[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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[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.