15 CFR § 950.1 - Scope and purpose.

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title: "15 CFR § 950.1 - Scope and purpose."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "950.1"
section_name: "Scope and purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE"
part_number: "950"
part_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "(5 U.S.C. 552, 553). Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 54468, Sept. 20, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "950"
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# 950.1 Scope and purpose.

This part describes the Environmental Data and Information Service (EDIS), a major program element of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and EDIS management of environmental data and information.