[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: 15CFR970.400]

[Page 325]
 
                  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 D_Certification of Applications
 
Sec. 970.400  General.

    Source: 46 FR 45902, Sept. 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Certification is an intermediate step between receipt of an 
application for issuance or transfer of a license and its 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 license, he must determine that issuance of the license 
would not violate any of the restrictions in Sec. 970.103(b). He also 
must make written determinations with respect to the requirements set 
forth in Sec. Sec. 970.401 through 970.406. This will be done after 
consultation with other departments and agencies pursuant to Sec. 
970.211.
    (c) To the maximum extent possible, the Administrator will endeavor 
to complete certification of an application within 100 days after 
submission of an application which is in full compliance with Subpart B 
of this part. If final certification or denial of certification has not 
occurred within 100 days after such submission of the application, the 
Administrator will inform the applicant in writing of the pending 
unresolved issues, the agency's efforts to resolve them, and an estimate 
of the time required to do so.