[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: 15CFR971.300]



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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 C_Certification of Applications

 

Sec. 971.300  General.





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

application for issuance or transfer of a permit and 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 permit, the Administrator must determine that issuance 

of the permit would not violate any of the restrictions in Sec. 

971.103(b). The Administrator also must make written determinations with 

respect to the requirements with respect to the requirements set forth 

in Sec. 971.301.

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

to complete certification within 100 days after receipt of a complete 

application. If final certification or denial of certification has not 

occurred within 100 days after receipt of the application, the 

Administrator will inform the applicant in writing of the pending 

unresolved issues, the efforts to resolve them, and an estimate of the 

time required to do so.