Acronyms and Abbreviations
Generalized Model for Simulating Shoreline Change
GENESIS
Geographic Information System
GIS
HDPE The line may be a combination of plastic
HDPE
LCP
Local Coastal Program
Ldn or DNL
Day-Night Average noise level
LUP
Land Use Plan
MBAR
Mission Bay Artificial Reef
MCB
Unites States Marine Corps Base
mg/l
milligrams per liter
MLLW
mean lower low water
MMS
Mineral Management Service
MSL
mean sea level
NAAQS
national ambient air quality standards
Navy
Department of the Navy
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
NEPA
National Historic Preservation Act
NHPA
National Marine Fisheries Service
NMFS
NO2
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Notice of Preparation
NOP
NOx
National Register of Historic Places
NRHP
national turbidity units
NTU
ozone
O3
PAHs
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Pb
lead
PCBs
polychlorinated biphenyls
PM10
particulate matter equal to or less than 10 microns in size
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