National Climate Program: Five-year PlanNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1980 - 101 pages |
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Page 91 - Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of State, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Council on Environmental Quality, the National Science Foundation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Page 93 - Such grants shall be allocated to the states with approved programs based on rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary which shall take into account the extent and nature of the shoreline...
Page 11 - Program shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: (1) assessments of the effect of climate on the natural environment, agricultural production, energy supply and demand, land and water resources, transportation, human health and national security. Such assessments shall be conducted to the maximum extent possible by those Federal agencies having national programs in food, fiber, raw materials, energy, transportation, land and water management, and other such responsibilities,...
Page 92 - Congress a report of any proposal to establish or alter a system of records in a form consistent with guidance on content, format and timing issued by OMB See 5 USC 552a(o>.
Page 90 - Act to establish a national climate program that will assist the Nation and the world to understand and respond to natural and man-induced climate processes and their implications.
Page 2 - NASA, in conjunction with the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of Management and Budget, has established criteria to support decisions in 1996 and 2000.
Page 15 - ... increasing international cooperation in climate research, monitoring, analysis and data dissemination ; (7) mechanisms for intergovernmental climate-related studies and services including participation by universities, the private sector and others concerned with applied research and advisory services; (8) experimental climate forecast centers, which shall (A) be responsible for making and routinely updating experimental climate forecasts of a monthly, seasonal, annual, and longer nature, based...
Page 29 - the climatic effects of carbon dioxide release may be the primary limiting factor on energy production from fossil fuels over the next few centuries.
Page 92 - Schedule for each day engaged in the actual performance of their duties for the committee and while so serving away from their homes or regular place of business may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence. (2) The Secretary shall establish and maintain such interagency groups as are necessary and appropriate to assist in carrying out responsibilities under this Act. (f) COOPERATION. — (1) The Program shall be conducted so as to encourage cooperation with, and participation...