List of Acronyms

af acre feet

AFSC Alaska Fisheries Science Center
ARNI Aquatic Resource of National Importance
ASA(CW) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
ASOA Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere

BR Bureau of Reclamation

CCC California Coastal Commission
CCMP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
CDFG California Department of Fish & Game
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
cfs Cubic feet per second
COE Army Corps of Engineers
CVP Central Valley Project
CWA Clean Water Act
cy cubic yards
CZM Coastal Zone Management
CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act
 

DARC Damage Assessment Restoration Center
DEP Department of Environmental Protection
DMR Department of Marine Resources
DNR Department of Natural Resources
DNREC Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
DOC Department of Commerce
DOE Department of Energy
DOI Department of Interior
DOT Department of Transportation
 
 

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EIR Environmental Impact Review
EIS Environmental Impact Study
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESA Endangered Species Act
 
 

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FHA Federal Highway Administration
FMP Fishery Management Plan
FSM Federated States of Micronesia
FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act
 
 

GCID Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District
 
 

HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
HCP Habitat Conservation Program
HGP Hawaii Geothermal Project
 
 

LMR Living Marine Resources
 
 

MAFAC Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Advisory Council
MAFMC Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council
MFCMA Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act
mllw mean least low water
MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act
MPRSA Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
MRC Marine Review Committee
mw megawatt
 
 

NEFSC Northeast Fisheries Science Center
NEP National Estuary Program
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NERR National Estuarine Research Reserve
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRDA Natural Resources Damage Assessment
NWFSC Northwest Fisheries Science Center
NYS New York State
 
 

OAD Ocean Assessments Division
OPA Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OSC On-Site Coordinator
 
 

ppm arts per million
PRP Potentially Responsible Party

RBDD Red Bluff Diversion Dam
RO Regional Office
 
 

SAMP Special Area Management Plan
SCE Southern California Edison
SEFC Southeast Fishery Science Center
SMBRP Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project
SONGS San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
SPREP South Pacific Regional Environment Program
SEFSC Southwest Fishery Science Center
 
 

TAGS Trans Alaska Gas System
TAP Trans Alaska Pipeline
TCC Tehama Colusa Canal
 
 

USFWS Fish and Wildlife Service
 

 VCT Valdez Container Terminal

 

WCP Wetland Conservation Plan