[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: 15CFR971.424]

[Page 359]
 
                  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. 971.424  Monitoring requirements.

    Each commercial recovery permit will require the permittee:
    (a) To allow the Administrator to place appropriate Federal officers 
or employees as observers aboard vessels used by the permittee in 
commercial recovery activities to:
    (1) Monitor activities at times, and to the extent, the 
Administrator deems reasonable and necessary to assess the effectiveness 
of the TCRs of the permit; and
    (2) Report to the Administrator whenever those officers or employees 
have reason to believe there is a failure to comply with the TCRs;
    (b) To cooperate with Federal officers and employees in the 
performance of monitoring functions; and
    (c) To monitor the environmental effects of the commercial recovery 
activities in accordance with a monitoring plan approved and issued by 
NOAA as permit TCRs and to submit data and other information as 
necessary to permit evaluation of environmental effects. The 
environmental monitoring plan and reporting will respond to the concerns 
and procedures discussed in subpart F.