TRADITIONAL BUDGET STRUCTURE
National Ocean Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
National Weather Service
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service
Program Support
Facilities
Fleet Maintenance & Planning
Other Accounts
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Total Request: $36,646,000
[$16,400,000 Operations, Research & Facilities]
[$20,246,000 Procurement, Acquisition & Construction]
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The following narrative describes the total NOAA program activities relating
to land acquisition; the construction of new facilities; repairs, preventive
actions, modifications and additions to existing facilities; facilities
maintenance, environmental compliance, safety and health; and for facilities
consolidation, in the most economical, efficient and effective manner. The
detailed narrative has been divided to show the Operations, Research and
Facilities (ORF) and Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction (PAC) accounts.
FACILITIES (ORF)
Total Request: $16,400,000
NOAA-wide Space Planning - NOAA requests an increase of $ 0.7 million
to provide space planning studies in support of NOAA in the Washington,
D.C. metropolitan area and in Norman, OK.
NOAA Facilities Maintenance - As the NOAA-owned facilities have an average
age of 30 years, investment in significant, major repairs and upgrades becomes
increasingly critical. Major systems in many facilities are well past their
design life and require maintenance, repair or replacement to ensure that
the facilities remain available to support NOAA's programs. NOAA requests
no changes in FY 1999 to the level of $1.8 million appropriated by Congress
for these activities in FY 1998.
Environmental Compliance and Cleanup - This program provides for activities
necessary to: (1) comply with existing laws, and safety regulations; (2)
identify environmental problems and engage in required cleanup; (3) and
provide guidance to NOAA program managers engaged in the receipt, handling,
use and disposal of hazardous materials. In accordance with Federal law,
NOAA will also establish the environmental status and correct deficiencies
discovered at NOAA facilities prior to their transfer to other Federal agencies
or to the private sector. NOAA requests no changes in FY 1999 to the level
of $2.0 million appropriated by Congress for these activities in FY 1998.
Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Facilities Maintenance - NOAA requests
a total of $5.4 million for WFO Maintenance in ORF, a $4.4 million increase
over FY 1998 pursuant to the recommendations of B/G (Ret.) General John
Kelly. The Weather Forecast Offices provide forecasters with modernized
facilities, supporting the new advanced technology systems and the provision
of weather services to the public. The increase will provide basic facility
service contracts as well as provide the required level of corrective and
preventive maintenance actions at selected WFOs. As WFOs continue to age,
the facilities require an investment in recurring and cyclic maintenance
activities to support modernized field operations.
Other Requests in ORF - NOAA requests a total of $2.0 million for the
payment of lease costs for the joint Federal/State James J. Howard Laboratory
at Sandy Hook in Highlands, New Jersey, and $4.5 million for the Columbia
River facilities.
CONSTRUCTION (PAC)
Total Request: $20,246,000
Boulder Laboratory - NOAA requests an increase of $2.8 million to fund
the above-standard costs, moving expenses, a rent increase, and maintenance
and operational services for the Boulder environmental laboratory. Moving
into the new Boulder facility are elements of the following NOAA activities:
OAR, NESDIS, NWS, and the Office of Finance and Administration (OFA).
WFO Construction - NOAA requests a total of $9.5 million for WFO Construction
in the PAC Construction Account. This represents a decrease of $4.3 million
from the FY 1999 base. The Weather Forecast Offices provide forecasters
with modernized facilities, supporting the new advanced technology systems
and the provision of weather services to the public. The request will provide
funding for existing WFO leases and continue facility retrofit projects.
The retrofits are necessary to meet current usage requirements as well as
safety and fire code regulations. The request will also provide funding
for the NWS/FAA Alaska Employee Housing Project at remote sites in Alaska.
NCEP Construction - NOAA requests a total of $.9 million for NCEP Construction
in the PAC Construction Account. This represents an increase of $.9 million
above FY 1999 base to finalize construction and relocation of the Aviation
Weather Center in Kansas City. The Aviation Weather Center provide critical
centralized weather prediction services in support on the Nation's aviation
community.
Santa Cruz Research Laboratory - NOAA requests a total of $4.2 million in
FY 1999, a decrease of $11.0 million from FY 1998 currently available funding,
to complete the construction of a fisheries laboratory at Santa Cruz, California.
This laboratory will replace the aging Tiburon Laboratory and is critical
to the successful continuation of salmon, groundfish and habitat research
in central California.
Other Requests in the PAC - NOAA requests the following decreases/terminations:
National Estuarine Research Reserves facilities, $8.0 million; The Honolulu
Laboratory, $2.0 million; Gulf Coast Laboratory, $5.0 million; Alaska Fisheries
Center, $8.0 million; and the Pribilof Islands Environmental Cleanup, $5.0
million. |