Acronym List

AAC Alaska Administrative Code

AAG Advised Asset Group

AAM Alaska Administrative Manual

AANHS Alaska Area Native Health Service

ABS 1) Alaska Budget System

2) American Bureau of Shipping

AC Advice of Change

ACC Alaska Chadux corporation

ACF Alaska Conservation Foundation

ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

ACL Alternative Cleanup Level

ACMP Alaska Coastal Management Program

ACPE Alaska commission on Post Secondary Education

ACPs Area Contingency Plans

ACRP Arctic Contaminants Research Program

ACS 1) Alaska Clean Seas

2) Alaska Communications System

3) Alaska Court System

ACST Alaska Council on Science and Technmology

ACW Air Control Wing

ACWF Alaska Clean Water Fund

ACWS Air Control and Warning Squadron

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADEC Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

ADES Alaska Dvision of Emergency Services (DMVA)

ADF&G Alaska Department of Fish and Game

ADL Anchorage Driver Licensing

ADMIN Administrative Services

ADMIN-DP Administrative Services-Data Processing

ADMIN-PERS Administrative Services-Personnel

ADMIN-SUPP Administrative Services-Supply

ADN 1) Agency Document Number

2) Anchorage Dispatch News (Previously Anchorage Daily News)

ADP Automated Data Processing

ADR Alternate Dispute Resolution

ADWF Anchorage Drinking Water Fund

AEA Alaska Energy Authority

AEMTC Alaska Environmental Monitoring Technology

AEPS Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy

AFE Alaska Forum on the Environment

AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

AFN Alaska Federation of Natives

AFR 1) Alaska Federation of Natives

2) Annual Financial Report

AG Attorney General

AGC Attorney General Contractor

AGIA Alaska Gasline Inducement Act

AGC Attorney General Contractor

AHFC Alaska Housing Finance Corporation

Acronym List

AICC Alaska Interagency Coordination Center

AIIMS Advanced Integrated Incident Management System

AIMS Alaska Incident Management System

AIRA Aleutian Islands Risk Assessment

AIRS Aerometric Information Retrieval System

AIS Automated Information System

AJ Administrative Journal

AJE 1) Adjusting Journal Entry

2) Agency Journal Entry

AKATS Alaska Applicant Tracking System

AKPAY Alaska Payroll System

AKSAS Alaska Statewide Accounting System

ALDER Alaska Data Enterprise Reporting

ALJ Administrative Law Judge

ALMF Alaska Land Managers Forum

ALMR Alaska Land Mobile Radio

ALUC Alaska Land Use Council

ALWOP Approved Leave Without Pay

ALYESKA Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

AMA Alaska Miners Association

AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program

AMATS Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions

AMH Alaska Marine Highway

AMHS Alaska Marine Highway System

AML 1) Alaska Marine Line

2) Alaska Municipal League

AMOP Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program

AMS Area Maritime Security

AMSS Aernotical Mobil Satellite Service

AMSS Alaska Marine Science Symposium

ANCSA Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

ANDR Alaska Department of Natural Resources

ANG Alaska National Guard (DMVA)

ANHB Alaska Native Health Board

ANILCA Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

AO 1) Administrative Officer

2) Administrative Order

3) Advertising Order or Ad Order

AOB Alaska Office Building

AOGCC Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

AOM Administrative Operations Manager

AOOS Alaska Ocean Observing System

APA Alaska Power Authority

APBC Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission

APC 1)Air Pollution Control

2) Alaska Pulp Corporation

APDES Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

APDI Alaska Professional Development Institute

Acronym List

APEA Alaska Public employees Association

APFC Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

API American Petroleum Institute

APIPA Alaska Personal Information Protection Act

APOC Alaska Public Office Commission

APPN Appropriation

APRN Alaska Public Radio Network

APSC Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

APUC Alaska Power Utilities Commission

AQ Air Quality

AQI Air Quality Index

AQM Air Quality Management

AR 1) Accounts Receivable

2) Appropriation

ARA Alaska Risk Assessment

ARC Arctic Research Commission

ARDC Alaska Rural Development Council

ARM Alaska Retirement Management

ARRC Alaska Railroad Corporation

ARRT Alaska Regional Response Team

AS Alaska Statute

ASAP As Soon As Possible

ASC Administrative Section Chief

ASD Administrative Services Director

ASEA Alaska State Employees Association

ASH Alaska Safety Handbook

ASHA Alaska State Housing Authority

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASMI Alaska Seafood and Marketing Industry

