[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: 15CFR971.203]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 971_DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL RECOVERY PERMITS--Table 
of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Applications
 
Sec. 971.203  Commercial recovery plan.

    (a) General. The application must include a proposed commercial 
recovery plan which describes the applicant's projected commercial 
recovery activities, in a general way, for the twenty year period to be 
covered by the proposed permit. Although preliminary and subject to 
change, the plan must be more detailed for that portion of the permit 
term leading up to the initiation of commercial recovery. The plan must 
include sufficient information for the Administrator, pursuant to this 
part, to make the necessary determinations pertaining to the 
certification and issuance or transfer of a permit and to the 
development and enforcement of the TCRs for a permit.
    (b) Specific. The plan must include:
    (1) A description of the activities proposed to be carried out 
during the period of the permit;
    (2) The intended schedule of commercial recovery (see ``Diligent 
commercial recovery,'' Sec. 971.503);
    (3) Environmental safeguards and monitoring systems, which must take 
into account requirements under subpart F of this part, including best 
available technologies (BAT) (Sec. 971.604) and monitoring (Sec. 
971.603);
    (4) Details of the area or areas proposed for commercial recovery, 
which meet requirements for diligence (Sec. 971.503) and conservation 
of resources pursuant to subpart E (especially Sec. 971.502);
    (5) A resource assessment of the area or areas proposed for 
commercial recovery which meets the requirements for resource assessment 
and logical mining unit (Sec. 971.501);
    (6) A description of the methods and technology to be used for 
commercial recovery and processing (see Sec. 971.202(b)(1)); and
    (7) The methods to be used for disposal of wastes from recovery and 
processing, including the areas for disposal and identification of any 
toxic substances in wastes.