[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: 15CFR971.209]



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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. 971.209  Processing outside the United States.



    (a) Except as provided in this section and Sec. 971.408, the 

processing of hard minerals recovered pursuant to a permit shall be 

conducted within the U.S., provided that the President or his designee 

does not determine that this restriction contravenes the overriding 

national interests of the United States.

    (b) If foreign processing is proposed, the applicant shall submit a 

justification demonstrating the basis for a finding pursuant to Sec. 

971.408(a)(1). The justification shall include an analysis of each 

factor which the applicant considers essential to its conclusion that 

processing at a site within the U.S. is not economically viable.

    (c) If the Administrator determines that the justification provided 

by the applicant is insufficient, or if the Administrator receives 

during the public comment or hearing period what the Administrator 

determines to be a serious alternative U.S. processing site proposal, 

the Administrator may require the applicant to supply, within a 

specified reasonable time, additional information relevant to the Sec. 

971.408(a)(1) finding.

    (d) The applicant must include in its application satisfactory 

assurances that such resources after processing, to the extent of the 

permittee's ownership therein, will be returned to the United States for 

domestic use if the Administrator determines pursuant to Sec. 971.408 

that the national interest necessitates such return. Assurances must 

include proposed arrangements with the host country.



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