Acronyms

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A

  • AAC: Alaska Administrative Code
  • ABS: American Bureau of Shipping
  • ACMP: Alaska Coastal Management Program
  • ACS: Alaska Clean Seas
  • ADEC: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
  • ADF&G: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  • ADNR: Alaska Department of Natural Resources
  • AIMS: Alaska Incident Management System
  • AKOSH: Alaska Occupational Safety and Health
  • AMOP: Arctic & Marine Oil Spill Program (Technical Seminar)
  • ANS: Alaska North Slope or Aquatic Nuisance Species
  • ANSTF: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
  • ANWR: Arctic National Wildlife Reserve
  • AOOS: Alaska Ocean Observing System
  • API: American Petroleum Institute
  • APSC: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
  • ARRT: Alaska Regional Response Team
  • AS: Alaska Statute
  • ATC: Alaska Tanker Company
  • ATOM: Alyeska Tactical Oil Spill Model
  • AVTEC: Alaska Institute of Technology (formerly Alaska Vocational Technical Center)

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B

  • BAT: Best Available Technology
  • BBL: Barrel (42 Gallons = 1 bbl)
  • BGC: Board Governance Committee (PWSRCAC Committee)
  • BLM: U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • BMPP: Best Management Practices Plan
  • BOO: Barge of Opportunity
  • BP: British Petroleum or bollard pull
  • BTEX: Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene
  • BTT: Biological Treatment Tanks
  • BWT(F): Ballast Water Treatment (Facility), Alyeska

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C

  • C-Plan: Contingency Plan
  • CAA: Clean Air Act
  • CAOS: Coastal Alaska Observing System
  • CDFU: Cordova District Fishermen United
  • CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
  • CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
  • CIP: Community Impacts Planning
  • CIRCAC: Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council
  • CISPRI: Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Incorporated
  • CMT: Crisis Management Team
  • COA: Condition of Approval
  • COSRS: Community Oil Spill Response System
  • COTP: Captain of the Port (USCG)
  • CWA: Clean Water Act

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D

  • DAF: Dissolved Air Flotation
  • DEIS: Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  • DES: Division of Emergency Services
  • DMR: Discharge Monitoring Report
  • DNV: Det Norske Veritas – Norwegian Quality Assurance consultant
  • DOI: U.S. Department of the Interior
  • DOT: U.S. Department of Transportation
  • DPS: Dynamic Positioning System
  • DR&R: Dismantling, Removal and Restoration
  • DTTS: Disabled Tanker Towing Study
  • DWT: Deadweight ton

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E

  • ECO: Edison Chouest Offshore
  • ECP: Employee Concern Program
  • EIA: Environment Impact Assessment
  • EIS: Environmental Impact Statement
  • EOC: Emergency Operations Center
  • EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPPR: Emergency Prevention Preparedness and Response
  • ERB: Emergency Response Building
  • ERP: Emergency Response Plan
  • ERV: Emergency Response Vessel
  • ETA Tool: Ecological Tradeoff Assessment Tool
  • ETT: Enhanced Tractor Tug
  • EVOS: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
  • EVOSTC: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees Council

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F

  • FBU: Fairbanks Business Unit, Alyeska
  • FLIR: Forward-looking infrared
  • FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
  • FOSC: Federal On-Scene Coordinator
  • FV: Fishing Vessel
  • FWPca: Federal Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act

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G

  • GAO: U.S. Government Accountability Office aka General Accounting Office
  • GIS: Geographic Information System
  • GOA: Gulf of Alaska
  • GPS: Global Positioning System
  • GRS: Geographical Response Strategies

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H

  • HAPs: Hazardous Air Pollutants
  • HAZWOPER: Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency Response
  • HERO: Hinchinbrook Entrance Response Options
  • HIRD: Harassment, Intimidation, Retaliation, Discrimination
  • HOPs: Hydrocarbon Oxidation Products

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I

  • IAP: Incident Action Plan
  • IAP2: International Association of Public Participation
  • ICCOPR: Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research
  • IC: Incident Command
  • ICS: Incident Command System
  • IEC: Information & Education Committee (PWSRCAC Committee)
  • IMO: International Maritime Organization
  • IMT: Incident Management Team
  • IOSC: International Oil Spill Conference
  • IPL: Independent Protection Layers
  • IRIC: Initial Response Incident Commander
  • ISAC: Invasive Species Advisory Committee
  • IWWS: Industrial Waste Water System

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J

  • JIC: Joint Information Center
  • JPO: Joint Pipeline Office

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K

  • KPIs: Key Performance Indicators
  • KYP: Keeping you Posted (Alyeska Internal Communication)

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L

  • LAC: Legislative Affairs Committee (PWSRCAC Committee)
  • LDAR: Leak Detection and Repair
  • LEPC: Local Emergency Planning Committee
  • LIO: Legislative Information Office
  • LOSC: Local On-Scene Coordinator
  • LRP: Long Range Plan
  • LTEMP: Long Term Environmental Monitoring Project