ASPS Authority to Seek Professional Services

ASRC Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

ASSET Alaska Statewide System for Employee Time

AST 1) Above Ground Storage Tank

2) Administrative Support Team

3) Alaska State Troopers

ASTF Alaska Science and Technology Foundation

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ATC Alaska Tanker Company

ATGS Automatic Tank Guaging System

ATL Amendment to Lease

ATN Authority to Negotiate

ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

ATTN Attention

AUTOO Alaska Tank Owners and Operators Organization

AV Audio Visual

AWWA American Water Works Association

AWWMA Alaska Water and Wastewater Management Association

BAFO Best and Final Offer

BAT Best Available Technology

Acronym List

BBAHC Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation

BBL Barrels (42 gal = 1 bbl)

Bcc 1) Blind Courtesy Copy

2) Blind Carbon Copy

BETX Benzene, Ethyl Benzene, Tuluens, Xylene

BFO Bethel Field Office

BI-LAT Bi-Lateral Agreement

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs

BID Background Information Document

BLM Bureau of Land Management

BLRA Baseline Risk Assessment

BM Bureau of Mines

BMPP Best Management Practices Plan

BOA Basic Order Agreement

BOE Barrels of Oil Equivalent

BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

BOEMRE Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement

BOO Barge of Opportunity

BOP Blowout Preventer

BOPD Barrels of Oil per Day

BOSTA Board of Storage Tank Assistance

BPAs Blanket Purchase Agreements

BPD Barrels per Day

BPH Barrels per Hour

BPXA BP Exploration Alaska, Inc.

BRU Budget Request Unit

BSEE Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

BSER Best System of Emission Response

BTU or Btu British Thermal Unit

BU Bargaining Unit

BUCCANEER Buccaneer Alaska Operating, LLC

BWN Boil Water Notice

BWPD Barrels of Water per Day

BWTF Ballast Water Treatment Facility

C Equals One Hundred

C-Plan Contingency Plan

CA Contract Award

CAA Clean Air Act

CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments

CANUSDIX Canadian/US Coast Guard Dixon Entrance

CAOS Coastal Alaska Observing System

CAFRs Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports

CAM Contract Award Manual

CAP Capacity Assurance Plan

CART Central Area Response Team

CBJ City and Borough of Juneau

CBW City and Borough of Wrangell

Ccf 100 Cubic Feet=centum cubic feet

CCG Canadian Coast Guard

Acronym List

CCGD17 Commander, Coast Guard District Seventeen

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDL Commercial Driver License

CDQ Community Development Quotas

CEMP-RI Corps of Engineers, Directorate of Military Programs-Restoration/Installation Restoration

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CEOS Civil Engineering Operation Squadron

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabilithy Act of 1980 (Superfund Act)

CEU Civil Engineering Unit

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CHA Critical Habitat Area

CHARTER Charter for the Development of the Alaskan North Slope

CIAA Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association

CIAP Coastal Impact Assistance Program

CIE Cook Inlet Energy, LLC

CIOSM Cook Inlet Oil Spill Model

CIP Capitol Improvement Project

CIPL Cook Inlet Pipeline Company.

CIRA Cook Inlet Risk Assessment

CIRCAC Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council

CIRT Cook Inlet Response Tool

CISPRI Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc.

CLO Community Liaison Office

CMI Coastal Marine Institute

CMS Crowley Marine Services

CMT Crisis Management Team

CNG Compressed Natural Gas

CO 1) Carbon Monoxide

2) Commissioner's Office

COBC Compliance Order by Consent

COC Citizens Oversight Committee

COCO Citizens' Oversight Council

COE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

COLA 1) Cost of Living Allowance

2) Cost of Living Adjustment

COMM Commissioner's Office

COMM-OSR Commissioner's Office-Oil Spill Response

COMM-PIO Commissioner's Office-Public Information Office

CONOCOPHILLIPS ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.

COTP Captain of the Port

CP Cathodic Protection

CPA Certified Public Accountant

CPC Coastal Policy Council

CPI Consumer Price Index

CPMS Continuous Parametric Monitoring System

CPO Chief Procurement Officer

CRC 1) Coastal Resource Coordinator

2) Contract Review Committee

CRITTS Cost Recovery Invoicing, and Time Tracking System

Acronym List

CS Contaminated Sites

CSD Computer Security Designees

CSF Cancer Slope Factor (toxicity factor used to determine cancer risk)

