30 USC § 1421 - Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1421"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1421 - Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1421"
section_name: "Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas"
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, § 111, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 571.)"
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# § 1421. Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas

Each license and permit issued under this subchapter shall include such restrictions as may be necessary and appropriate to ensure that exploration or commercial recovery activities conducted by the licensee or permittee do not unreasonably interfere with the interests of other states in their exercise of the freedoms of the high seas, as recognized under general principles of international law.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–283, title I, § 111, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 571.)