[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: 15CFR971.300]

[Page 346]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 971--DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL RECOVERY PERMITS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C--Certification of Applications
 
Sec. 971.300  General.


    (a) Certification is an intermediate step between receipt of an 
application for issuance or transfer of a permit and actual issuance or 
transfer. It is a determination which focuses on the eligibility of the 
applicant.
    (b) Before the Administrator may certify an application for issuance 
or transfer of a permit, the Administrator must determine that issuance 
of the permit would not violate any of the restrictions in 
Sec. 971.103(b). The Administrator also must make written determinations 
with respect to the requirements with respect to the requirements set 
forth in Sec. 971.301.
    (c) To the maximum extent possible, the Administrator will endeavor 
to complete certification within 100 days after receipt of a complete 
application. If final certification or denial of certification has not 
occurred within 100 days after receipt of the application, the 
Administrator will inform the applicant in writing of the pending 
unresolved issues, the efforts to resolve them, and an estimate of the 
time required to do so.