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M

  • MAC: Multi-stakeholder Agency Committee
  • MEPC: Marine Environmental Protection Committee (IMO)
  • MIS: Marine Invasive Species
  • MMS: U.S. Minerals Management Service
  • MOA: Memorandum of Agreement
  • MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
  • MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheets
  • MSO: Marine Safety Office
  • MSU: Marine Safety Unit

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N

  • NDBC: National Data Buoy Center
  • NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act
  • NESHAP-OLD: National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants – Organic Liquid Distribution
  • NIIMS: National Interagency Incident Management System
  • NIS: Non-Indigenous Species
  • NISA: National Invasive Species Act
  • NOAA: National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
  • NOBOB: No Ballast on Board
  • NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
  • NPREP: National Preparedness & Response Exercise Program
  • NRDA: Natural Resource Damage Assessment
  • NSF: National Science Foundation
  • NTSB: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
  • NWS: National Weather Service

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O

  • OCC: Operations Control Center
  • OHMSETT: Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulate Environmental Test Tank
  • OMS: Oil Movements and Storage
  • OPA 90: Oil Pollution Act of 1990
  • OSC: On-Scene Coordinator
  • OSHA: U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • OSLTF: Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
  • OSRB: Oil Spill Response Barge
  • OSPR: Oil Spill Prevention and Response Committee (PWSRCAC Committee)
  • OSREC: Oil Spill Region Environmental Coalition
  • OSRI: Oil Spill Recovery Institute
  • OSRL: Oil Spill Response Limited
  • OSRO: Oil Spill Response Organization(s)
  • OSRV: Oil Spill Response Vessel
  • OWE: Open Work Environment

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P

  • PAH: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
  • PHA: Process Hazard Analyses
  • PHMSA: U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  • PM: Preventative Maintenance
  • PMCR: Preventative Maintenance Change Request
  • POD: Physical Oceanography Data
  • POVTS: Port Operations and Vessel Traffic System (PWSRCAC Committee)
  • PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
  • PRAC: Primary Response Action Contractor
  • PRT: Prevention and Response Tug
  • PS: Pump Station
  • PSM: Process Safety Management
  • PV: Power Vapor
  • PWS: Prince William Sound
  • PWSAC: Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation
  • PWSC: Prince William Sound College
  • PWSEDD: Prince William Sound Economic Development District
  • PWSRAS: Prince William Sound Risk Assessment Study
  • PWSRCAC: Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
  • PWSSC: Prince William Sound Science Center
  • PWSTA: Prince William Sound Tanker Association

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R

  • RC: Response Center or Response Coordinator (SERVS)
  • RCAC: Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
  • RCM: Reliability Centered Maintenance
  • RFAI: Request for Additional Information
  • RFI: Request for Information
  • RFP: Request for Proposal
  • RFQ: Request for Qualifications
  • RMROL: Realistic Maximum Response Operating Limitations
  • RPG: Response Planning Group
  • RP: Responsible Party
  • RPOSC: Responsible Party’s On-Scene Coordinator
  • RPS: Response Planning Standard
  • RRT: Regional Response Team
  • RSC: Regional Stakeholders Committee

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S

  • SAC: Scientific Advisory Committee (PWSRCAC Committee)
  • SCAT: Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team
  • SERC: State Emergency Response Commission or Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
  • SERVS: Ship Escort Response Vessel System
  • SETAC: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • SMS: Safety Management Systems
  • SOS: Seldovia Oil Spill Response
  • SOSC: State On-Scene Coordinator
  • SPAR: Spill Prevention and Response (A division within ADEC)
  • SPO: State Pipeline Coordinator’s Office
  • SRP: Scientific Response Plan
  • SWAPA: Southwest Alaska Pilots Association

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T

  • TAG: Technical Advisory Group
  • TAPS: Trans Alaska Pipeline System
  • TF: Task Force
  • TOEM: Terminal Operations & Environmental Monitoring (PWSRCAC Committee)
  • TOO: Tanker of Opportunity
  • TROG: Total Recoverable Oil and Grease
  • TVCS: Tanker Vapor Control System

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U

  • UC: Unified Command
  • UP: Unified Plan
  • USCG: United States Coast Guard
  • USF&WS: United States Fish & Wildlife Service

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V

  • VBU: Valdez Business Unit, Alyeska
  • VERP: Prince William Sound Vessel Escort & Response Plan
  • VEOC: Valdez Emergency Operations Center
  • VIDA: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act
  • VMT: Valdez Marine Terminal
  • VOCs: Volatile Organic Compounds
  • VOO: Vessel of Opportunity
  • VTC: Vessel Traffic Center
  • VTS: Vessel Traffic System

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X

  • XCOM: PWSRCAC Executive Committee

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Last updated March 2026.

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