CSM Conceptual Site Model

CSO Chief Security Officer

CSP Contaminated Sites Program

CSSB Committee Substitute Senate Bill

CTS Constituent Tracking System

CWA Clean Water Act

CWRA Condition Warranting Remedial Action

CY 1) Calendar Year

2) Current Year

CZM Coastal Zone Management

D/A Date of Accident

D17 District 17

DA Department of Administration

DAS Division of Administrative Services

DAU Damage Assessment Unit

DBA Doing Business As

DCAP Dependent Care Assistance Plan

DCED Department of Commerce and Economic Development

DCCED or DCC&ED Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development

DCP Deferred Compensation Plan

DCR Deferred Compensation Retirement

DCRA Department of Community and Regional Affairs

DEC Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

DEDPA Departmental Enterprise Directory Password Administrator

DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DERP-FUDS Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formally Used Defense Sites

DES Division of Emergency Services

DEW-LINE SITES Distant Early Warning - Line Sites

DF&G Department of Fish and Game

DFO Disaster Field Office

DGC Division of Governmental Coordination

DGS Division of General Services

DH&SS Department of Health and Social Services

DHEW Department of Health, Education and Welfare

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services

DHS&EM Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

DHSS Department of Health and Social Services

DIAS Division of Administratives Services

DIR Director

DIRP Defense Installation Restoration Program

DLWOP Disapproved Leave Without Pay

DMR Discharge Monitoring Report

DMV Division of Motor Vehicles

DMVA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

DNR Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Acronym List

DO 1) Delivery Order

2) Director's Office

3) District Office

DOA 1) Dead on Arrival

2) Department of Administration

DOA IT Department of Administration Information Technology

DOC 1) Department of Commerce

2) Department of Corrections

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DOF Division of Finance

DOI Department of Interior

DOJ Department of Justice

DOL 1) Alaska Department of Labor

2) Alaska Department of Law

DOR Alaska Department of Revenue

DOSO Directory of State Officials (Alaska)

DOT Alaska Department of Transportation

DOT&PF Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

DOW Division of Water

DP Data Processing

DPS Alaska Department of Public Safety

DR Alaska Department of Revenue

DR&R Dismantlement, Removal and Restoration

DRB Division of Retirement and Benefits

DRM Division of Risk Management

DRO Diesel Range Organics

DROT Drift River Oil Terminal

DSCA Defense Support to Civilian Agencies

DSMOA Defense Sate Memorandum of Agreement

DW Drinking Water

DWW Domestic Waste Water

DWWW Drinking Water Waste Water

ECDIS Electronic Chart Display Information System

ECAMP Environmental Compliance and Assessment Management Program

ECHO Enforcement Compliance History Online

ECOS Environmental Council of States

ECU Environmental Crimes Unit

EE Employee

EENET Emergency Education Network

EEO 1) Equal Employment Office

2) Equal Employment Opportunity

EEO/AA Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EERU Environmental Emergency Response Unit

EH Enviromental Health

EHO Environmental Health Officer

EIA Energy Information Administration

EIN Employer Identification Number

Acronym List

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program

EMC Environmental Monitoring Committee (CIRCAC)

EMI Environmental Management, Inc.

ENRI Environment and Natural Resources Institute

EOC Emergency Operation Center

EOR Enhanced Oil Recovery

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPC Exposure Point Concentration

EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act 1986

EPR Exploration, Production, and Refineries

EQ Environmental Quality

ERAMS Environmental Radiation Air Monitoring System

ERMA Environmental Response Management Association

ERP Emergency Response Plan

ERT Emergencey Response Team

ERV Emergency Response Vessel

ESA Endangered Species Act

ESD Emergency Shutdown

ESFS Emergency Standard

ESFS Environmental Sanitation and Food Safety

ESQ Esquire (for US attys)

ETS 1) Emergency Towing System

2) Enterprise Technology Service

EVOS Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

EVOSRC Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Response Center

F/V Fishing Vessel

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FAHS Federal Aid Highway System

FAP Financial Assistance Program

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

FCO 1) Facility Construction and Operation

2) Federal Coordinating Officer

FCO or FC&O Facility Construction and Operation

FCO-INT AUD Facilities Construction and Operation-Internal Audit

FCO-MUNIC Facilities Construction and Operation-Municipal Grants

FCO-VSW Facilities Construction and Operation-Village Safe Water

FDRS Federal Data Reporting System

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEOC Fairbanks Emergency Operations Center

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FHA 1) Farmers Home Administration

2) Federal Highway Administration

FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FID Flame Ionization Detectors

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FMLA Family Medical Leave Act

