[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: 15CFR970.304]

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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 C_Procedures for Applications Based on Exploration Commenced 
    Before June 28, 1980; Resolution of Conflicts Among Overlapping 
               Applications; Applications by New Entrants
 
Sec. 970.304  Action on portions of applications or amendments not in conflict.

    If an applicant so requests, the Administrator will proceed in 
accordance with this part to review that portion of an area included in 
an application or amendment that is not involved in a conflict. However, 
the Administrator will proceed with such review only if the applicant 
advises the Administrator in writing that the applicant will continue to 
seek a license for the proposed exploration activities in the portion of 
the application area that is not in conflict. To the extent practicable, 
the deadlines for certification of an application or amendment and

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issuance of a license provided in Sec. 970.400 and Sec. 970.500, 
respectively, will run from the date of filing of the original 
application.