[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR946.9]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 946--MODERNIZATION OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 946.9  Certification of restructuring.

    (a) The Secretary shall publish each proposed certification in the 
Federal Register at least 60 days prior to certification. If, after 
consideration of the public comments received, the Secretary agrees that 
the proposed restructuring will not result in any degradation of service 
to the service area, he or she shall so certify by submitting a 
certification report to Congress. Upon transmittal of the certification 
by the secretary, NWS shall promptly publish the certification in the 
Federal Register stating where copies of the certification and the 
accompanying documents may be obtained.
    (b) The Responsible Meteorologist may restructure only after the 
certification has been submitted to Congress.
    (c) Any field office for which restructuring has been certified 
under this section shall also be subject to additional certification if 
that office is closed during stage 2 of the modernization. No field 
office will close before January 1, 1996.