Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols 

AAAQS Alaska Ambient Air Quality Standards 

AAC Alaska Administrative Code 

AADT Annual Average Daily Traffic (count) 

ac acre 

ACI Alaska Consultants, Inc. 

ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment 

ACMA Alaska Coastal Management Act 

ACMP Alaska Coastal Management Program 

ACP Arctic Coastal Plain 

AC&W Aircraft Control and Warning 

ADCED Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development 

ADEC Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation 

ADFG Alaska Department of Fish and Game 

ADGC Alaska Division of Governmental Coordination 

ADNR Alaska Department of Natural Resources 

ADOL Alaska Department of Labor 

ADOLWD Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development 

ADOTPF Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 

ADR Alaska Department of Revenue 

AGL Above Ground Level 

AHRS Alaska Heritage Resources Survey 

ANCSA Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

ANGTS Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System 

ANILCA Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 

ANS Alaska North Slope; Arctic North Slope 

ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 

AO Authorized Officer 

AOGCC Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 

AQRV Air Quality Related Values 

ARCO Atlantic Richfield Company 

ARL Arctic Research Laboratory 

AS Alaska Statutes 

ASDP Alpine Satellite Development Project 

ASRC Arctic Slope Regional Corporation 

ASTt Arctic Small Tool tradition 

BA Biological Assessment 

bbl barrel 

Bbbl Billion barrels 
Northeast NPR-A Supplemental IAP/EIS 

BCBS Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas 

BD/DR Building Demolition and Debris Removal 

BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis 

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs 

BLM Bureau of Land Management 

BP British Petroleum 

BPXA British Petroleum Exploration – Alaska 

CAA Clean Air Act 

CAFF Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna 

CAH Central Arctic Herd (of caribou) 

CCP Central Compressor Plant 

CD Colville Delta 

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality 

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

CIAP Coastal Impact Assistance Program 

CIP Capital Improvement Project 

CIRI Cook Inlet Region Incorporated 

cm centimeter 

CM Cost of Mitigation 

CMP Coastal Management Program 

CO Carbon Monoxide 

CO2 Carbon Dioxide 

CPF Central Production Facility 

CRA Circumpolar Research Associates 

CRSA Colville River Special Area 

CWA Clean Water Act 

CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act 

DDT Dicholorodiphenyltrichloroethane 

DEW-Line Distant Early Warning Line (System) 

EA Environmental Assessment 

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone 

EFH Essential Fish Habitat 

EIS Environmental Impact Statement 

EO Executive Order 

EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

ESA Endangered Species Act 

FEP Full Economic Potential 

FFD Full Field Development 

FLIR Forward Looking Infrared Radar 

FR Federal Register 

FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

ft foot/feet 

FY Fiscal Year 

Acronyms-2 
Northeast NPR-A Supplemental IAP/EIS 

gal gallon(s) 

gal/day gallons per day 

GAO U.S. General Accounting Office 

GMU Game Management Unit 

GOR Gas-to-Oil Ratio 

GTL Gas-to-Liquid Ratio 

HRAF Human Relations Area Files, Inc. 

H2S Hydrogen Sulfide 

IAI Impact Assessment, Inc. 

IAP Integrated Activity Plan 

ICAS Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope 

in inch 

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

IRA Indian Reorganization Act 

IRP Industrial Roads Program 

ISER Institute of Social and Economic Research 

km kilometer(s) 

km2 square kilometer(s) 

KOP Key Observation Point 

KRU Kuparuk River Unit 

LADS Light Automated Drilling System 

lb pound(s) 

LC50 lethal dose at which half of the organisms die 

LMR Land Management Regulation 

LNG Liquid Natural Gas 

LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas 

LRR Long Range Radar 

LRRS Long Range Radar Site 

LUEA Land Use Emphasis Area 

m meter(s) 

m2 square meter(s) 

m3 cubic meter(s) 

Mcf Thousand cubic feet (of gas) 

Meq/l Milliequivalents per liter 

mg milligram(s) 

mg/l milligrams per liter 

mi mile(s) 

mi2 square mile(s) 

