Ocean and Coastal Resource Management: Acronyms

ASFPM: Association of State Floodplain Managers
BMP:
Best Management Practices
CCC: Coastal Coordination Committee
CCD: Coastal Community Development
CCMA: Connecticut Coastal Management Act
CE: Categorical Exclusion
CELCP:
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program
CFR: Federal Consistency Regulations
CIAP: Coastal Impact Assistance Program
CICEET: Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology
CSC: Coastal Services Center
CSO: Coastal States Organization
CSP:
Coastal Storms Program
CTP: Coastal Training Program
CWA:
Clean Water Act
CWRSF:
Clean Water State Revolving Funds
CZARA:
Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
CZM:
Coastal Zone Management
CZMA: Coastal Zone Management Act
CZMP:
Coastal Zone Management Program
DOC:
U.S. Department of Commerce
DOT: U.S. Department of Transportation
EA:
Environmental Assessment
EIS:
Environmental Impact Statement
EPA:
Environmental Protection Agency
FERC:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FEIS:
Final Environmental Impact Statement
FOSI: Finding of No Significant Impact
GIS: Geographic Information System
GPS: Georgrphic Positioning System
GOMC: Gulf of Maine Council
MMS:
U.S. Minerals Management Service
MEEF: Marine Environmental Education Foundation
MPA: Marine Protected Area
NCCOS:
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NEMO:
Nonpoint Source Education for Municipal Officials
NEPA:
National Environmental Protection Act
NERRA: National Estuarine Research Reserve Association
NERRS: National Estuarine Research Reserves System
NCMP: National Coastal Management Program
NCMPMS: National Coastal Management Performance Measurement System
NPED: National Policy and Evaluation Division
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOS: National Ocean Service
OCRM:
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
OLISP: Office of Long Island Sound Programs
RAE: Restore America's Estuaries
SAMP: Special Area Management Plan
SAV: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
UNEP: United Nations Environmental Programme
USACE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USDOT: U.S. Department of Transportation
USGS: U.S. Geological Survey