[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR970.209]

[Page 314]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 970--DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR EXPLORATION LICENSES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Applications
 
Sec. 970.209  Substantial compliance with application requirements.

    (a) Priority of right for the issuance of licenses to new entrants 
will be established on the basis of the chronological order in which 
license applications which are in substantial compliance with the 
requirements established under this subpart are filed with the 
Administrator pursuant to Sec. 970.200.
    (b) In order for an application to be in substantial compliance with 
the requirements of this subpart, it must include information 
specifically identifiable with and materially responsive to each 
requirement contained in Secs. 970.201 through 970.208. A determination 
on substantial compliance relates only to whether the application 
contains the required information, and does not constitute a 
determination on certification of the application, or on issuance or 
transfer of a license.
    (c) The Administrator will make a determination as to whether the 
application is in substantial compliance. Within 30 days after receipt 
of an application and the opening of coordinates describing the 
application area, he will issue written notice to the applicant 
regarding such determination. The notice will identify, if applicable, 
in what respects the application is not in either full or substantial 
compliance. If the application is in substantial but not full 
compliance, the notice will specify the information which the applicant 
must submit in order to bring it into full compliance, and why the 
additional information is necessary.

[46 FR 45898, Sept. 15, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 11513, Mar. 17, 1982]