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<strong>20<strong>12</strong></strong> <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>Ranger</strong> <strong>Guidebook</strong> 3-7-<strong>12</strong><br />

SMS: Safety Management System (sometimes referred to as an SQM). Required<br />

by the ISM Code and Chapter IX of SOLAS.<br />

SOLAS: Safety of Life at Sea. The International Convention for the Safety of Life<br />

at Sea.<br />

SOPEP: Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan. (MARPOL Annex I, Reg. 26)<br />

STCW: The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and<br />

Watchkeeping for Seafarers.<br />

Suspended Solids: Small particles of solid pollutants that float on the surface of,<br />

or are suspended in, sewage or other liquids. They resist removal by<br />

conventional means.<br />

Total Cl2 Total Chlorine test method<br />

Total Suspended Solids (TSS): A measure of the suspended solids in<br />

wastewater, effluent, or water bodies, determined by tests for "total suspended<br />

non-filterable solids."<br />

Transfer: Any movement of oil or hazardous material to, from or within a vessel<br />

by means of pumping, gravitation, or displacement.<br />

Tributyltin Paints: TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating means a paint,<br />

coating, or treatment that contains tributyltin, or a triorganotin compound used as<br />

a substitute for tributyltin, and that is intended to control fouling organisms in a<br />

fresh water or marine environment.<br />

Vessel Specific Sampling Plan (VSSP): This is an approved plan specific to each cruise<br />

ship that documents how wastewater is treated, stored, and sampled to ensure<br />

samples are representative of discharged wastewater.<br />

Acronyms/Abbreviations Used<br />

ADEC <strong>Alaska</strong> Department of Environmental Conservation<br />

BNA Base/Neutrals, Acids<br />

BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand – 5-day test<br />

CFR Code of Federal Regulations<br />

COC Chain of Custody<br />

COC Certificate of Compliance, CG Form 3585.<br />

COTP Captain of the Port.<br />

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand<br />

CWA Clean Water Act.<br />

DQO Data Quality Objective<br />

EPA Environmental Protection Agency<br />

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