MMbbl Million barrels (of oil) 

MMbpd Million barrels per day (of oil) 

MMcfd Million cubic feet per day (of gas) 

MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act 

MMS Minerals Management Service 

Mpa megapaseals 

Acronyms-3 
Northeast NPR-A Supplemental IAP/EIS 

M-SFMCA Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act 

MOU Memorandum of Understanding 

MWD Measurement while Drilling 

NA Not Applicable 

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

NARL Naval Arctic Research Laboratory 

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act 

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act 

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service 

NO Nitric Oxide 

NOx Nitrogen Oxides 

NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide 

NOA Notice of Availability 

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System 

NPR-A National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska 

NPRPA Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act 

NRC National Research Council 

NRHP National Register of Historic Places 

NSB North Slope Borough 

NSBMC North Slope Borough Municipal Code 

NSMOG North Slope Management Oversight Group 

NSO No Surface Occupancy 

NSSI North Slope Initiative 

NWI National Wetlands Inventory 

NWS Northern Warning System 

O3 Ozone 

OCS Outer Continental Shelf 

OCSEAP Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program 

OCSLA Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

OHA Office of History and Archaeology 

OHV Off-highway Vehicle 

ONR Office of Naval Research 

OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries 

ORV Off-road Vehicle 

OSC On-scene Coordinator 

OWM Oil-weathering Model 

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 

PAI Phillips Alaska, Inc. 

PET-4 Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 4 

pH Measure of hydrogen ion concentration in the water 

PL Public Law 

PM Particulate Matter 

PM2.5 Particulate matter > 2.5 microns in diameter 

Acronyms-4 
Northeast NPR-A Supplemental IAP/EIS 

PM10 particulate matter > 10 micron in diameter 

POL Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants 

ppb parts per billion 

ppm parts per million 

ppt parts per thousand 

PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 

RFSUNY Research Foundation of the State University of New York 

RI/FS Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study 

RMP Resource Management Plan 

RMT Research and Monitoring Team 

RN Roaded Natural 

ROD Record of Decision 

ROP Required Operating Procedure 

ROS Recreation Opportunity Spectrum 

ROW Right-of-Way 

SAP Subsistence Advisory Panel 

SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer 

SOx Sulfur Oxides 

SO2 Sulfur Dioxide 

SQRU Scenic Quality Rating Unit 

SPM Semi Primitive Motorized 

SRBA Stephen R. Braund and Associates 

SRP Special Recreation Permit 

SRR Short Range Radar 

SRRS Short Range Radar Site 

TAGS Trans Alaska Gas System 

TAPS Trans-Alaska Pipeline System 

TAPSO Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Owners 

Tcf Trillion cubic feet (of gas) 

TEA Transportation Enhancement Act 

TERA Troy Ecological Research Associates 

TLCH Teshekpuk Lake Caribou Herd Area 

TLH Teshekpuk Lake Herd (of caribou) 

TLUI Traditional Land Use Inventory 

TVD True Vertical Depth 

UAA University of Alaska, Anchorage 

UIC Ukpeagvik Innpiat Corporation 

UL Unavailable for Leasing 

USC United States Code 

USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

USDOC U.S. Department of Commerce 

USDOD U.S. Department of Defense 

USDOE U.S. Department of Energy 

Acronyms-5 
Northeast NPR-A Supplemental IAP/EIS 

USDOI U.S. Department of Interior 

USDOL U.S. Department of Labor 

USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program 

USGS U.S. Geological Survey 

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds 

VRM Visual Resource Management 

VSM Vertical Support Member 

WAC White Alice Communications 

WACS White Alice Communication System 

WAH Western Arctic Herd (of caribou) 

WSR Wild and Scenic Rivers 

WSRA Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

yd yard(s) 

yd3 cubic yard(s) 

Y-K Delta Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta 

> greater than or equal to 

< less than or equal to 

> greater than/more than 

< less than 

μg/m3 micrograms per cubic meter 

°F degrees Fahrenheit 

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