15 CFR § 960.12 - Applicant-requested waiver before license issuance.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s960.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 960.12 - Applicant-requested waiver before license issuance."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "960.12"
section_name: "Applicant-requested waiver before license issuance."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE"
part_number: "960"
part_name: "LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "51 U.S.C. 60124."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 30806, May 20, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "960"
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# 960.12 Applicant-requested waiver before license issuance.
As part of the application, the applicant may request that any condition listed in § 960.8, § 960.9, or § 960.10 be waived or adjusted. The Secretary may approve the request to waive or adjust any such condition if the Secretary determines, after consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and State as appropriate, that the Secretary may waive or adjust the condition without violating the Act or other law, and:
(a) The requirement is not applicable due to the nature of the applicant or the proposed system;
(b) The applicant will achieve the goal in a different way; or
(c) There is other good cause to waive or adjust the condition.