[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: 15CFR970.400]



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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 D_Certification of Applications

 

Sec. 970.400  General.



    Source: 46 FR 45902, Sept. 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) Certification is an intermediate step between receipt of an 

application for issuance or transfer of a license and its actual 

issuance or transfer. It is a determination which focuses on the 

eligibility of the applicant.

    (b) Before the Administrator may certify an application for issuance 

or transfer of a license, he must determine that issuance of the license 

would not violate any of the restrictions in Sec. 970.103(b). He also 

must make written determinations with respect to the requirements set 

forth in Sec. Sec. 970.401 through 970.406. This will be done after 

consultation with other departments and agencies pursuant to Sec. 

970.211.

    (c) To the maximum extent possible, the Administrator will endeavor 

to complete certification of an application within 100 days after 

submission of an application which is in full compliance with Subpart B 

of this part. If final certification or denial of certification has not 

occurred within 100 days after such submission of the application, the 

Administrator will inform the applicant in writing of the pending 

unresolved issues, the agency's efforts to resolve them, and an estimate 

of the time required to do so.