15 CFR § 922.31 - National Marine Sanctuary special use permits.

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title: "15 CFR § 922.31 - National Marine Sanctuary special use permits."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "922.31"
section_name: "National Marine Sanctuary special use permits."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "922"
part_name: "NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1431"
regulatory_source: "60 FR 66877, Dec. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
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# 922.31 National Marine Sanctuary special use permits.

(a) *In general.* A person may conduct a specified special use permit activity, if such activity is specifically authorized by, and is conducted in accordance with the scope, purpose, manner, terms and conditions of, a special use permit issued under this section.

(b) *Authority to issue.* The Director, at his or her discretion, may issue a special use permit in accordance with this subpart and section 310 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1441).

(c) *Public notice.* The Director will not issue a special use permit for any category of activity unless the Director has published a notice in the *Federal Register* that such category of activity is subject to the requirements of section 310 of the Act.

(d) *Fees.* The Director may assess and collect fees for the conduct of any activity authorized by a special use permit issued pursuant to this section. The fee will be assessed in accordance with § 922.35.

[88 FR 958, Jan. 6, 2023, as amended at 89 FR 48287, June 6, 2024]