15 CFR § 971.407 - Safety at sea.

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title: "15 CFR § 971.407 - Safety at sea."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "971.407"
section_name: "Safety at sea."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE"
part_number: "971"
part_name: "DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL RECOVERY PERMITS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1401"
regulatory_source: "54 FR 525, Jan. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 971.407 Safety at sea.

Before issuing or transferring a commercial recovery permit, the Administrator shall find that the commercial recovery proposed in the application shall not pose an inordinate threat to the safety of life and property at sea. This finding shall be based on the requirements in § 971.205, or as applicable, § 971.214(d)(7), and subpart G of this part.

[91 FR 2676, Jan. 21, 2026]