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The Science

Sea Level Rise

Recent and/or Key Documents

 

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List of Acronyms:
  • ATSDR = Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

  • BCDC = Bay Coastal Development Commission

  • BAS = Best Available Science

  • BGS = Below Ground Surface

  • CAL-EPA = California Environmental Protection Agency (State)

  • CDPH = California Department of Public Health

  • CERCLA =Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (Federal)

  • CESP = Citizens for East Shore Parks

  • DTSC = (CA) Department of Toxic Substances Control

  • EPA = Environmental Protection Agency (aka US-EPA; Federal)

  • ESD = Explanation of Significant Differences

  • FA = Financial Assurance

  • FS/RAP = Feasibility Study/Removal Action Plan

  • FYRs = Five Year Reviews

  • GMSL= Global Mean Sea Level

  • GWR = Groundwater Rise

  • HSAA = Hazardous Substance Account Act (State)

  • HWCA = Hazardous Waste Control Act (State)

  • NAVD 88 = North American Vertical Datum of 1988(to be replaced by a GPS-based system in 2024-2025)

  • NCP = National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan(Federal)

  • NGVD 29 = National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, aka Sea Level Datum of 1929

  • OEHHA = Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

  • OM&M = Operation Maintenance and Monitoring

  • OPC = Ocean Protection Council(comprises 17 state agencies, including DTSC)

  • PCBs = Polychlorinated Biphenyls

  • PEEIR = Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research Consortium

  • PPA = Prospective Purchaser Agreement

  • RAW = Remedial Action Workplan

  • RSA = Richmond Shoreline Alliance

  • RSL = Relative Sea Level

  • RSSA CAG = Richmond Southeast Shoreline Area Community Advisory Group

  • SFEI = San Francisco Estuary Institute

  • SLRVA =Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Analysis

  • SMP = Soil Management Plan

  • SMRP = Site Mitigation and Restoration Plan

  • SPRAWLDEF = Sustainability, Parks, Recycling, and Wildlife Legal Defense Fund

  • VOCs = Volatile Organic Compounds

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