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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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
J
- JIC: Joint Information Center
- JPO: Joint Pipeline Office
K
- KPIs: Key Performance Indicators
- KYP: Keeping you Posted (Alyeska Internal Communication)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
U
- UC: Unified Command
- UP: Unified Plan
- USCG: United States Coast Guard
- USF&WS: United States Fish & Wildlife Service
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
X
- XCOM: PWSRCAC Executive Committee
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Last updated March 2026.