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OAR — Oceans and Atmospheric Research SAR 



OCS —Outer Continental Shelf SASS 



OCSLA —Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act SeaMARC- 

 OCSEAP -Outer Continental Shelf Environment 



Assessment Program SP 



OMA — Ocean Mining Associates SPAN 



OMB — Office of Management and Budget TAMU 



OSIM — Office of Strategic and International TOGA 



Minerals 



OSTP — Office of Science and Technology UMI 



Policy USCG 



ODP — Ocean Drilling Program UTM 



OMA — Ocean Mining Associates UNOLS - 



ONR —Office of Naval Research 



PGM —Platinum Group Metal USGS 



PMEL —Pacific Marine Environmental WADSEP - 



Laboratory 



ROR —Rate of Return WOCE 



ROV —Remotely Operated Vehicle WHOI 



SAB —Strategic Assessment Branch 



-Systeme Acoustique Remorque 

 -Sonar Array Sounding System 

 -Sea Mapping and Remote 



Characterization 

 -Self Potential 



-Space Physics Analysis Network 

 -Texas A & M University 

 -Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere 



Study 



-Undervk'ater Mining Institute 

 -U.S. Coast Guard 

 -Universal Transverse Mercator 

 -University National Oceanographic 



Laboratory System 

 -U.S. Geological Survey 

 -Walking and Dredging Self-Elevating 



Platform 



-World Ocean Circulation Experiment 

 -Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 



