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NOAA was established within the Department of Commerce via the Reorganization Plan No. 4,<ref name="lib.noaa.gov" /> and formed on October 3, 1970, after U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] proposed creating a new agency to serve a national need for "better protection of life and property from natural hazards... for a better understanding of the total environment... [and] for exploration and development leading to the intelligent use of our marine resources".<ref>{{cite web|title=REORGANIZATION PLANS NOS. 3 AND 4 OF 1970 |page=6|url=https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=Archive.epa.gov}}</ref> | NOAA was established within the Department of Commerce via the Reorganization Plan No. 4,<ref name="lib.noaa.gov" /> and formed on October 3, 1970, after U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] proposed creating a new agency to serve a national need for "better protection of life and property from natural hazards... for a better understanding of the total environment... [and] for exploration and development leading to the intelligent use of our marine resources".<ref>{{cite web|title=REORGANIZATION PLANS NOS. 3 AND 4 OF 1970 |page=6|url=https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://archive.epa.gov/ocir/leglibrary/pdf/created.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=Archive.epa.gov}}</ref> | ||
NOAA is a part of the Department of Commerce rather than the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of Interior]], because of a feud between President Nixon and his interior secretary, [[Wally Hickel]], over the Nixon Administration's | NOAA is a part of the Department of Commerce rather than the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of Interior]], because of a feud between President Nixon and his interior secretary, [[Wally Hickel]], over the Nixon Administration's Vietnam War policy. Nixon did not like Hickel's letter urging Nixon to listen to the Vietnam War demonstrators,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schanes.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/the-battle-for-the-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-noaa/|title=The Battle for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)|date=May 22, 2008|website=Steven Eli Schanes|language=en|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> and punished Hickel by not putting NOAA in the Interior Department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/why-noaa-commerce-department|title=Why NOAA Is in the Commerce Department|language=en|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> | ||
In 2007, NOAA celebrated 200 years of service in its role as successor to the U.S. [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|Survey of the Coast]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shea|first=Eileen|title=A History of NOAA|url=http://www.history.noaa.gov/legacy/noaahistory_1.html|publisher=Department of Commerce Historical Council|access-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> | In 2007, NOAA celebrated 200 years of service in its role as successor to the U.S. [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|Survey of the Coast]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shea|first=Eileen|title=A History of NOAA|url=http://www.history.noaa.gov/legacy/noaahistory_1.html|publisher=Department of Commerce Historical Council|access-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> | ||