§3504 — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

The Administrator may run up to three joint ocean and coastal mapping centers, including one joint hydrographic center. Each center must be located with a college or university. The centers will be hydrographic centers of excellence and can do work needed under this law, including developing new mapping tools and data, mapping the United States Outer Continental Shelf and other areas, processing new types of data, using remote sensing and uncrewed systems for things like fish habitat and coral mapping, and offering graduate training for NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps members, other agency staff with mapping programs, and civilians.

Title 33, §3504

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The Administrator may maintain and operate up to three joint ocean and coastal mapping centers, including a joint hydrographic center, which shall each be co-located with an institution of higher education. The centers shall serve as hydrographic centers of excellence and may conduct activities necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including—

(1)research and development of innovative ocean and coastal mapping technologies, equipment, and data products;

(2)mapping of the United States Outer Continental Shelf and other regions;

(3)data processing for nontraditional data and uses;

(4)advancing the use of remote sensing and uncrewed technologies, for related issues, including mapping and assessment of essential fish habitat and of coral resources, ocean observations, and ocean exploration; and

(5)providing graduate education and training in ocean and coastal mapping sciences for members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, personnel of other agencies with ocean and coastal mapping programs, and civilian personnel.

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Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(d)(2), substituted “NOAA joint ocean and coastal mapping centers” for “Plan” in section catchline, redesignated subsec. (c) as entire section, struck out subsec. (c) heading “NOAA joint ocean and coastal mapping centers” before introductory provisions, and struck out subsecs. (a), (b), and (d) which related to development of a plan for an integrated ocean and coastal mapping initiative, requirements for the plan, and strategy for expanding contracting with non-governmental entities, respectively. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(d)(1), in subsec. (c) prior to its redesignation as entire section, substituted “three” for “3” in introductory provisions and inserted “and uncrewed” after “sensing” in par. (4).

§3504 Noaa Joint Ocean and Coastal Mapping Centers

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Title 33, §3504

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