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Appendix I: Acronyms and Initialisms
Pages 163-164

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... DOD Department of Defense EPPR Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, and Response ESI environmental sensitivity maps EVOSTC Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council FOSC federal on-scene coordinator FTE Full-Time Employee FY fiscal year GEM Gulf (of Alaska) Ecosystem Monitoring GIS geographic information system 163
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... IARC International Arctic Research Center IMS Institute of Marine Sciences LIDAR LIght Detection And Ranging LTEMP Long-Term Environmental Monitoring program MORICE Mechanical Oil Recovery in Ice Infested Waters MOU memorandum of understanding MS Montague Strait NC/FC Nowcast/Forecast Model NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOS National Ocean Service NPRB North Pacific Research Board NRC National Research Council NRDA Natural Resource Damage Assessment NSF National Science Foundation OAR Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ONR Office of Naval Research OPA 90 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 OR&R Office of Response and Restoration OSCAR Oil Spill Contingency and Response OSRI Oil Spill Recovery Institute PAH polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon PCC Pollock Conservation Cooperative PI principal investigator PICKS North Pacific Marine Science Organization POM Princeton Ocean Model PWS Prince William Sound PWS RCACPrince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council PWSSC Prince William Sound Science Center 1
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