FMSC Federal Maritime Security Coordinator

FNSB Fairbanks North Star Borough

Acronym List

FOB Free On Board

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact

FOSC Federal On-Scene Coordinator

FPO Fairbanks Personnel Office

FR 1) Failed to Respond

2) Financial Responsibility

FR/PI Financial Responsibility/Prevention Initiatives

FROB Fairbanks Regional Office Building

FROG Forty Niner Remediation and Oil Spill Group

FRP Federal Response Plan (for catastrophic events)

FSS Food Safety and Sanitation

FTE Full Time Equivalent

FTO Field Training Officer

FTP 1) File Transfer Protocol

2) Financial Transaction Processing

FTS Federal Telecommunications Service

FUDS Formerly Used Defense Site

FW Field Warrant

FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act)

FWS Fish and Wildlife Service

FY 1) Federal Year

2) Fiscal Year

FX Field Exercise

GAO 1) General Accounting Office

GCORS Governor's Council on Rural Sanitation

GENI Global Energy Network International

GF General Fund

GGU General Government Unit

GHLB Group Health and Life Benefit

GIC Glennallen Improvement Corporation

GIF Global Infrastructure Fund

GINA Geographic Information Network of Alaska

GIS Geographic Information Systems

GoAK Gulf of Alaska Keeper

GOA Gulf of Alaska

GOR Gas to Oil Ratio

GP General Permit

GPD Gallons Per Day

GPM Gallons Per Minute

GPS 1) Global Positioning Satellite

2) Global Positioning System

GRIN Geographic Resource Information Network

GRS 1) Geographic Response Strategies

2) General Records Schedules

GS General Services

GSA General Services Administration

GW Ground Water

GWPA Groundwater Protection Act

Acronym List

H2S Hydrogen Sulfide

HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

HACS Hazardous Assessment Computer System

HAPs Hazardous Air Pollutants

HARP High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project

HAZMAT Hazardous Material

HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergence Response

HB House Bill

HCR Hired Carrier

HCR House Concurrent Resolution

HDD Horizontal Directional Drilling

HEW Health, Education, and Welfare

HFSA Health Flexible Spending Account

HHOT Home Heating Oil Tanks

HHRA Human Health Risk Assessment

HHS Department of Health and Human Services

HI 1) Hawaii

2) Health Insurance

HJR House Joint Resolution

HMRT Hazardous Materials Response Team

HPDI High Pressure Direct Injection

HQUSACE Headquarters, United States Army Corp of Engineers

HRC Human Rights Commission

HRRS Human Resource Reporting System

HRS Hazard Ranking System

HSE Health Safety and the Environment

HSRF Hazardous Substance Remedial Fund (the small state fund that can be used to pay for cleanup of contamination for which noone is found liable)

HSSTRC Hazardous Substance Spill Technology Review Council

HSW Hazardous and Solid Waste

HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments

HUD Housing and Urban Development

HW Hazardous Waste

I/M Inspection/Maintenance

IAC Inter-agency Coordination

IADC International Association of Drilling Contractors

IAP Incident Action Plan

IAPMO International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials

IAS Information and Administrative Services

IBCS Inquiry and Benefit Calculations Subsystem

IBU Inland Boatmen's Union

IC Incident Commander

ICC Inuit Circumpolar Conference

ICIEMAP Integrated Cook Inlet Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (CIRCAC)

ICP Incident Command Post

ICS Incident Command System

ID Identification

IDLH Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health

IDO Ingterior District Office

IFO Intermediate Fuel Oil

Acronym List

IHA Incident Harrassment Authorization

IHS Indian Health Service

IMO International Maritime Organization

IMT Incident Management Team

INT AUD Internal Audit

IOGCC International Oil and Gas Compact Commission

IOSC International Oil Spill Conference

IPA Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement

IPP Industry Preparedness Program

IPPP Industry Preparedness and Pipeline Program

IRA Individual Retirement Accounts

IRMEAC Information Resource Management Expenditure Approval Committee

IRIC Initial Response Incident Commander

IRIS Integrated Resource Information System

IRM Information Resources Management

IRS Internal Revenue Service

IRT Immediate Response Team

ISER Institute of Social and Economic Research

ISF 1) Information Service Fund

2) Internal Service Fund

ISM International Safety Management

ISO 1) Information Security Officer

2) International Organization for Standardization

ISP 1) Information Security Policies

2) Internet Service Protocal

IT Information Technology

ITD Inception to Date

ISTEA Intermodel Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (of 1991)

