30 USC § 1414 - License and permit fees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1414"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1414 - License and permit fees"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1414"
section_name: "License and permit fees"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–283, title I, § 104, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 563.)"
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# § 1414. License and permit fees

No application for the issuance or transfer of a license for exploration or permit for commercial recovery shall be certified unless the applicant pays to the Administrator a reasonable administrative fee which shall be deposited into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. The amount of the administrative fee imposed by the Administrator on any applicant shall reflect the reasonable administrative costs incurred in reviewing and processing the application.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–283, title I, § 104, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 563.)