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    <AgencyName>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</AgencyName>
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        <Address>Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230</Address>
        <Phone>202-482-2985</Phone>
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          <Footer>[For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration statement of organization, see the Federal Register of Feb. 13, 1978, 43 FR 6128]</Footer>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kathryn D. Sullivan</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Mark Schaefer</NameColumnValue>
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              <Paragraph>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was formed on October 3, 1970, by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. app.).</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>NOAA's mission centers on environmental assessment, prediction, and stewardship. It is dedicated to monitoring and assessing the state of the environment in order to make accurate and timely forecasts to protect life, property, and natural resources, as well as to promote the economic well-being of the United States and to enhance its environmental security. NOAA is committed to protecting America's ocean, coastal, and living marine resources while promoting sustainable economic development.</Paragraph>
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                <WebAddress>http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/NIYS/index.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>A complete listing of NOAA facilities and activities in your State or Territory is available online.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Weather Service</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Weather Service, 1325 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283. Phone, 301-713-0675. Fax, 301-713-0049.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.nws.noaa.gov</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, water and climate warnings, forecasts and data for the United States, its Territories, adjacent waters, and ocean areas. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure used by Government agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community to protect life and property and to enhance the national economy. Working with partners in Government, academic and research institutions, and private industry, NWS offers products and services that are responsive to the needs of the American public. NWS data and information services support aviation and marine activities, wildfire suppression, and many other sectors of the economy. NWS supports national security efforts with long- and short-range forecasts, air quality and cloud dispersion forecasts, and broadcasts of warnings and critical information over the 800-station NOAA Weather Radio network.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283. Phone, 301-713-3578. Fax, 301-713-1249.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about_nesdis.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) operates the Nation's civilian geostationary and polar-orbiting environmental satellites. It also manages the largest collection of atmospheric, climatic, geophysical, and oceanographic data in the world. From these sources, NESDIS develops and provides, through various media, environmental data for forecasts, national security, and weather warnings to protect life and property. These data are also used to assist in energy distribution, the development of global food supplies, the management of natural resources, and in the recovery of downed pilots and mariners in distress.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Marine Fisheries Service</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone, 301-713-2239. Fax, 301-713-2258.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) supports the management, conservation, and sustainable development of domestic and international living marine resources and the protection and restoration of healthy ecosystems. NMFS is involved in the stock assessment of the Nation's multibillion dollar marine fisheries. It protects marine mammals and threatened species, conserves habitats, assists trade and industry, and is active in fishery enforcement.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Ocean Service</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Ocean Service, Room 13231, SSMC 4, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone, 301-713-3070. Fax, 301-713-4307.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.nos.noaa.gov</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The National Ocean Service (NOS) works to balance the Nation's use of coastal resources through research, management, and policy. NOS monitors the health of U.S. coasts by examining how human use and natural events impact coastal ecosystems. Coastal communities rely on NOS for information on natural hazards so they can more effectively reduce or eliminate the destructive effects of coastal hazards. NOS assesses the damage caused by hazardous material spills and works to restore or replace the affected coastal resources. Through varied programs, NOS protects wetlands, water quality, beaches, and wildlife. NOS also provides a wide range of navigational products and data that assist vessels' safe movement through U.S. waters. It provides the basic set of information that establishes the latitude, longitude, and elevation framework necessary for the Nation's surveying, navigation, positioning, and mapping activities.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Room 11458, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone, 301-713-2458. Fax, 301-713-0163.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.oar.noaa.gov</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) carries out research on weather, air quality and composition, climate variability and change, and ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. OAR conducts and directs its research programs in coastal, marine, atmospheric, and space sciences through its own laboratories and offices, as well as through networks of university-based programs across the country.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Office of Marine and Aviation Operations</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, Suite 500, 8403 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone, 301-713-1045.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.omao.noaa.gov/about.html</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Office of Marine and Aviation Operations maintains a fleet of ships and aircraft, and manages several safety programs. Ships and aircraft are used for operational data collection and research in support of NOAA's mission, the Global Earth Observation System, and the Integrated Ocean Observing System. Its activities include flying "hurricane hunter" aircraft into nature's most turbulent storms to collect data critical to hurricane research.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.noaa.gov/media.html</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Publications and Resources</Header>
        <Paragraph>The Administration provides technical memoranda, technical reports, monographs, nautical and aeronautical charts, coastal zone maps, data tapes, and a wide variety of raw and processed environmental data. Information on NOAA products is available online. Contact the Office of Communications and External Affairs, Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202-482-6090. Fax, 202-482-3154.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the Office of Communications and External Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202-482-6090.</Footer>
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      <WebAddress>http://www.noaa.gov</WebAddress>
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