[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: 15CFR970.304]



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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 C_Procedures for Applications Based on Exploration Commenced 

    Before June 28, 1980; Resolution of Conflicts Among Overlapping 

               Applications; Applications by New Entrants

 

Sec. 970.304  Action on portions of applications or amendments not in 

conflict.



    If an applicant so requests, the Administrator will proceed in 

accordance with this part to review that portion of an area included in 

an application or amendment that is not involved in a conflict. However, 

the Administrator will proceed with such review only if the applicant 

advises the Administrator in writing that the applicant will continue to 

seek a license for the proposed exploration activities in the portion of 

the application area that is not in conflict. To the extent practicable, 

the deadlines for certification of an application or amendment and



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issuance of a license provided in Sec. 970.400 and Sec. 970.500, 

respectively, will run from the date of filing of the original 

application.