[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR922.47]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 922_NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart E_Regulations of General Applicability
 
Sec. 922.47  Pre-existing authorizations or rights and certifications of 
pre-existing authorizations or rights.

    (a) Leases, permits, licenses, or rights of subsistence use or 
access in existence on the date of designation of any National Marine 
Sanctuary shall not be terminated by the Director. The Director may, 
however, regulate the exercise of such leases, permits, licenses, or 
rights consistent with the purposes for which the Sanctuary was 
designated.
    (b) The prohibitions listed in Subparts F through P, and Subpart R 
do not apply to any activity authorized by a valid lease, permit, 
license, approval or other authorization in existence on the effective 
date of Sanctuary designation, or in the case of the Florida Keys 
National Marine Sanctuary the effective date of the regulations in 
Subpart P, and issued by any Federal, State or local authority of 
competent jurisdiction, or by any valid right of subsistence use or 
access in existence

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on the effective date of Sanctuary designation, or in the case of the 
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary the effective date of the 
regulations in Subpart P, provided that the holder of such authorization 
or right complies with certification procedures and criteria promulgated 
at the time of Sanctuary designation, or in the case of the Florida Keys 
National Marine Sanctuary the effective date of the regulations in 
Subpart P, and with any terms and conditions on the exercise of such 
authorization or right imposed by the Director as a condition of 
certification as the Director deems necessary to achieve the purposes 
for which the Sanctuary was designated.

[60 FR 66877, Dec. 27, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 4607, Jan. 30, 1997; 65 
FR 39055, June 22, 2000]