Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§3607 Public-private use policy
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 49— - INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM › § 3607
Summary
Council must keep a policy about who Federal and State, regional systems, universities, and private sector provide environmental data and services to System users. The Administrator must make NOAA follow it.
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Title 33, §3607
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The Council shall maintain a policy that defines processes for making decisions about the roles of the Federal Government, the States, regional coastal observing systems, the academic community, and the private sector in providing to end-user communities environmental information, products, technologies, and services related to the System. The Administrator shall ensure that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration adheres to the decision making process developed by the Council regarding the roles of the Federal Government, the States, the regional coastal observing systems, the academic community, and the private sector in providing end-user communities environmental information, data products, technologies, and services related to the System.
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Amendments
2020—Pub. L. 116–271 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section required the Council to develop a public-private use policy within 6 months after March 30, 2009.
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33 U.S.C. § 3607
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73