# Payment Policy Change for Access to NOAA Environmental Data, Information, and Related Products and Services
**AGENCY:**
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of Policy Change.
**SUMMARY:**
NOAA's National Data Centers will not accept checks (nor money orders) in payment for orders. Prepayment is required and the accepted forms of payment are Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, wire transfers and Automated Clearing House. Please refer to the NNDC Non-Federal Customer Payment Policy for additional information.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* July 1, 2011.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Angel Robinson (301) 713-9230 ext 186.
Dated: June 20, 2011.
Cherish Johnson,
Deputy Chief, Financial Officer (CFO/CAO).
**New Payment Policy**
**NOAA's National Data Centers (NNDC)**
**[Tax ID 52-0821608]**
**National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, NC**
**National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Boulder, CO**
**National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), Silver Spring, MD**
**Non-Federal Customer Payment Policy**
All non-federal customers *must* pay in advance unless this requirement is specifically waived. *Please include payment for any RUSH, special mailing, or bank transfer fee charges* .
***Payment methods***
***Charge Card**
NNDC accepts payment in U.S. currency, by VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Cardholder's name, charge card number, expiration date, and signature are required. When indicating this method of payment via mail or fax, the cardholder must sign the document authorizing the charge.
***Wire Transfers**
Payments, in *U.S. currency* , should be sent directly to Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045 with the following information:
| Tag name | Tag number | Required information |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Type/Subtype Code | (1,510) | 1000 |
| Dollar Amount ON-Y | (2,000) | $9,999,999.99 (EXAMPLE ONLY) |
| Sender Financial Institution | (3,100) | Sending Fin. Inst's Routing & Transit # and Bank Name |
| Sender Reference | (3,320) | Completed by Sender |
| Receiver Financial Institution | (3,400) | 021030004 TREAS NYC |
| Beneficiary | (4,200) | D |
| | —NOAA National | 13140001 |
| | | Data Centers |
| Originator to Beneficiary Info. | (6,000) | Payment Detail (e.g. Order #) |
| Swift Code (if required) | | FRNYUS33 |
| | |
| --- | --- |
| Company Name | Name of Remitter |
| Company ID | Tax ID |
| Company Entry Description | FEE (EXAMPLE ONLY) |
| Date | |
| Receiving Company ABA | 0510-3670-6 |
| Account Number | 540022 |
| Dollar Amount | Supplied by Remitter |
| Individual ID Number | Order # or Pro forma # |
| Agency Name | NOAA National Data Centers |