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Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope (2003)

Chapter: Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10639.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10639.
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Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms ABSRB: Alaska Beaufort Sea Response Body ADEC: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation ADF&G: Alaska Department of Fish and Game ADGGS: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys ADNR: Alaska Department of Natural Resources AEWC: Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission ANCSA: Alaska Native Claims and Settlement Act ANILCA: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ANWR: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge AOGA: Alaska Oil and Gas Association AOGCC: Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission API: American Petroleum Institute ASRC: Arctic Slope Regional Corporation ATV: all terrain vehicle bbl: barrels BCFG: billion cubic feet of gas BEST: Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology BLM: Bureau of Land Management CAH: Central Arctic Herd CBM: coal bed methane CEQ: Council on Environmental Quality CFR: Code of Federal Regulations CIA: cumulative impact assessment CPF: central processing facilities CPUE: catch per-unit-effort DEIS: draft environmental impact statement DEW: Distant Early Warning DOE: U.S. Department of Energy DOI: U.S. Department of the Interior DPF: Division of Parks and Forestry DRR: dismantlement, removal, and restoration 165 EIA: Energy Information Administration EIS: environmental impact statement FOR: enhanced oil recovery EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ERR: economically recoverable reserves FEIS: Final Environmental Impact Statement FLIR: Forward Looking Infrared Sensor System FWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service GAO: U.S. General Accounting Office GIS: geographic information system HDD: horizontal directional drilling JAI: Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research IAP: integrated activity plan IRS: U.S. Internal Revenue Service ITEX: International Tundra Experiment IWC: International Whaling Commission KDA: Kuparuk Development Area KIC: Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation LADS: Light Automated Drilling System LEOS: Leak Detection Location System LTER: Long Term Ecological Research Program (NSF) MMPA: Marine Mammal Protection Act MMS: Minerals Management Service MOA: memorandum of agreement MOOD: measurement while drilling NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standards NARL: Naval Arctic Research Laboratory NCP: net calf production NEP: net ecosystem production

166 NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 NMFS: National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPDES: National Pollution Discharge Elimination System NPP: net primary production NPR-4: Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 NRC: National Research Council NRDC: Natural Resource Defense Council NSB: North Slope Borough NSF: National Science Foundation NWPS: National Wilderness Preservation System OCS: Outer Continental Shelf OCSEAP: Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program ONR: Office of Naval Research OOIP: original oil in place OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries PBOC: Prudhoe Bay Oil-field Complex PBU: Prudhoe Bay Unit PCH: Porcupine Caribou Herd PR: partition rate PRB: Polar Research Board psi: pounds per square inch APPENDIX B RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RMOL: Realistic Maximum Response Operational Limits SAC: Science Advisory Committee SOP: standard operating procedure STP: seawater treatment plant TAPS: Trans Alaska Pipeline System TCFG: trillion cubic feet of gas TDS: total dissolved solids TLH: Teshekpuk Lake Herd TPH: total petroleum hydrocarbons TRR: technically recoverable reserves TVD: true vertical depth UIC: Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme USACE: United States Army Corps of Engineers USC: United States Code USDW: Underground Source of Drinking Water USGS: United States Geological Survey VSR: volumetric spill rate WAH: Western Arctic Herd WSA: Wilderness Study Area

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This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska's North Slope. Economic benefits to the region have been accompanied by effects of the roads, infrastructure and activies of oil and gas production on the terrain, plants, animals and peoples of the North Slope. While attempts by the oil industry and regulatory agencies have reduced many of the environmental effects, they have not been eliminated. The book makes recommendations for further environmental research related to environmental effects.

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