[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: 15CFR970.212]

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                  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. 970.212  Public notice, hearing and comment.

    (a) Notice and comments. The Administrator will publish in the 
Federal Register, for each application for an exploration license, 
notice that such application has been received. Subject to 15 CFR 
971.802, interested persons will be permitted to examine the materials 
relevant to such application. Interested persons will have at least 60 
days after publication of such notice to submit written comments to the 
Administrator.
    (b) Hearings. (1) After preparation of the draft EIS on an 
application pursuant to section 109(d) of the Act, the Administrator 
shall hold a public hearing on the application and the draft EIS in an 
appropriate location, and may employ such additional methods as he deems 
appropriate to inform interested persons about each application and to 
invite their comments thereon.
    (2) If the Administrator determines there exists one or more 
specific and material factual issues which require resolution by formal 
processes, at least one formal hearing will be held in the District of 
Columbia metropolitan area in accordance with the provisions of subpart 
I of 15 CFR part 971. The record developed in any such formal hearing 
will be part of the basis of the Administrator's decisions on an 
application.
    (c) Hearings held pursuant to this section and other procedures will 
be consolidated insofar as practicable with hearings held and procedures 
employed by other agencies.

[46 FR 45898, Sept. 15, 1981, as amended at 54 FR 547, Jan. 6, 1989]

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