[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: 15CFR971.411]

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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. 971.411  Objections to terms, conditions and restrictions.

    (a) The permittee may file a notice of objection to any TCR in the 
permit. The permittee may object on the grounds that any TCR is 
inconsistent with the Act or this part, or on any other grounds which 
may be raised under applicable provisions of law. If the permittee does 
not file notice of an objection within the 60-day period immediately 
following the permittee's

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reciept of the notice of issuance or transfer under Sec. 971.410, the 
permittee will be deemed conclusively to have accepted the TCRs in the 
permit.
    (b) Any notice of objection filed under paragraph (a) of this 
section must be in writing, must indicate the legal or factual basis for 
the objection, and must provide information relevant to any underlying 
factual issues deemed by the permittee as necessary to the 
Administrator's decision upon the objection.
    (c) Within 90 days after receipt of the notice of objection, the 
Administrator will act on the objection and publish in the Federal 
Register, as well as provide to the permittee, written notice of the 
decision.
    (d) If, after the Administrator takes final action on an objection, 
the permittee demonstrates that a dispute remains on a material issue of 
fact, the Administrator will provide for a formal hearing which will 
proceed in accordance with Subpart I of this part.
    (e) Any final determination by the Administrator on an objection to 
TCRs in a permit, after the formal hearing provided in paragraph (d), is 
subject to judicial review as provided in chapter 7 of title 5, United 
States Code.