Acronyms

A

• ABRET: Breton Research and Technology Association
• ACGIH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
• ADD: Acceptable Daily Dose
• ADEME: French Environment and Energy Management Agency
• ADNR: European Agreement concerning International Carriage of Dangerous Goods on the Rhine river
• ADR: European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
• AEGL: Acute Exposure Guideline Level
• AEM: Action of the State at Sea
• AFFF: Aqueous Film-Forming Foam
• AFSSA: French National Agency for Food Safety
• AIHA: American International Health Alliance
• ALOHA: Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres
• AMOP: Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program
• ANR: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
• ANVN: Agence Nationale des Voies navigables
• API: American Petroleum Institute
• ARPEL: Asociación regional de empresas del sector petróleo, gas y biocombustibles en latinoamérica y el caribe
  
• ARS: Agence Régionale de Santé
• ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• AUV: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

B

• BCF: Bio Concentration Factor
• BLEVE: Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion
• BOD: Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• BOE: Barrel of Oil Equivalent
• BRGM: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

C

• CARF: Communauté d'Agglomération de la Riviera Française
• CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service
• CASU: Emergency situation support unit
• CCA : Clean Caribbean and Americas
• CEA: French Atomic Energy Commission
• CEDRE: Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution
• CEFIC: European Chemical Industry Council
• CEPPOL: French Navy Centre of Practical Expertise in Pollution Response
• CETMEF: Centre d’Etudes Techniques Maritimes et Fluviales
• CFP: Centre de Formation Polyvalent
• CFT: Compagnie Fluviale de Transport
• CHEMMAP: Chemical discharge model designed to predict the trajectory, fate, impacts and biological effects of chemicals spilt in water
• CHRIS: Chemical Hazards Response Information System
• CNFPT: Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale
• CNPMEM:French national maritime fisheries and marine shellfish farming committee
• CPB: Compagnie Pétrochimique de Berre
• CNRS: French National Scientific Research Centre
• COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand
• COM: Centre Opérationnel de la Marine
• CSST: French Occupational Health and Safety Commission
• CSTEE: French Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment

D

• DAM: Direction des Affaires Maritimes
• DDASS: French Departmental Health and Social Action Directorate
• DDE: Direction Départementale de l’Equipement
• DDTM: Direction Départementale des Territoires et de la Mer
• DEAL: Direction de l'environnement, de l'aménagement et du Logement (in French overseas territorities)
• DIPPR: Design Institute for Physical Properties
• DIREN: Direction Régionale de l’Environnement
• DIRM: Directions interrégionales de la mer
• DMDS: Dimethyl disulphide
• DRASS: Direction Régionale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales
• DRASS: Direction Ré
• DREAL: Direction régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement
• DRIRE: Direction Régionale de l’Industrie, de la Recherche et de l’Environnement
• DSC: Direction de la Sécurité Civile
• DTAM: Direction des Territoires, de l'Alimentation et de la Mer (French overseas territories)

E

• EC: Effective Concentration
• ECB: European Chemicals Bureau
• ECETOC: European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals
• EEZ: Exclusive Economic Zone
• EFMA: European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association
• EIGSI: La Rochelle Engineering School
• EINECS: European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances
• ELV: Exposure Limit Value
• EMSA: European Maritime Safety Agency
  
• ENSAM: French national school of maritime safety and administration
• ENSOSP : Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Officiers de Sapeur-Pompiers
• EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
• EPIF: Cedre's pilot response and training team
• ERPG: Emergency Response Planning Guidelines
• ETBE: Ethyl Tert-Butyl Ether
• ETC: Environmental Technology Centre
• EWC: European Waste Catalogue

F

• FID: Flame Ionisation Detector
• FOST: Fast Oil Spill Team

G

• GIPM: Groupement d'Intervention sur les Pollutions Marines
• GIWACAF: Global Initiative for West and Central Africa
• GP: Grande Paroisse
• GPC: Gas Phase Chromatography
• GPN: Grande Paroisse Nitrogen
• GPS: Global Positioning System

H

• HazMat: Hazardous Materials
• HDPE: High Density Polyethylene
• HNS: Hazardous and Noxious Substances
• HSDB: Hazardous Substances Data Bank
• HWIP: Household Waste Incineration Plant

I

• IARC: International Agency for Research on Cancer
• IATA: International Air Transport Association
• IBC: International Bulk chemical Code
• ICE: Intervention in Chemical transport Emergencies
• ICSC: International Chemical Safety Cards
• IDLH: Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health
• IFO: Intermediate Fuel Oil
• IFP: Institut Français du Pétrole
• IFREMER: French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
• IGC: International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk
• IMDG: International Maritime Dangerous Goods
• IMO: International Maritime Organization
• INCHEM: International Chemical industries, Inc.
• INERIS: French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks
• INHESJ: National Institute of advanced studies in Security and Justice
• INRS: French National Research and Safety Institute for occupational risk prevention
• IOPC Funds: International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds
• IPCS: International Programme on Chemical Safety
• IPIECA: International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association
• IPSN: French Institute for Nuclear Safety and Protection
• IRD: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
• ISO: International Organization for Standardization
• ITAC: Industry Technical Advisory Committee
• ITOPF: International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation
• IUCLID: International Uniform Chemical Information Database