ITB Invitation to Bid

J&S or J/S Joint and Survivor

JDO Juneau District Office

JEAL Juneau Environmental Analysis Laboratory

JIC Joint Information Center

JPO Joint Pipeline Office

JRS Judicial Retirement System

KDO Kenai/Soldotna District Office

KGB Ketchikan Gateway Borough

KIB Kodiak Island Borough

KPB Kenai Peninsula Borough

KPC Ketchikan Pulp Company

KPFA Kenai Peninsula Fishermen's Association

KPL Kenai Pipeline Company

KRAA Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association

KSAs Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

LAB Laboratory

LAN Local Area Network

LAP Labor Account Profile

Acronym List

LASR Lease Activity Summary Report

LAW Department of Law

LC Limited Competition

LDAP Lighweight Directory Access Protocol

LEPC 1) Local Emergency Planning Commission

2) Local Emergency Planning Committee

LEPD Local Emergency Planning District

LERP Local Emergency Response Plan

LIO 1) Legislative Information Office 2) Level Income Option

LLD Line Leak Detection

LNAPL Light non-aqueous phase liquid

LNG Liquified Natural Gas

LO Legal Officer

LOA Letter of Agreement

LODR Letter of Dispute Resolution

LOE Location of Exposure

LOSC Local On- Scene Coordinator

LOU Letter of Understandingj

LRA Labor Relations Agency

LRP Land Recycling Program

LSC Logistics Section Chief

LTC 1) Labor, Trades, and Crafts

2) Long Term Care

LTMP Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program

LUMP Local Utility Matching Program

LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank

LWOP Leave Without Pay

LWOPA Leave Without Pay Active

LWOPI Leave Without Pay Inactive

M Equals One Thousand Barrels of Ol Equivalent

M/V 1) Marine Vessel

2) Motor Vessel

M&O Maintenance and Operations

MAC Multi-Agency Coordinating Group

MAD 1) Merit Anniversary Date

2) Mutual Aid Drill

MARPOL Marine Pollution (Ingternational Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships)

MAT-SU Matanuska/Susitna Borough

MBE Minority business Enterprise

MBOE One Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent

Mcf 1000 Cubic Feet

MCL Maximum Contaminant Level

MCS Mail Control Schedule

MD Medical Doctor

MDT Mean Down Time

MEBA Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association

MEMO Merorandum

MEP Marine Environmental Protection

MGL Municipal Grants and Loans

Acronym List

MGP Former Manuafactured Gas Plant

MGS Middle Ground Shoal

MLAP Multiple Labor Account Profile

MLCPAC Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific

MLW Mean Low Water

MM Equals One Million

MM&P Master, Mates, and Pilots Union

MMBOE Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent

MMG Municipal Matching Grants

MMS Minerals Management Service

MOA 1) Memorandum of Agreement

2) Municipality of Anchorage

MODU Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

MOGR Memorandum of Grievance Resolution

MON Monitoring Section

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MPG Miles Per Gallon

MPH Miles Per Hour

MPI Meat and Poultry Inspection

MPIP Meat Poultry Inspection Program

MQ Minimum Qualifications

MS Mail Stop

MSD Marine Safety Detachment

MSDO Mat-Su District Office

MSDS 1) Marine Safety Data Sheet

2) Material Safety Data Sheets

MSO Marine Safety Office

MSRC Marine Spill Response Corporation

MSSA Maritime Safety Security Act

MTBE Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether

MTG Manual Gtank Gauging

MTL Mean Tide Level

MTR Marine Transportation Related

MUNIC Municipal Grants

MZ Mixing Zone

NA Not Applicable

N/A Not Applicable

NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers

NART Northern Area Response Team

NASZPO National Association of State Purchasing Officials

NAVSUPSALV United States Navy Supervisor of Salvage

NCP National Contingency Plan (rules for Superfund)

NDT Nondestructive Testing

NEI National Emissions Inventory

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NEP National Exercise Program

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

NESHAP National Emission Standards Hazardous Air Pollutants

NETAC National Environmental Technology Applications Corporaation

Acronym List

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NFS National Forest Service

NGA National Governors Association

NGV Natural Gas Vehicles

NHP National Historic Properties

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act

NIC National Incident Commander

NIIMS National Interagency Incident Management System

NIMS National Incident Management System

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIS Non-Indigenous Species

NISA National Invasive Species Act

NLPA National Leak Prevention Association

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NORL Notice of Release Letter

NOV Notice of Violation

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPFC National Pollution Fund Center

NPL National Priorities List (Superfund Site)

NPR National Petroleum Reserve

NPREP National Preparedness and Response Exercise Program

NPRM Notice of Proposed Rule Making

NPS National Park Service

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRDA Natural Resource Damage Assessment

NRL Negligible Risk Level (for carcinogens)

NRO Northern Regional Office

NRO-IDO Northern Regional Office-Interior District Office

NRT National Response Team

NRWA National Rural Water Association

NSB North Slope Borough

NSDO North Slope District Office

NSF National Science Foundation

NSFCC National Strike Force Coordination Center

NSHC Norton Sound Health Corporation

NSPF New Source Performance Standards

NTL Northern Testing Laboratories, Inc.

