[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: 15CFR971.402]

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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 D_Issuance/Transfer: Terms, Conditions and Restrictions
 
Sec. 971.402  Consultation and cooperation with Federal and State agencies.

    Before issuance or transfer of a commercial recovery permit, the 
Administrator will conclude any consultations in cooperation with other 
Federal and State agencies which were initiated pursuant to Sec. Sec. 
971.211 and 971.200(g). These consultations will be held to assure 
compliance with, as applicable and among other statutes, the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended, the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972, as amended, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. The Administrator also 
will consult, before any issuance, transfer, modification or renewal of 
a permit, with any affected Regional Fishery Management Council 
established pursuant to section 302 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1852) if the activities undertaken 
pursuant to the permit could adversely affect any fishery within the 
Fishery Conservation Zone (now known as the Exclusive Economic Zone), or 
any anadromous species or Continental Shelf fishery resource subject to 
the exclusive management authority of the United States beyond that 
zone.