Title 15, Part 971 — Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Commercial Recovery Permits

Purpose.

Definitions.

Nature of permits.

Prohibited activities and restrictions.

OMB control number.

General.

Statement of financial resources.

Statement of technological experience and capabilities.

Commercial recovery plan.

Environmental and use conflict analysis.

Vessel safety and documentation.

Statement of ownership.

Antitrust information.

Fee.

Processing outside the United States.

Determination whether application is complete for further processing.

Consultation and cooperation with Federal agencies.

Public notice, hearing and comment.

Amendment to an application.

Consolidated license and permit procedures.

General.

Required findings.

Denial of certification.

Notice of certification.

General.

Proposal to issue or transfer and proposed terms, conditions and restrictions.

Consultation and cooperation with Federal and State agencies.

Freedom of the high seas.

International obligations of the United States.

Breach of international peace and security involving armed conflict.

Environmental effects.

Safety at sea.

Processing outside the United States.

Denial of issuance or transfer.

Notice of issuance or transfer.

Objections to terms, conditions and restrictions.

Changes in permits and permit terms, conditions, and restrictions.

Revision of a permit.

Modification of permit terms, conditions, and restrictions.

Duration of a permit.

Approval of permit transfers.

Suspension or modification of activities; suspension or revocation of permits.

Diligence requirements.

Environmental protection requirements.

Resource conservation requirements.

Freedom of the high seas requirements.

Safety at sea requirements.

Best available technology.

Monitoring requirements.

Changes of circumstances.

Annual report and records maintenance.

Processing outside the United States.

Other necessary permits.

Special terms, conditions and restrictions.

Other Federal requirements.

General.

Resource assessment, recovery plan, and logical mining unit.

Conservation of resources.

Diligent commercial recovery.

General.

Environmental requirements.

Significant adverse environmental effects.

At-sea monitoring.

Best available technologies (BAT) and mitigation.

Stable Reference Areas. [Reserved]

Onshore information.

General.

Criteria for safety of life and property at sea.

General.

Records to be maintained and information to be submitted by licensees and permittees.

Public disclosure of documents received by NOAA.

Relinquishment and surrender of licenses and permits.

Amendment to regulations for conservation, protection of the environment, and safety of life and property at sea.

Computation of time.

Applicability.

Formal hearing procedures.

General.

Assessment procedure.

Hearing and appeal procedures.

License and permit sanctions.

Remission or mitigation of forfeitures.

Observers.

Proprietary enforcement information.

Advance notice of civil actions.