120 STAT. 2904
PUBLIC LAW 109–424—DEC. 20, 2006 (A) a Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii; (B) a West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska; and (C) any additional forecast and warning centers determined by the National Weather Service to be necessary. (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of each tsunami warning center shall include— (A) continuously monitoring data from seismological, deep ocean, and tidal monitoring stations; (B) evaluating earthquakes that have the potential to generate tsunami; (C) evaluating deep ocean buoy data and tidal monitoring stations for indications of tsunami resulting from earthquakes and other sources; (D) disseminating forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins to Federal, State, and local government officials and the public; (E) coordinating with the tsunami hazard mitigation program described in section 5 to ensure ongoing sharing of information between forecasters and emergency management officials; and (F) making data gathered under this Act and postwarning analyses conducted by the National Weather Service or other relevant Administration offices available to researchers. (e) TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY; MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the National Weather Service, in consultation with other relevant Administration offices, shall— (A) develop requirements for the equipment used to forecast tsunami, which shall include provisions for multipurpose detection platforms, reliability and performance metrics, and to the maximum extent practicable how the equipment will be integrated with other United States and global ocean and coastal observation systems, the global earth observing system of systems, global seismic networks, and the Advanced National Seismic System; (B) develop and execute a plan for the transfer of technology from ongoing research described in section 6 into the program under this section; and (C) ensure that maintaining operational tsunami detection equipment is the highest priority within the program carried out under this Act. (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— (A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Weather Service, in consultation with other relevant Administration offices, shall transmit to Congress a report on how the tsunami forecast system under this section will be integrated with other United States and global ocean and coastal observation systems, the global earth observing system of systems, global seismic networks, and the Advanced National Seismic System. (B) Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Weather Service, in consultation with other relevant Administration offices, shall transmit a report to Congress on how technology developed under
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