§ 702. DEFINITIONS.
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“For the purposes of this title, the term— ‘automate’ means to replace employees with automated weather service equipment; ‘change operations at a field office’ means transfer service responsibility, commission weather observation systems, decommission a National Weather Service radar, change staffing levels significantly, or move a field office to a new location inside the local commuting and service area; ‘Committee’ means the Modernization Transition Committee established by section 707; ‘degradation of service’ means any decrease in or failure to maintain the quality and type of weather services provided by the National Weather Service to the public in a service area, including but not limited to a reduction in existing weather radar coverage at an elevation of 10,000 feet; ‘field office’ means any National Weather Service Office or National Weather Service Forecast Office; ‘Plan’ means the National Implementation Plan required under section 703; ‘relocate’ means to transfer from one location to another location that is outside the local commuting or service area; ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Commerce; ‘service area’ means the geographical area for which a field office provides services or conducts observations, including but not limited to local forecasts, severe weather warnings, aviation support, radar coverage, and ground weather observations; and ‘Strategic Plan’ means the 10-year strategic plan for the comprehensive modernization of the National Weather Service, required under section 407 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 ( 15 U.S.C. 313 note).
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