[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: 15CFR971.401]



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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 D_Issuance/Transfer: Terms, Conditions and Restrictions

 

Sec. 971.401  Proposal to issue or transfer and proposed terms, 

conditions and restrictions.



    (a) Notice and comment. The Administrator will publish in the 

Federal Register notice of each proposal to issue or transfer, including 

notice of a draft EIS, and of proposed terms and conditions for, and 

restrictions on, a commercial recovery permit that will be included with 

the draft EIS [see Sec. 971.400(b)]. Subject to Sec. 971.802, 

interested persons will be permitted to examine the materials relevant 

to such proposals. Interested persons and affected States will have at 

least 60 days after publication of such notice to submit written 

comments to the Administrator.

    (b) Hearings. (1) The Administrator will hold the public hearing(s) 

required by Sec. 971.212(b) in an appropriate location and may employ 

such additional methods as he deems appropriate to inform interested 

persons about each proposal and to invite their comments thereon. A copy 

of the notice and draft EIS will be provided to the affected State 

agency. Information provided by NOAA may be used to supplement 

information provided by the applicant, however it will not affect 

schedules for State agency review and decisions with respect to 

consistency determinations as required in 15 CFR part 930, subpart D.

    (2) If the Administrator determines there exist one or more specific 

and material factual issues which require resolution by formal 

processes, at least one formal hearing, which may be consolidated with a 

hearing held by another agency, will be held in the District of Columbia 

metropolitan area in accordance with the provisions of subpart I of this 

part. The record developed in any such formal hearing will be part of 

the basis for the Administrator's decisions on issuance or transfer of, 

and on TCRs for, the permit.