Ring of Fire Proposed RMP and Final EIS

Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

• AAC Alaska Administrative Code
• ACEC Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• AD common era/Anno Domini
• ADEC Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
• ADF&G Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• ADNR Alaska Department of Natural Resources
• ADOT&PF Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• AEB Aleutians East Borough
• AFS Alaska Fire Service
• AFO Anchorage Field Office
• AHMA Aquatic Habitat Management Area
• AHRS Alaska Heritage Resource Survey
• AIWFMP Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan
• AKEPIC Alaska Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse
• ALTP Alaska Land Transfer Program
• AML Abandoned Mine Lands
• ANHP Alaska Natural Heritage Program
• ANILCA Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
• ANCSA Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
• AO Authorized Officer
• APD Applications for Permit to Drill
• ARPA Archaeological Resource Protection Act
• AS Alaska Statute
• AST aboveground storage tank
• ASTt Arctic Small Tool Traditional
• ASQ allowable sale quantity
• ATV all-terrain vehicle
• AVO Alaska Volcano Observatory
• AWCA Aleutians West Census Area

B

• BLM Bureau of Land Management
• BC years before the birth of Christ
• BP years before present

C

• CAA Clean Air Act
• CBJ City and Borough of Juneau
• CBNG coalbed natural gas
• CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
• CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
• CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System
• cfm cubic feet per minute
• CFR Code of Federal Regulations
• cfs cubic feet per second
• CHA critical habitat area
• CIMMC Cook Inlet Marine Mammal Commission
• CNF Chugach National Forest
• CNIPM Strategic Planning Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plant Management
• CO carbon monoxide
• CSU conservation system unit
• CWA Clean Water Act

D

• DCCED Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
• DO/L dissolved oxygen per liter
• DOD Department of Defense
• DOF Department of Forestry
• DPS distinct population segment

E

• EA Environmental Assessment
• EAFB Elmendorf Air Force Base
• EFH essential fish habitat
• EIS Environmental Impact Statement
• EO Executive Order
• ESA Endangered Species Act
• ESU Evolutionary Significant Unit

F

• °F degrees Fahrenheit
• FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FERC Federal Energy Regulation Commission
• FHWA Federal Highway Administration
• FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map
• FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act
• FR Federal Register
• FRAP Fort Richardson Army Post
• FRPA Alaska Resources and Forest Practices Act
• ft foot/feet
• FUDS Formerly Used Defense Sites
• FWFMP Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy

G

• gpm gallons per minute

H

• HAP hazardous air pollutant
• HUC hydrodologic unit code

I

• IAP Integrated activity plan
• IC Interim Conveyance
• IPM Integrated Pest Management
• IRA Indian Reorganization Act
• ISA Instant Study Area

K

• KGB Ketchikan Gateway Borough
• KGRA known geothermal resource area
• KIB Kodiak Island Borough
• km kilometer
• KMDA known mineral deposit area
• KPB Kenai Peninsula Borough

L

• LPB Lake and Peninsula Borough

M

• MFP Management Framework Plan
• µg/m3 micrograms per cubic meter
• mg/L milligrams per liter
• MLA Mineral Leasing Act
• MMBF million board feet
• MOA Municipality of Anchorage
• MOU Memorandum of Understanding
• MSA Management Situation Analysis
• MSB Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• MSFCMA Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

N

• NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
• NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
• National System National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
• NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
• NFIP National Flood Insurance Program
• NFMA National Forest Management Act
• nm nautical mile
• NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
• NHT National Historic Trail
• NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
• NO2 nitrogen dioxide
• NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NOI Notice of Intent
• NPS National Park Service
• NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service
• NRHP National Register of Historic Places
• NSO No Surface Occupancy
• NWR National Wildlife Refuge

O

• O3 ozone
• OHMP Office of Habitat Management and Permitting
• OHV off-highway vehicle
• ONA Outstanding Natural Area
• ORV outstandingly remarkable value

P

• Pb Airborne lead
• PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
• PILT payments in lieu of taxes
• PLO Public Land Order
• PM2.5 particulate matter less than 2.5 microns
• PM10 particulate matter less than 10 microns
• ppm parts per million
• PRP potentially responsible party
• PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• PV photovoltaic
• PWS Prince William Sound

R

• RAC Regional Advisory Council
• RCRA Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
• RFD Reasonable Foreseeable Development
• RFFA reasonably foreseeable future action
• RMP Resource Management Plan
• RMZ Recreation Management Zone
• RNA Research Natural Area
• ROD Record of Decision
• ROP Required operating procedure
• ROS Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
• ROW right-of-way
• R&PP Recreation and Public Purposes

S

• SCB Sitka City and Borough
• SFA Sustainable Fisheries Act
• SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer
• SIP State Improvement Plan
• SMA Special Management Area
• SO2 sulfur dioxide
• SRMA Special Recreation Management Area
• SRP special recreation permit
• STATSGO State Soil Geographic

T

• TA tentative approval
• T&E threatened and endangered
• TNF Tongass National Forest

U

• U.S. United States
• U.S.C. United States Code
• USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• UAF University of Alaska, Fairbanks
• USBOM U.S. Bureau of Mines
• USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USDOI U.S. Department of the Interior
• USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• USFS U.S. Forest Service
• USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• USGS U.S. Geological Survey
• UST underground storage tank

V

•  VRM Visual Resource Management

W

• WSA Wilderness Study Areas
• WSRA Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Y

•  YCB Yakutat City and Borough