Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts (2007)
Chapter: Appendix B Acronyms
B
Acronyms
CAMA Coastal Area Management Act
CEM USACE Coastal Engineering Manual
CICEET Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology
CWA Clean Water Act
CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act
EFH Essential Fish Habitat
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESA Engendered Species Act
FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIRM flood insurance rate map
FR Federal Register
FWCA Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act
FWS Fish and Wildlife Service
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
LCS low-crested structures
MCL momentary coastline
MHW mean high water
MLLW Mean Lower Low Water
MLWL mean low-tide water line
NAP Normaal Amsterdams Peil [Dutch reference for sea level]
NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC National Research Council
NRCS Natural Resource and Conservation Service
NWP Nationwide Permit
PTD Public Trust Doctrine
RSM Regional Sediment Management
SAV submerged aquatic vegetation
SCDHEC South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
SPGP State Programmatic General Permit
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USDHUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
VIMS Virginia Institute of Marine Science
