APPS - Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 USC §§ 1901 et seq.)

BOM - Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior

BLM - Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior

CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

COE - U.S. Corps of Engineers

CWA - Clean Water Act (33 USC §§ 1251 et seq.)

CZMA - Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 USC §§ 1451 et seq.)

CZMP - Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMA)

DAMOS - Disposal Area Monitoring Study (COE)

DEIS/MP - Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Management Plan (SRD)

DMF - Division of Marine Fisheries (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

DOD - U.S. Department of Defense

DOI - U.S. Department of the Interior

EIS - Environmental Impact Statement

EOEA - Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ESA - Endangered Species Act (16 USC §§ 1531 - 1543)

FADS - Foul Area Disposal Site (EPA/COE)

FMC - Fishery Management Council

FMP - Fishery Management Plan

FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

HMGNE - Historic Maritime Group of New England

ICCAT - International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

LRA - List of Recommended Areas

MAFMC - Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council

MBP - Massachusetts Bays Program

MCZM - Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program

MFCMA - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 USC §§ 1801 et seq.)

MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 USC §§ 1361 et seq.)

MMS - Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

MP - Management Plan

MPRSA - Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (33 USC §§ 1401 et seq., 16 USC §§ 1431 et seq.)

MWRA - Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

NEFMC - New England Fishery Management Council

NEP - National Estuary Program

NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (42 USC §§ 4321 et seq.)

NHPA - National Historic Preservation Act (16 USC §§ 470)

NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

NMSP - National Marine Sanctuary Program (SRD)

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

NOMES - New England Offshore Mining Environmental Study (DOI)

NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS - National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

NRP - National Research Plan (SRD)

OCRM - Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

OCS - Outer Continental Shelf

OCSLA - Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 USC §§ 1331 et seq.)

ODA - Ocean Dumping Act (Title I of MPRSA), (33 USC §§ 1401 et seq.)

OPCA - Oil Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 2701)

OSA - Ocean Sanctuaries Act (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

PDP - Program Development Plan (SRD)

PWSA - Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 USC §§ 1221 et seq.)

RFP - Request for Proposals

RHA - Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC §§ 402 et seq.)

SAC - Sanctuary Advisory Committee

SBNMS - Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

SEL - Site Evaluation List

SPD - Sanctuary Programs Division, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (now called Sanctuaries and Reserves Division)

SRD - Sanctuaries and Reserves Division

SRP - Sanctuary Research Plan

USCG - United States Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Transportation

USGS - United States Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

VTSS - Vessel Traffic Separation Scheme

ZSF - Zone of Siting Feasibility (EPA)