2024 U.S. Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 121 - Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support
Sec. 9706 - Freshwater monitoring along the coast
| 15 U.S.C. § 9706 (2024) |
| §9706. Freshwater monitoring along the coast |
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(a) Data availability assessment
The Administrator shall assess the availability of short- and long-term data on large-scale freshwater flooding into oceans, bays, and estuaries, including data on— (1) flow rate, including discharge; (2) conductivity; (3) oxygen concentration; (4) nutrient load; (5) water temperature; and (6) sediment load. The Administrator shall assess the need for additional data to assess and predict the effect of the flooding and freshwater discharge described in subsection (a). (c) Inventory of data needsBased on the assessments required by subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator shall create an inventory of data needs with respect to the flooding and freshwater discharge described in subsections (a) and (b). (d) PlanningIn planning for the collection of additional data necessary for ecosystem-based modeling of the effect of the flooding and freshwater discharge described in subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator shall use the inventory created under subsection (c). |
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(Pub. L. 117–316, §7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4412.) |
| United States Code, 2024 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
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| Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 121 - FLOOD LEVEL OBSERVATION, OPERATIONS, AND DECISION SUPPORT Sec. 9706 - Freshwater monitoring along the coast |
| section 9706 |
| 2024 |
| January 6, 2025 |
| No |
| standard |
| 136 Stat. 4412 |
| Public Law 117-316 |
