[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: 15CFR971.402]



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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. 971.402  Consultation and cooperation with Federal and State 

agencies.



    Before issuance or transfer of a commercial recovery permit, the 

Administrator will conclude any consultations in cooperation with other 

Federal and State agencies which were initiated pursuant to Sec. Sec. 

971.211 and 971.200(g). These consultations will be held to assure 

compliance with, as applicable and among other statutes, the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended, the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972, as amended, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and the 

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. The Administrator also 

will consult, before any issuance, transfer, modification or renewal of 

a permit, with any affected Regional Fishery Management Council 

established pursuant to section 302 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 

and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1852) if the activities undertaken 

pursuant to the permit could adversely affect any fishery within the 

Fishery Conservation Zone (now known as the Exclusive Economic Zone), or 

any anadromous species or Continental Shelf fishery resource subject to 

the exclusive management authority of the United States beyond that 

zone.