NTV Non-Tank Vessel

NVIC Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular

NWS National Weather Service

O/O Owner/Operator

OA Occupancy Agreement

OAH Office of Administrative Hearings

OAU Operations Assistance Unit

OCC Operations Control Center

OCM Office of Coastal Management

OCRM Oceans Coastal Resource Management

OCS Outer Continental Shelf

Acronym List

OCSEAP Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program

ODPCP Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan

OHMTADS Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System

OHSRRF Oil and Hazardous Substance Release Response Fund

OIT Office of International Trade

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OMS Oil Movements and Storage

OPA 1) Office of Public Advocacy

2) Oil Pollution Act

OPA 90 Oil Pollution Act of 1990

OPCEN Operations Center (USCG)

OPD Online Position Description

OPN Online Public Notice

OPS 1) Office of Pipeline Safety

2) Operations Section

ORMI Oil Rig Movers International

OSC On-Scene Coordinator

OSG Overseas Shipholding Group

OSH Occupational Safety and Health (state)

OSHA Occupations Safety and Health Administration (federal)

OSK Offshore Systems Kenai

OSLTF Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

OSR Oil Spill Response

OSRA 1) Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998

2) Oil Spill Risk Analysis

OSRI Oil Spill Recovery Institute

OSRO Oil Spill Removal Organization

OSRV Oil Spill Recovery Vessel

OTC Organic Toxicity Characteristic

OWOCRS Open Water Containment and Recovery System

OWS Offshore Weather Station

P&A Precision and Accuracy

P&I Protection and Idemnity

PA 1) Programmatic Agreement

2) Public Address

PAAT Public Affairs Assist Team

PACAF Pacific Air Forces

PACE Public Awareness Committee for the Environment

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PAO Public Affairs Officer

PARF Personal Action Request Form

PCE Tetrachloroethylene

PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls

PCN 1) Position Control Number

2) Property Control Number

PCO Pipeline Coordinator's Office

PCRO Pipeline Coordinator Regional Office

PD 1) Position Description

2) Public Defender

Acronym List

PDA Public Defender Agency

PDQ Position Description Questionnaire

PEC Proposal Evaluation Committee

PEI Petroleum Equipment Institute

PEL Permissible Exposure Level

PER Performance Evaluation

PERA Public Employment Relations Act

PERB Public Employees' Retirement Board

PERC Ttetrachloroethylene

PERP Prevention and Emergency Response Program

PERS Public Employees' Retirement System

PEST Pesticides

PF Permanent Fund

PFD 1)Permanent Fund Dividend

2) Personal Flotation Device

PFT Permanent Full-Time

PHA Provisional Health Advisory

PHS Public Health Service

PID Photoionization Detectors

PII Personally Identifiable Information

PIO Public Information Office

PIP Permit Issuance Plan

PIP Performance Improvement Plan

PLAN Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan

PLMP Pipeline Milepost

PM Program Manager

PMC Alaska Plant Material Center

PO 1) Personnel Officer

2) Procurement Officer

3) Purchase Order

POCE Pacific Organizational Conference on the Environment

POLISUB Political Subdivision

POLREP Pollution Report

PP Pollution Prevention

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

PPI Producer Price Indes

PPM Parts Per Million

PPO Pollution Prevention Office

PPOR Potential Places of Refuge

PPR Prevention Preparedness and Response

PPT Permanent Part-Time

PR 1) Personnel Rule

2) Public Relations

3) Purchase Requisition

PRA Paperwork Reduction Act

PRAC Primary Response Action Contractor

PRE Preliminary Risk Evaluation

PREP National Preparedness for Exercise Program

PRFA Pollution Removal Funding Authorization

PROPS Prevention, Response, Organizations and Safety Committee

Acronym List

PRP Potentially Responsible Party

PRPA Post Retirement Pension Adjustment

PRT Prevention and Response Tug

PSA Public Service Anouncement

PSBS Political Subdivision Benefits System

PSC 1) Planning Section Chief 2) Professional Services Contract

PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration (Gas Handling)

