{"data":{"id":"us/15-cfr-996.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 CFR 996.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Agency means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\nApplicant means a non-Federal entity that is submitting a hydrographic product to the Quality Assurance Program for certification.\nCertification means a determination made by NOAA that a hydrographic product submitted by a non-Federal entity has met the requirements established by NOAA for a particular hydrographic product or class.\nDepartment means the Department of Commerce.\nHydrographic data means information acquired through hydrographic or bathymetric surveying, photogrammetry, geodetic, geospatial, or geomagnetic measurements, tide and current observations, or other methods, that is used in providing hydrographic services.\nHydrographic product means any publicly or commercially available product produced by a non-Federal entity that includes or displays hydrographic data.\nHydrographic product class means a group of hydrographic products with similar traits, attributes, purposes, or users.\nHydrographic services means\n(1) The management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of bathymetric, hydrographic, geodetic, geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide and current information, including the production of nautical charts, nautical information databases, and other products derived from hydrographic data;\n(2) The development of nautical information systems; and\n(3) Related activities.\nQuality Assurance Program means a set of procedures by which hydrographic products are proposed for certification; by which standards and compliance tests are developed, and, if suitable, are adopted by NOAA for those products; and by which certification of individual products may be awarded or denied.\nQuality Assurance Program implementation means the execution of the Quality Assurance Program procedures for specific hydrographic products.\nSponsor means a non-Federal entity that is submitting a hydrographic product to the Quality Assurance Program for the development of standards and compliance tests.","path":["Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade","CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER F—QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES","PART 996—QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-15.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:24Z","sha256":"58ad1dac344c8480f1739aadbe016fd64d0358d09c7de59d145a0c1e9780d471","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-cfr-996.1","next":"us/15-cfr-996.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}