[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR922.47]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 922_NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart E_Regulations of General Applicability

 

Sec. 922.47  Pre-existing authorizations or rights and certifications 

of pre-existing authorizations or rights.



    (a) Leases, permits, licenses, or rights of subsistence use or 

access in existence on the date of designation of any National Marine 

Sanctuary shall not be terminated by the Director. The Director may, 

however, regulate the exercise of such leases, permits, licenses, or 

rights consistent with the purposes for which the Sanctuary was 

designated.

    (b) The prohibitions listed in Subparts F through P, and Subpart R 

do not apply to any activity authorized by a valid lease, permit, 

license, approval or other authorization in existence on the effective 

date of Sanctuary designation, or in the case of the Florida Keys 

National Marine Sanctuary the effective date of the regulations in 

Subpart P, and issued by any Federal, State or local authority of 

competent jurisdiction, or by any valid right of subsistence use or 

access in existence



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on the effective date of Sanctuary designation, or in the case of the 

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary the effective date of the 

regulations in Subpart P, provided that the holder of such authorization 

or right complies with certification procedures and criteria promulgated 

at the time of Sanctuary designation, or in the case of the Florida Keys 

National Marine Sanctuary the effective date of the regulations in 

Subpart P, and with any terms and conditions on the exercise of such 

authorization or right imposed by the Director as a condition of 

certification as the Director deems necessary to achieve the purposes 

for which the Sanctuary was designated.



[60 FR 66877, Dec. 27, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 4607, Jan. 30, 1997; 65 

FR 39055, June 22, 2000]