L

• LASEM: French Navy analysis, surveillance and expertise laboratory
• LC: Lethal Concentration
• LDPE: Low Density Polyethylene
• LEL: Lower Explosive Limit
• LET: Lethal Effect Threshold
• LLDPE: Linear Low Density PolyEthylene
• LNG: Liquefied Natural Gas
• LNHE: Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique et Environnement
• LOEC: Lowest Observed Effect Concentration
• LPG: Liquid Petroleum Gas
• LPO: Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (French society for the protection of birds)

M

• MAR-Ice: Marine Intervention in Chemical Transport Emergencies
• MARPOL: Marine Pollution
• MARVS: Maximum Allowable Relief Valve Setting
• MCA: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• MEDDTL: Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement
• MEEDDM: Ministère de l’Écologie, de l’Énergie, du Développement durable et de la Mer
• MEPC: Marine Environment Protection Committee
• MEV: Mean Exposure Value
• MFAG: Medical First Aid Guide
• MIC: Monitoring Information Centre
• MOIG: Mediterranean Oil Industry Group
• MOTHY: Oil slick prediction model
• MP: Marine Pollutant
• MRCC: Marine Rescue Coordination Centre
• MRL: Minimum Risk Level
• MSDS: Marine Strategy Framework Directive
• MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet
• MTBE: Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether
• MUC: Maximum Use Concentration

N

• NCA: Norwegian Coastal Administration
• NCV: Net Calorific Value
• NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• NM: Nautical mile
• NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NOEC: No Observed Effect Concentration
• NOFO: Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies

O

• OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• OELV: Occupational Exposure Limit Value
• ONEMA: French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments
• ONIRIS: École Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l’Alimentation Nantes-Atlantique
• OPRC: International convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation
• ORSEC: Organisation de la Réponse de Sécurité Civile
• OSR: Oil Spill Response
• OSRV: Oil Spill Response Vessel
• OTSOPA: Working Group on Operational, Technical and Scientific Questions Concerning Counter Pollution Activities

P

• PAH: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
• PCB: Polychlorinated Biphenyl
• PCS: Local contingency plan
• PCT: Polychlorinated Terphenyl
• PEC: Predicted Effect Concentration
• PID: Photo Ionisation Detector
• PNEC: Predicted No-Effect Concentration
• POLMAR: Maritime Pollution
• ppb: Parts per billion
• PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
• ppm: Parts per million
  
• PREMAR: Préfecture Maritime (French maritime authorities)
• PTBC: Para-tertiary-butylcatechol
• PVA: Polyvinyl alcohol
• PVC: Polyvinyl chloride
• PVDC: Polyvinylidene chloride
• PVDF: Polyvinylidene fluoride

R

• RAC-REMPEC: Regional Activity center – Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Center
• REMPEC: Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea
• REMPEITC: Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Centre for the Carribean
• ROV: Remote Operated Vehicle
• RSV: Regional Support Vessel

S

• SAR: Supplied Air Respirator
• SAR: Search and Rescue
• SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SARA: Société Anonyme de Raffinage des Antilles
• SASEMAR: Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima
• SCBA: Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• SDIS: Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours
• SDS: Safety Data Sheet
• SEBC: Standard European Behaviour Classification system of chemicals spilled into the sea
• SHOM: Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (French Naval Hydrographical and Oceanographic Department)
• SIDS: Screening Information Data Set
• SINOE: Système d’Information et d’Observation de l’Environnement
• SINTEF: Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research
  (Norway)
• SIRACED-PC: Service Interministériel Régional des Affaires Civiles et Economiques de Défense et de la Protection Civile
• SIW: Special Industrial Waste
• SLAR: Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• SNSM: French National Society for Sea Rescue
• SOMARA: French Maritime Society for Towing and Assistance
• SYCOPOL: SYndicat français des COnstructeurs d'équipement et des prestataires de service de lutte contre la POLlution

T

• TEEL: Temporary Exposure Limits
• TGD: Technical Guidance Document
• TLV-ceiling: Threshold Limit Values – Ceiling
• TLV-STEL: Threshold Limit Values – Short Term Exposure Limit
• TLV-TWA: Threshold Limit Values – Time Weighted Average
• TNO: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
• TRANSAID: Agreement between UIC (French Chemical Industry Association) & the French Government
• TROCS: Transport of Chemical Substances - database created by REMPEC
• TSS: Traffic Separation Scheme

U

• UBO: University of Western Brittany
• UEL: Upper Explosive Limit
• UIC: French chemical industries association
• UIISC: French Unit of Instruction and Intervention on Civil Security
• UNEP: United Nations Envrionment Programme
• US EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency
• UTC: Universal Time Conversion
• UVCE: Unconfined Vapour Cloud Explosion

V

• v/v: Volume to volume
• VCM: Vinyl chloride monomer
• VHF: Very High Frequency
• VNF: Voies Navigables de France

W

• WHO: World Health Organisation
• WTS: Waste Tracking Slip