APPENDIX C
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ACR | acute-to-chronic ratio |
ADIOS2 | Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills version 2 |
API | American Petroleum Institute |
BaPE | benzo[a]pyrene equivalents |
BOP | blowout preventer |
BSEE | Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement |
BTEX | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene |
BW | body weight |
CAFE | Chemical Aquatic Fate and Effects |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CERA | Consensus Ecological Risk Assessment |
CEWAF | chemically enhanced water-accommodated fraction |
CF | conversion factor |
CI | confidence interval |
CR | consumption rate |
CRA | Comparative Risk Assessment |
CROSERF | Chemical Response to Oil Spills: Ecological Effects Research Forum |
CSF | cancer slope factor |
DFO | Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) |
DIVER | Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting |
DOR | dispersant-to-oil ratio |
DOSS | dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate |
DS | model proposed by Delvigne & Sweeney or DeepSpill |
DSD | droplet size distribution |
DWH | Deepwater Horizon |
ED | exposure duration |
EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
EL50 | median effects-loading concentration |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EPS | extracellular polymeric substance |
EqP | equilibrium partitioning |
ERL | effects range low |
ES | ecosystem services |
ESA | ecosystem services analysis |
FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
FEV | forced expiratory volume |
FVC | forced vital capacity |
GC | gas chromatography |
GC-FID | gas chromatography and flame ionization detection |
GC-MS | gas chromatography and mass spectrometry |
GDS | Global Dispersant Stockpile |
GNOME | General NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Operational Modeling Environment |
GoMRI | Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative |
GOR | gas-to-oil ratio |
GRIIDC | Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative |
HC5 | hazard concentration 5% |
HEWAF | high-energy water-accommodated fraction |
HYCOM | Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model |
IDLH | Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health |
IFT | interfacial tension |
IOGP | International Association of Oil & Gas Producers |
IRB | Institutional Review Board |
ISB | in situ burning |
IVOC | intermediate-volatility organic compound |
LC50 | median lethal concentration |
LEWAF | low energy water-accommodated fraction |
LISST | Laser In Situ Scattering and Transmissiometry |
LL50 | lethal loading 50 |
LN | log-normal |
LOC | level of concern |
LT50 | lethal time 50 |
MAH | monoaromatic hydrocarbon |
MD | microdroplet concentration |
MEWAF | medium-energy water-accommodated fraction |
MEXUS | Mexico–United States |
MOS | marine oil snow |
MOSSFA | Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation |
MPa | megapascal |
MS | mass spectrometry |
NAPL | non-aqueous-phase liquid |
NEBA | Net Environmental Benefit Analysis |
NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRC | National Research Council |
NRDA | Natural Resource Damage Assessment |
NRT | National Response Team |
OMA | oil-mineral aggregate |
OPA | oil-particle aggregate |
ORMS | oil-related marine snow |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PDMS | polydimethylsiloxane |
PLC50 | median phototoxic lethal concentration |
PPE | personal protective equipment |
PTSD | posttraumatic stress disorder |
RANS | Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes |
RfD | reference dose |
RL | risk level |
ROC | resource of concern |
SABGOM | South Atlantic Bight—Gulf of Mexico |
SilCam | silhouette camera |
SIMA | Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment |
SOA | secondary organic aerosol |
SOO | spill of opportunity |
SPME | solid-phase microextraction |
SSD | Species Sensitivity Distribution |
SSDI | subsea dispersant injection |
SVOC | semi-volatile organic compound |
SwRI | Southwest Research Institute |
TAMOC | Texas A&M Oilspill Calculator |
THC | total hydrocarbon concentration |
TLM | target lipid model |
TPAH | total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
TPH | total petroleum hydrocarbon |
TROPICS | Tropical Oil Pollution Investigations in Coastal Systems |
TU | toxic unit |
TUHH | Hamburg University of Technology |
UI | uncertainty interval |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
USCG | U.S. Coast Guard |
UV | ultraviolet |
VEC | valued ecosystem component |
VOC | volatile organic compound |
WAF | water-accommodated fraction |