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United States Code Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

§ 3701. Purposes

§ 3701.

Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—

(1)

development coordination 11  So in original. So in original. and implementation of a comprehensive interagency plan to—

(A)

monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and

(B)

maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;

(2)

maintenance of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;

(3)

assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification and coastal acidification; and

(4)

research adaptation strategies and mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.