PSEA Public Safety Employees Association

PSEC Postsecondary Education Commission

PSOB Palmer State Office Building

PSP Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

PST Pacific Strike Team

PSW Public Water System

PT Part-Time

PTE Potential to Emit

PTI Pipeline and Tank Integrity

PWS Prince William Sound

PWSA Ports and Waterways Safety Act

PWSDO Prince William Sound District Office

PWSOSRI Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute

PWSRCAC Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council

PWSSC Prince William Sound Science Center

QA Quality Assurance

QC Quality Control

R&B Retirement and Benefits

Registry An institutional control that was originally the State's "NPL" of contaminated sites

RA Risk Assessment

RAP 1) Radon Action Plan

2) Remedial Action Plan

3) Request for Alternate Procurement

4) Response Action Plan

RAPIDS Rural Alaska Project Identification and Delivery System

RAPS Regional Air Pollution Study

RATNET Rural Alaska Television Network

RB Recruitment Bulletin

RC Reportable Condition (evidence of contamination that must be reported to the DNR)

RCA 1) Regulatory Commission of Alaska

2) Request for Classification Action

RCAC Regional Citizens' Advisory Council

RCP Regional Contingency Plan

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)

RD 1) Responsibility Distribution

2) Rural District

RDC Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc.

Acronym List

RE 1) Again

2) Regarding

3) Reference Environment

4) Renewable Energy

REA Retirement Equity Act

RFA Response Fund Administration

RfC Reference concentration

RfD Reference Dose

RFI Request for Information

RFP Request for Proposal

RFQ Request for Quotation

RFT Request for Tender

RHCA Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas

RI Release Investigation

RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study

RIP Retirement Incentive Program

RM Risk Management

RMPD Realistic Maximum Probable Discharge

RMW Remote Maintenance Worker

RnB Retirement and Benefits

RO Regional Office

ROI Radius of Influence

RP 1) Responsible Party

2) Revised Program

RPM Remedial Project Manager

RPS Responsible Planning Standard

RRO Residual Range Organics

RRT Reegional Response Team

RS Reference Sheet

RSA Reimbursable Service Agreement

RSS 1) Real Simple Syndication

2) Rural Strategy Systems

RTL Records Transfer List

RUBA Remote Utility Business Advisor

SA Site Assessment

SACA Support Agency Cooperative Agreement

SAF Standard Agreement Form

SAN Sanitation

SAP Supplemental Annuity Plan

SAR Search and Rescue

SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

SART 1) Southeast Area Response Team

2) Southeast Alaska Region Team

SASE Self Addressed Stamped Envelope

SATS State of Alaska Telecommunications System

SAU Systems Authorized User

SB Senate Bill

SBS Supplemental Benefits System

SC-AWWA South Central Section American Water Works Association

Acronym List

SCAT Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique

SCL State Chemical Lab

SCO State Coordinating Officer

SCOC State Citizens' Oversight Council on Oil and Other Hazardous Substances

SCRO Southcentral Regional Office

SCRO-DO Southcentral Regional Office-District Office

SCRO-KDO Southcentral Regional Office-Kenai District Office

SDC Service Deficiency Clause

SDM Service Desk Manager

SDO Soldotna District Office

SDWA Federal Safe Drinking Water Act

SEA State Environmental Protection Agency Agreement

SEAPRO Southeast Alaska Petroleum Response Organization

SEARHC Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium

SEP Simplified Employee Pension

SERC State Emergency Response Commission

SERDP Strategic Environmental Research Development Program

SERVS Ship Escort Response Vessel System

SHPO State Historical Preservation Officer

SHWM Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

SIC Standard Industrial Code

SIP State Implementation Plan

SIR 1) Self-Insured Retention

2) Statistical Inventory Reconciliation

SJR Senate Joint Resolution

SKIM Spill Cleanup Equipment Inventory System

SLSS System Library Subscription Service

SO Safety Officer

SOA State of Alaska

SOB State Office Building

SOC Statement of Cooperation

SONS Spills of National Significance

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SOSC State On-Scene Coordinator

