[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: 15CFR971.203]



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                  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 B_Applications

 

Sec. 971.203  Commercial recovery plan.



    (a) General. The application must include a proposed commercial 

recovery plan which describes the applicant's projected commercial 

recovery activities, in a general way, for the twenty year period to be 

covered by the proposed permit. Although preliminary and subject to 

change, the plan must be more detailed for that portion of the permit 

term leading up to the initiation of commercial recovery. The plan must 

include sufficient information for the Administrator, pursuant to this 

part, to make the necessary determinations pertaining to the 

certification and issuance or transfer of a permit and to the 

development and enforcement of the TCRs for a permit.

    (b) Specific. The plan must include:

    (1) A description of the activities proposed to be carried out 

during the period of the permit;

    (2) The intended schedule of commercial recovery (see ``Diligent 

commercial recovery,'' Sec. 971.503);

    (3) Environmental safeguards and monitoring systems, which must take 

into account requirements under subpart F of this part, including best 

available technologies (BAT) (Sec. 971.604) and monitoring (Sec. 

971.603);

    (4) Details of the area or areas proposed for commercial recovery, 

which meet requirements for diligence (Sec. 971.503) and conservation 

of resources pursuant to subpart E (especially Sec. 971.502);

    (5) A resource assessment of the area or areas proposed for 

commercial recovery which meets the requirements for resource assessment 

and logical mining unit (Sec. 971.501);

    (6) A description of the methods and technology to be used for 

commercial recovery and processing (see Sec. 971.202(b)(1)); and

    (7) The methods to be used for disposal of wastes from recovery and 

processing, including the areas for disposal and identification of any 

toxic substances in wastes.