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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
AOGA American Oil and Gas Association
API Americal Petroleum Institute
AUV/AOV autonomous underwater vehicle or autonomously operated vehicle
ASW anti-submarine warfare
BOM Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior
BRAT Benthic Resource Assessment Technique
CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOE Department of the Interior
DPLA Deepwater Port Licensing Act
DWPA The Deep Water Port Act
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
HEW high level [radioactive] waste
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
JOMAR Joint Office for Mapping and Research, NOAA and USGS
LDC London Dumping Convention
LLW low level [radioactive] waste
MFCMA Magnuson Fisheries Conservation and Management Act
MMS Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior
MPRSA Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOPRDMPA National Ocean Pollution, Research, Development and Monitoring Planning Act
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NSF National Science Foundation
NS&T National Status and Trends Program, NOAA
OCS outer continental shelf
OCSLA Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
ONR Office of Naval Research
OTA Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress
OTEC ocean thermal energy conversion
REMOTS Remote Ecological Monitoring of the Sea Floor
ROV remotely operated vehicle
SAR synthetic aperture radar
USGS U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
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