[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: 15CFR971.205]



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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. 971.205  Vessel safety and documentation.



    In order to provide a basis for the necessary determinations with 

respect to the safety of life and property at sea, pursuant to Sec. 

971.407, Sec. 971.422 and Subpart G of this part, the application must 

contain the following information for vessels used in commercial 

recovery, except for those vessels under 300 gross tons which are 

engaged in oceanographic research:

    (a) U.S. flag vessel. All mining ships and at least one of the 

transport ships used by each permittee must be documented under the laws 

of the United States. To the extent that the applicant knows which 

United States flag vessels it will use, it must include with its 

application copies of the vessels' current valid Coast Guard 

Certificates of Inspection.

    (b) Foreign flag vessels. To the extent that the applicant knows 

which foreign flag vessel(s) it will be using for other purposes, the 

application must include evidence of the following:

    (1) That any foreign flag vessel whose flag state is party to the 

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74) 

possesses current valid SOLAS 74 certificates;

    (2) That any foreign flag vessel whose flag state is not party to 

SOLAS 74 but is party to the International Convention for the Safety of 

Life at Sea, 1960 (SOLAS 60) possesses current valid SOLAS 60 

certificates; and

    (3) That any foreign flag vessel whose flag state is not a party to 

either SOLAS 74 or SOLAS 60 meets all applicable structural and safety 

requirements contained in the published rules of a member of the 

International Association of Classification Societies (IACS).

    (c) Supplemental certificates. If the applicant does not know at the 

time of submitting an application which vessels it will be using, it 

must submit the applicable certification for each vessel before the 

cruise on which it will be used.