[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR911.7]

[Page 78]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 911_POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING USE OF THE NOAA SPACE-BASED DATA 
COLLECTION SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 911.7  Continuation of the NOAA Data Collection Systems.

    (a) NOAA expects to continue to operate DCS on its geostationary and 
polar-orbiting satellites, subject to the availability of future 
appropriations. However, viable commercial space-based alternatives may 
eventually obviate the need for NOAA to operate its own space-based DCS.
    (b) If use of the system in support of NOAA programs increases, it 
eventually may be necessary to the further restrict system usage by 
other users. If such restrictions on use become necessary, or in the 
event that NOAA discontinues operation of GOES and/or POES, NOAA will 
provide, to the maximum extent practicable, advance notice and an 
orderly transition.
    (c) NOAA will not be responsible for any losses resulting from the 
nonavailability of the NOAA DCS.