SOW Statement of Work

SOWs Statements of Work

SPAR State Program Approval

SPAR Spill Prevention and Response

SPCC Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure

SPCO State Pipeline Coordinator's Office

SR 1) Service Request

2) Service Resource

3) Stock Request

SRO Spill Response Office

SS Single Source

SSC 1) Scientific Support Coordinator

2) State Service Center

SSHO Site Safety and Health Office

SSHP Site Safety and Health Plan

SSN Social Security Number

Acronym List

SSO State Security Officer

SSSC Sitka Sound Science Center

STAR Spill Tactics for Alaska Responders

STI Storage Tank Institute

STP Storage Tank Program

STR State Transportation Request

STRC Spill Technology Review Council

SU Supervisory Unit

SUPP Supply

SUPSALV U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage

SVE Soil Vapor Extraction

SW Solid Waste

SWCAP Statewide Cost Allocation Plan

SWQS State Water Quality Standards

SWS Statewide Standards (cleanup standards in the LRP for contaminants in groundwater and soil)

TA Travel Authorization

T&A Time and Attendance

TAG Technical Advisory Group

TAGS Trans-Alaska Gas System

TANAB Tolerance Adjusted Net Available Balance

TANKS Commonly refers to Storage Tank Program

TAPS Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

TAR Technical Assisxtance Report on the AJ Project Section 404 Permit

TBD To Be Determined

TC 1) Trustee Council

2) Technical Control

TCC Tanana Chiefs Conference

TCE Trichloroethylene

TCLP Toxicit Characteristic Leachate Procedure

TCM Transportation Control Measures

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TCRA Time Critical Removal Action

TDS Total Disolved Solids

TED Timesheet Error Detector

THERM Euals 100,000 British Thermal Units (BTU) or 0.1 MMBtu

TIC Telecommunications Information Council

TLMP Tongass Lanad Management Plan

TMC Technology Management Council

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load

TO Task Order

TOO Tanker of Opportunity

TPH Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

TPY Tons Per Year

TQM Total Quality Management

TR Treasury Report

TRB Teachers' Retirement Board

TRO Total Recovedrable Oil

TRS Teachers' Retirement System

TSA Transportation Security Administration

Acronym List

TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act

TSD Treatment, Storage, and Disposal

TSR Telephone Service Request

TSS Total Suspended Solids

TTD Temporary Total Disability

TTN Technology Transfer Network

TTF Terminals and Tank Farms

TTT Tank Tightness Testing

TTX Table Top Exercise

TVD Total Vertical Depth

TWUP Temporary Water Use Permit

UAA University of Alaska Anchorage

UAF University of Alaska Fairbanks

UAS University of Alaska Southeast

UC Unified Command

UCIDA United Cook Inlet Drift Association

UFC Uniform Fire Code

UI Unemployment Insurance

UIC Underground Injection Control

UL Underwriters Laboratories

ULPC Unfair Labor Practice Complaint

UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

US United States

USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers

USAF United States Air Force

USC 1) United Soil Classification

2) United States Code

USCG United States Coast Guard

USD Unicenter Service Desk

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USDI United States Department of Interior

USDOC United States Department of Commerce

USDOL United States Department of Labor

USDOT United States Department of Transportation

USFS United States Forest Service

USFMCS US Federal Mediation And Conciliation Service

USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS United States Geological Survey

USN United States Navy

USPS United States Postal Service

UST Underground Storage Tank

UVPARP Unlicensed Vessel Personnel Annuity Retirement Plan

V. Versus

VA Veterans Administration

VC Vinyl Chloride

VCP Voluntary Cleanup Program

VCS Voluntary Consensus Standards

VEOC Valdez Emergency Operations Center

Acronym List

VFO Valdez Field Office

VIP Very Important Person

VMT Valdez Marine Terminal

VOC 1) Volatile Organiic Chemical

2) Volatile Organic Compound

VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol

VOS Valdez Oil Spill

VOSS Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System

VP Vice President

VPN Virtual Private Network

VPP Veteran's Preference Points

VRP Vessel Response Plans

VSW Village Safe Water

VTC Vessel Traffic Center

VTS Vessel Traffic Systems

WAN Wide Area Network

WBE Women's Business Enterprise

WC Workers' Compensation

WCD Worst Case Discharge

WD Written Determination

WDO Western District Office

WEF Water Environmental Federation

WEP Windfall Elimination Provision

WGA Western Governors Association

WLL Working Load Limit

WMF Waste Management Facility

WP Workplan

WPA Workplace Alaska

WPC Water Pollution Control

WQM Water Quality Management

WSCA Western States Contracting Alliance

WSWC Western States Water Council

WUP Water Use Permit

WWWT Water and Wastewater Treatment

XTO XTO Energy Inc. (American Energy Co)

YKHC Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation

YTD Year To Date

ZIP 1) Zip Code

2) Zone Improvement Plan

Updated 11/20/2015