Sec. 6. NOAA ocean acidification activities
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Section 12406 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3705 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by inserting coordination, after research, monitoring, ; in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (B)— by inserting including the Integrated Ocean Observing System and the ocean observing assets of other agencies, after ocean observing assets, ; and by inserting and agency and department missions, prioritizing co-location of monitoring instruments, assets, and projects for efficient use of resources and to optimize understanding of socioeconomic impacts and ecosystem health after research program ; in subparagraph (C), by inserting and protecting impacted industries and communities after marine ecosystems ; and in subparagraph (F), by striking monitoring and impacts research and inserting research, monitoring, and adaptation strategies ; and in paragraph (2), by striking projects that explore and inserting and education projects that explore and communicate ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection:
The Secretary, in coordination with members of the interagency working group, shall establish data processing, storage, and archive facilities and procedures to provide for the long-term stewardship of environmental data, products, and information necessary for carrying out this subtitle. Activities under this subsection shall include— archiving environmental data collected by Federal, State, and local agencies, academic scientists, citizen scientists, industry and tribal organizations, and federally funded research; promoting widespread availability and dissemination of environmental data and information through full and open access exchange to the greatest extent possible, including in electronic format on the Internet through resources such as the Information Exchange described in section 12404(b)(6); developing standards, protocols, and procedures for interoperability and intercalibration and the sharing of Federal data with State and local government programs, the private sector, and academia; and developing metadata standards in accordance with available guidelines.
Recipients of grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under this subtitle shall collect data in accordance with the interoperability, intercalibration, and metadata standards described in paragraph
(2)and submit those data to the Secretary on a timely basis. .
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