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The Response to the Iron Baron Oil Spill
Glossary
- AMOSC
- Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre
The oil industry's major response facility located in Geelong - AMSA
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Self-funded Commonwealth government safety agency responsible for combating pollution in the marine environment. - ANCA
- Australian Nature Conservation Agency
formerly the National Parks and Wildlife Service - BHP
- Broken Hill Proprietaries Transport
- CES
- Commonwealth Employment Service
- CRA
- Coastal Resource Atlas
detailed atlases identifying marine and foreshore ecosystems and biological resources - DELM
- Tasmanian Department of Environment and Land Management
- DPIF
- Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
- EMA
- Emergency Management Australia
part of the Department of Defence, formerly 'Natural Disasters Organisation' - EPA
- Environment Protection Agency
part of the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories - ICS
- Incident Control System
- LOF95
- Lloyds Open Form 1995
a salvage contract between salvors and owners - National Plan
- National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil
- NPAC
- National Plan Advisory Committee
made up of all States/NT, shipping, oil and exploration industries, and relevant Commonwealth agencies - OH&S
- Occupational Health and Safety
- OSC
- On Scene Coordinator
person appointed under a Contingency Plan to manage an oil spill response - OSSM
- On Scene Spill Model
computer - based oil spill trajectory model - P&I
- Protection and Indemnity (Insurers)
- PLA
- Port of Launceston Authority
- POLREP
- Pollution Report
- POWBONS
- Tasmania Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Act 1987
- P&WS
- Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
- SITREP
- Situation Report
- SMPC
- State Marine Pollution Committee
committee responsible for coordinating the local administration and operation of National Plan - SOPCO
- State Oil Pollution Control Officer
officer appointed by the Tasmanian SMPC - SSC
- Scientific Support Coordinator
- VIMS
- Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences