. The published report appears to have stimulated interest and commendation, but no funds were forthcoming to establish a research institute (78, 79). In the meantime, Herty had given up his position with the American Chemical Society in 1921 to become President of the newly-created Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association. In this position, he could continue to work to promote the development of the synthetic organic chemical industry in this country (12, 13). 

He may also have been influenced by Francis Garvan. In 1926 Herty left his job as President of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association to become full-time advisor to the Chemical Foundation. One of the lines of work that Garvan asked him to concentrate on was the "vigorous development of a concerted and thoroughly comprehensive backing for Senator Ransdellfs bill"... 

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