[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: 15CFR970.209]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 970_DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR EXPLORATION LICENSES

--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart B_Applications

 

Sec. 970.209  Substantial compliance with application requirements.



    (a) Priority of right for the issuance of licenses to new entrants 

will be established on the basis of the chronological order in which 

license applications which are in substantial compliance with the 

requirements established under this subpart are filed with the 

Administrator pursuant to Sec. 970.200.

    (b) In order for an application to be in substantial compliance with 

the requirements of this subpart, it must include information 

specifically identifiable with and materially responsive to each 

requirement contained in Sec. Sec. 970.201 through 970.208. A 

determination on substantial compliance relates only to whether the 

application contains the required information, and does not constitute a 

determination on certification of the application, or on issuance or 

transfer of a license.

    (c) The Administrator will make a determination as to whether the 

application is in substantial compliance. Within 30 days after receipt 

of an application and the opening of coordinates describing the 

application area, he will issue written notice to the applicant 

regarding such determination. The notice will identify, if applicable, 

in what respects the application is not in either full or substantial 

compliance. If the application is in substantial but not full 

compliance, the notice will specify the information which the applicant 

must submit in order to bring it into full compliance, and why the 

additional information is necessary.



[46 FR 45898, Sept. 15, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 11513, Mar. 17, 1982]