[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR996.1]



[Page 410]

 

                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 996_QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NOAA 

HYDROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 996.1  Purpose and scope.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

996.1 Purpose and scope.

996.2 Definitions.

996.3 Fees.

996.4 Liability.



    Subpart B_The Quality Assurance Program for Hydrographic Products



996.10 Submission and selection of hydrographic products for the 

          development of standards and compliance tests.

996.11 Development of standards for a hydrographic product or class.

996.12 Development of standards compliance tests for a hydrographic 

          product or class.

996.13 Determination of whether to offer certification for a 

          hydrographic product or class.



 Subpart C_Certification of a Hydrographic Product and Decertification.



996.20 Submission of a hydrographic product for certification.

996.21 Performance of compliance testing.

996.22 Certification.

996.23 Audit and decertification of hydrographic products.



            Subpart D_Other Quality Assurance Program Matters



996.30 Use of the NOAA emblem.

996.31 Termination of the Quality Assurance Program.

996.32 Appeals.

996.33 Acceptance of program by non-Federal entities.



    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 892b.



    Source: 70 FR 698, Jan. 5, 2005, unless otherwise noted.







    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was 

mandated to develop and implement a quality assurance program that is 

equally available to all applicants, under which the Administrator may 

certify hydrographic products that satisfy standards promulgated by the 

Administrator. ``Hydrographic products'' are any publicly or 

commercially available products produced by a non-Federal entity that 

include or display hydrographic data. The procedures established here by 

which hydrographic products are proposed for certification; by which 

standards and compliance tests are developed, adopted, and applied for 

those products; and by which certification may be awarded or denied are 

the mandated Quality Assurance Program. The execution of those 

procedures for specific hydrographic products is the implementation of 

the program.