[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 344 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 344

  To require the relocation of a National Weather Service radar tower 
          which is on Sulphur Mountain near Ojai, California.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 1997

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the relocation of a National Weather Service radar tower 
          which is on Sulphur Mountain near Ojai, California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RELOCATION OF RADAR TOWER.

    (a) Requirement To Relocate Radar Tower.--Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
relocate the National Weather Service radar tower which is located on 
Sulphur Mountain near Ojai, California, to a site which complies with 
the criteria listed in subsection (b).
    (b) Criteria for New Site.--The new site for the radar tower 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be selected so that the 
relocation--
            (1) will not result in degradation of service; and
            (2) will minimize the negative impact of the radar tower on 
        residential areas.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit a report to 
Congress that includes--
            (1) an identification of the new site selected for the 
        radar tower; and
            (2) evidence which was considered in reaching the 
        conclusion that relocation of the radar tower to the site 
        selected meets the criteria listed in subsection (b).

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``degradation of service'' means any decrease 
        in or failure to maintain the quality and type of weather 
        services provided by the National Weather Service to the 
        public; and
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.
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