Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110
§9706 Freshwater Monitoring Along the Coast
Title 15 › CHAPTER 121 — FLOOD LEVEL OBSERVATION, OPERATIONS, AND DECISION SUPPORT › § 9706
Summary
The Administrator must check what short-term and long-term data exist about large freshwater flows into oceans, bays, and estuaries. That review must cover six kinds of measurements: flow/discharge, conductivity, oxygen, nutrient load, water temperature, and sediment load. The Administrator must then decide what extra data are needed to predict and assess those floods. They must make a list of those data needs and use that list to plan new data collection for ecosystem-based modeling.
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Title 15, §9706
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(a)Data availability assessment
The Administrator shall assess the availability of short- and long-term data on large-scale freshwater flooding into oceans, bays, and estuaries, including data on—
(1)flow rate, including discharge;
(2)conductivity;
(3)oxygen concentration;
(4)nutrient load;
(5)water temperature; and
(6)sediment load.
(b)Data needs assessment
The Administrator shall assess the need for additional data to assess and predict the effect of the flooding and freshwater discharge described in subsection (a).
(c)Inventory of data needs
Based on the assessments required by subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator shall create an inventory of data needs with respect to the flooding and freshwater discharge described in subsections (a) and (b).
(d)Planning
In planning for the collection of additional data necessary for ecosystem-based modeling of the effect of the flooding and freshwater discharge described in subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator shall use the inventory created under subsection (c).
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 9706
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110