[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: 15CFR970.211]

[Page 319]
 
                  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. 970.211  Consultation and cooperation with Federal agencies.

    (a) Promptly after his receipt of an application and the opening of 
coordinates describing the application area, the Administrator will 
distribute a copy of the application to each other Federal agency or 
department which, pursuant to section 103(e) of the Act, has identified 
programs or activities within its statutory responsibilities which would 
be affected by the activities proposed in the application (i.e., the 
Departments of State, Transportation, Justice, Interior, Defense, 
Treasury and Labor, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, 
Federal Trade Commission, Small Business Administration and National 
Science Foundation). Based on its legal responsibilities and 
authorities, each such agency or department may, not later than 60 days 
after it receives a copy of the application which is in full compliance 
with this subpart, recommend certification of the application, issuance 
or transfer of the license, or denial of such certification, issuance or 
transfer. The advice or recommendation by the Attorney General or 
Federal Trade Commission on antitrust review, pursuant to Sec. 970.207, 
must be submitted within 90 days after their receipt of a copy of the 
application which is in full compliance with this subpart. NOAA will use 
the benefits of this process of consultation and cooperation to 
facilitate necessary Federal decisions on the proposed exploration 
activities, pursuant to the mandate of section 103(e) of the Act to 
reduce the number of separate actions required to satisfy Federal 
agencies' statutory responsibilities.
    (b) In any case in which a Federal agency or department recommends a 
denial, it will set forth in detail the manner in which the application 
does not comply with any law or regulation within its area of 
responsibility and will indicate how the application may be amended, or 
how terms, conditions or restrictions might be added to the license to 
assure compliance with such law or regulation.
    (c) A recommendation from another Federal agency or department for 
denying or amending an application will not affect its having been in 
substantial compliance with the requirements of this subpart, pursuant 
to Sec. 970.209, for purposes of establishing priority of right. 
However, pursuant to section 103(e) of the Act, NOAA will cooperate with 
such agencies and with the applicant with the goal of resolving the 
concerns raised and satisfying the statutory responsibilities of these 
agencies.

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