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APPENDIX B
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ADQ
Audit of data quality
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ASQC
American Society for Quality Control
BWTS
Ballast water treatment systems
CBL
University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
COA
Certificate of analysis
COC
Chain of custody
DQA
Data quality assessment
DQI
Data quality indicator
DQO
Data quality objective
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ETV
Environmental Technology Verification
IMO
International Maritime Organization
LRB
Laboratory record book
MARAD
Maritime Administration
MERC
Maritime Environmental Resource Center
MPA
Maryland Port Authority
MQO
Measurement quality objectives
NASL
Nutrient Analytical Services
Laboratory
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
ODU
Old Dominion University
PE A
Performance evaluation audit
QA
Quality assurance
QAAWP
Quality System Annual Report and Work Plan
QAPP
Quality assurance project plan
QC
Quality control
QMP
Quality management plan
QSA
Quality system audit
QSR
Quality system review
SERC
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
SOP
Standard operating procedure
TSA
Technical systems audit
UMD
University of Maryland College Park
WREC
University of Maryland Wye Research and
Education Center