| BOCC | Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners |
| CUP | Conditional Use Permit |
| DA | Development Agreement |
| DCD | Jefferson County Department of Community Development |
| DNR | Washington State Department of Natural Resources |
| DNS | Determination of Non-Significance |
| DS | Determination of Significance |
| EDNA | Environmental Designation for Noise Abatement |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| FEIS | Final Environmental Impact Statement |
| GMA | Washington State Growth Management Act |
| HOA | Home Owners Association |
| HUD | US Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IMQ | Iron Mountain Quarry |
| IUGA | Interim Urban Growth Area |
| JCC | Jefferson County Code |
| JeffCo | Jefferson County |
| LMC | Ludlow Maintenance Commission |
| MDNS | Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance |
| MGP | Managing General Partner (Pope MGP, Inc. is the managing general partner of Pope Resources) |
| MPR | Master Planned Resort |
| MRLO | Mineral Resource Land Overlay |
| MRSC | Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington |
| MSQ | Mason Shine Quarry (a 40-acre quarry, also Shine Quarry, a registered name of Mason) Stage 1: started circa 1986 operated by Clifford and Danae Larrance Stage 2: continues operation, becoming a permitted commercial quarry in 1989 Stage 3: quarry expanded from 20 to 40 acres in 2004 and operator changed in 2007 from Larrance to Mason |
| NSQ | New Shine Quarry (name chosen by IMQ (Ref 98 and Ref 99)) referring to the 142-acre quarry site referenced at the start of the POPE-IMQ permit application (Ref 47) as intended for a 142-acre quarry since the 1970s Stage 1: small quarry circa 1974 to 1984 (see photos) aka Quarry or Old Rock Quarry or Original Shine Quarry Stage 2: quarrying appears to be dormant since circa 1984 Stage 3: permitting process for 142-acre quarry started in 2007 and continues |
| ORM | Olympic Resources Management |
| OWSI | Olympic Water and Sewer, Inc |
| P&T | Pope and Talbot Management (merged into Pope Resources) |
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| PLA | Port Ludlow Associates |
| PLMPR | Port Ludlow Master Planned Resort |
| PLVC | Port Ludlow Village Council |
| POPE | Umbrella term for Pope Resources, Pope & Talbot Development, Olympic Resources Management, and Pope Master General Partnership (see relationships) |
| PR | Pope Resources |
| PRR | Public Records Request |
| RCW | Revised Code of Washington |
| SBCA | South Bay Community Association |
| SEPA | Washington State Environmental Policy Act |
| SPG | Shockey Planning Group |
| UDC | Jefferson County Unified Development Code |
| UGA | Urban Growth Area |
| WAC | Washington Administrative Code |
| WCRP | Washington Counties Risk Pool |
| WFLC | Washington Forest Law Center |
| WSDOT | Washington State Department of Transportation |