AEWC

Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission

ANIMIDA

Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area

API

American Petroleum Institute

Bbbl

Billion barrels

BRD

Biological Resources Division

BWASP

Bowhead Whale Aerial Survey Project

COOGER

California Offshore Oil and Gas Energy Resources

CMI

Coastal Marine Institute

DOE

Department of Energy

DOI

Department of the Interior

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESP

Environmental Studies Program

EFH

Essential Fish Habitat

FY

Fiscal Year

G&G

Geological & Geophysical

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPS

Global Positioning System

IMEMS

International Marine Environment Modeling Seminar

ITM

Information Transfer Meeting

IUM

Information Update Meeting

LOI

Letter of Intent

LOOP

Louisiana Offshore Oil Port

LNG

Liquified Natural Gas

LSU

Louisiana State University

LUMCON

Louisiana University Marine Consortium

MARINe

Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network

MINT

MMS Intertidal

MMPA

Marine Mammal Protection Act

MMS

Minerals Management Service

MPA

Marine Protected Areas

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NOAA

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration

NOPP

National Oceanographic Partnership Program

NSL

National Studies List

NRC

National Research Council

OCS

Outer Continental Shelf

OCSLA

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OMM

Offshore Minerals Management

ONR

Office of Naval Research

PAH

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

PCB

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PI

Principal Investigator

RFP

Request for Proposals

SC

Scientific Committee

SDC

Steel Drilling Caisson

SRB

Science Review Board

TARP

Technology Assessment Research Program

Tfc

Trillion cubic feet

TPEC

Technical Proposal Evaluation Committee

TSC

Technical Steering Committee

UAF

University of Alaska Fairbanks

UCSB

University of California Santa Barbara

USGS

U. S. Geological Survey