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PAPERBACK list:$30.75 Web:$27.68 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects Other Related Titles Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Responses (2001) Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Marine Board (MB) Transportation Research Board (TRB) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 104   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix C Acronyms AE alcohol ethoxylate AEA Short for a company called AEA Technology AMOP Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program APE alkylphenol ethoxylates API American Petroleum Institute measurement unit ASTM American Society of Testing and Materials BAC Bitor America Corporation Bitor Bitúmenes Orinoco, SA BTEX benzene, toulene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes BTU british thermal unit CFT Clean Fuels Technology COSAP Comparative Oil/Orimulsion Spill Assessment Program DESMI Name of a pump skimmer manufacturer DOE Department of Energy EIA Energy Information Administration EO ethylene oxide EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAF Forced Adhesion and Floatation Page 104 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-6) 1 Introduction and Overview (7-13) 2 Behavior and Fates: Summary and Evaluation of Available Information (14-43) 3 Ecological Effects: Summary and Evaluation of Available Information (44-65) 4 Efficacy of Response: Summary and Evaluation of Available Information (66-80) References (81-88) Appendix A Committee Biographies (89-91) Appendix B Literature Reviewed by the Committee (92-103) Appendix C Acronyms (104-106)

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Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response Appendix C Acronyms AE alcohol ethoxylate AEA Short for a company called AEA Technology AMOP Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program APE alkylphenol ethoxylates API American Petroleum Institute measurement unit ASTM American Society of Testing and Materials BAC Bitor America Corporation Bitor Bitúmenes Orinoco, SA BTEX benzene, toulene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes BTU british thermal unit CFT Clean Fuels Technology COSAP Comparative Oil/Orimulsion Spill Assessment Program DESMI Name of a pump skimmer manufacturer DOE Department of Energy EIA Energy Information Administration EO ethylene oxide EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAF Forced Adhesion and Floatation

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Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response HMRAD Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division LAPIO Low API oil, where API (above) is a measuring unit LAS linear alkyl benzene sulfonate LC-MS Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer LOEC Lowest-Observed-Effects Concentration MAH Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon(s) MEA monoethanolamine MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSRC Marine Spill Response Corporation NAE National Academy of Engineering NFPA National Fire Protection Association NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA/HZMAT National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hazardous Materials Response Division NOEC No Observable Effect Concentration NPE alkyl phenyl ethoxylate NPE nonylphenol ethoxylate NRC National Research Council OPA-90 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 OPA Oil Pollution Act of 1990 OPRU Oil Pollution Research Unit OSRL Oil Spill Response Limited (has since changed its name to OSSC) OSSC Oil Spill Service Center PAHS polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons PDVSA Petroleos de Venezuela, SA PEG polyethylene glycols SMART Surveillance and Monitoring for Alternative Response Technology SPM suspended particular material TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act URD Underwater Remote Detection USCG United States Coast Guard

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Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response VKI Name of consulting firm in Hørsholm, Denmark WAF water accommodated fraction WSF water-soluble fractions WSL Warren Springs Laboratory (since changed name to AEA Technology)

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