National Petroleum Council (NPC) : 401 



National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 413 

 National Processing Centre (NPC): 347 

 National Referral Center (NRC): 355 

 National Research Council (NRC): 419 

 National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) : 602 

 National Research Institute for Oceanography (NRIO) : 654 

 National Response Team (NRC): 412 

 National Science Council (NSC): 628 



National Science Foundation (NSF): 295, 315, 373, 392, 416, 428, 435 

 National Scientific Committee on Oceanography (NASCO): 419 

 National Sea Grant Depository (NSGD): 448 

 National Security Industrial Association (NSIA): 561 

 National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC): 378 

 National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) : 371 

 National Shellfish Association (NSA): 562 

 National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP): 400 

 National Shipping Authority (NSA): 563 

 National Strike Force (NSF): 412 

 National Taiwan University (NTU): 606 



National Technical Information Service (NTIS): 379, 380 

 National Underwater Laboratory System (NULS): 372 

 National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) : 409 



National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE): 409 

 National Water Quality Surveillance System (NWQSS): 413 

 National Waterways Study (NWS): 381 

 National Weather Records Center (NWRC): 375 

 National Weather Service (NWS): 374, 378, 412, 469 

 National Wetland Technical Council (NWTC): 564 

 National Wildlife Defense Council (NWDC): 565 



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