[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: 15CFR971.414]



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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. 971.414  Modification of permit terms, conditions, and restrictions.



    (a) After issuance or transfer of any permit, the Administrator, 

after consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and the permittee, 

may modify the TCRs in a permit for the following purposes:

    (1) To avoid unreasonable interference with the interests of other 

nations in their exercise of the freedoms of the high seas, as 

recognized under general principles of international law. This 

determination will take into account the considerations listed in Sec. 

971.403;

    (2) If relevant data and information (including, but not limited to, 

data resulting from activities under a permit) indicate that 

modification is required to protect the quality of the environment or to 

promote the safety of life and property at sea;

    (3) To avoid a conflict with any international obligation of the 

United States, established by any treaty or convention in force with 

respect to the United States, as determined in writing by the President; 

or

    (4) To avoid any situation which may reasonably be expected to lead 

to a breach of international peace and security involving armed 

conflict, as determined in writing by the President.

    (b) A proposal by the Administrator to modify the TCRs in a permit 

is significant and must be followed by the full application procedures 

in this part, including a public hearing, if it would result in either 

of the changes identified in Sec. 971.412(b).

    (c) All proposed modifications other than those described in 

paragraph (b) of this section will be acted on after the Administrator 

provides:

    (1) Written notice of the proposal to the permittee; and

    (2) Publication of this proposal in the Federal Register with a 60-

day opportunity for comment.

    (d)(1) The Administrator will effect a modification of the TCRs if 

the Administrator finds in writing that the proposed modification will 

comply with the requirements of the Act and this part.

    (2) Upon adopting a TCR modification, the Administrator shall issue 

to the permittee an amended permit including the modified TCRs, and 

shall publish notice of issuance in the Federal Register.

    (3) The procedures for objection to modification of the TCRs are the 

same as those for objection to a TCR under Sec. 971.411 of this part.