15 CFR § 971.420 - Resource conservation requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s971.420"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 971.420 - Resource conservation requirements."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "971.420"
section_name: "Resource conservation requirements."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1401"
regulatory_source: "54 FR 525, Jan. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "971"
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# 971.420 Resource conservation requirements.

For the purpose of conservation of natural resources, each permit issued under this part will contain, as needed, TCRs which have due regard for the prevention of waste and the future opportunity for the commercial recovery of the unrecovered balance of the hard mineral resources in the recovery area. The Administrator will establish these requirements pursuant to § 971.502.