[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: 15CFR971.413]



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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. 971.413  Revision of a permit.



    (a) During the term of a commercial recovery permit, the permittee 

may submit to the Administrator an application for a revision of the 

permit or the commercial recovery plan associated with it to accommodate 

changes desired by the permittee. In some cases it may be advisable to 

recognize at the time of filing the original permit application that, 

although the essential information for issuing or transferring a permit 

as specified in Sec. 971.201 through Sec. 971.209 must be included in 

such application, some details may have to be provided in the future in 

the form of a revision. In such instances, the Administrator may issue 

or transfer a permit



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which would authorize commercial recovery activities and plans only to 

the extent described in the application.

    (b) An application by a permittee for a revision of a permit or its 

associated commercial recovery plan involving a significant change, as 

defined in Sec. 971.412(b), must be followed by the full application 

procedures in this part, including a public hearing.

    (c) An application by a permittee for a revision of a permit or its 

associated commercial recovery plan involving a major change, as defined 

in Sec. 971.412(c) (See also Sec. 971.425 of this part), will be acted 

on after notice thereof is published by the Administrator in the Federal 

Register with a 60-day opportunity for public comment and consultation 

with appropriate Federal agencies.

    (d)(1) The Administrator will approve a revision if the 

Administrator finds in writing that the revision will comply with the 

requirements of the Act and this part.

    (2) Notice of the Administrator's decision on the proposed revision 

will be provided to the permittee in writing and published in the 

Federal Register.

    (e) A permittee may notify the Administrator of minor changes, as 

defined in Sec. 971.412(d), subsequently in the annual report (See 

Sec. 971.801 of this part).

    (f) If the relative importance of the change is unclear to the 

permittee, the Administrator should be notified in advance so that the 

Administrator can decide whether a revision in accordance with Sec. 

971.412(e) is required.