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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade |
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Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade |
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Chapter IX - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce |
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SubChapter D - General Regulations of the Environmental Data Service |
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Part 971 - Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Commercial Recovery Permits |
| Subpart A - General |
| § 971.100 - Purpose. |
| § 971.101 - Definitions. |
| § 971.102 - Nature of permits. |
| § 971.103 - Prohibited activities and restrictions. |
| § 971.104 - OMB control number. |
| Subpart B - Applications |
| § 971.200 - General. |
| Contents |
| § 971.201 - Statement of financial resources. |
| § 971.202 - Statement of technological experience and capabilities. |
| § 971.203 - Commercial recovery plan. |
| § 971.204 - Environmental and use conflict analysis. |
| § 971.205 - Vessel safety and documentation. |
| § 971.206 - Statement of ownership. |
| § 971.207 - Antitrust information. |
| § 971.208 - Fee. |
| § 971.209 - Processing outside the United States. |
| Procedures |
| § 971.210 - Determination whether application is complete for further processing. |
| § 971.211 - Consultation and cooperation with Federal agencies. |
| § 971.212 - Public notice, hearing and comment. |
| § 971.213 - Amendment to an application. |
| § 971.214 - Consolidated license and permit procedures. |
| Subpart C - Certification of Applications |
| § 971.300 - General. |
| § 971.301 - Required findings. |
| § 971.302 - Denial of certification. |
| § 971.303 - Notice of certification. |
| Subpart D - Issuance/Transfer: Terms, Conditions and Restrictions |
| § 971.400 - General. |
| Issuance/Transfer, Modification/Revision; Suspension/Revocation |
| § 971.401 - Proposal to issue or transfer and proposed terms, conditions and restrictions. |
| § 971.402 - Consultation and cooperation with Federal and State agencies. |
| § 971.403 - Freedom of the high seas. |
| § 971.404 - International obligations of the United States. |
| § 971.405 - Breach of international peace and security involving armed conflict. |
| § 971.406 - Environmental effects. |
| § 971.407 - Safety at sea. |
| § 971.408 - Processing outside the United States. |
| § 971.409 - Denial of issuance or transfer. |
| § 971.410 - Notice of issuance or transfer. |
| § 971.411 - Objections to terms, conditions and restrictions. |
| § 971.412 - Changes in permits and permit terms, conditions, and restrictions. |
| § 971.413 - Revision of a permit. |
| § 971.414 - Modification of permit terms, conditions, and restrictions. |
| § 971.415 - Duration of a permit. |
| § 971.416 - Approval of permit transfers. |
| § 971.417 - Suspension or modification of activities; suspension or revocation of permits. |
| Terms, Conditions and Restrictions |
| § 971.418 - Diligence requirements. |
| § 971.419 - Environmental protection requirements. |
| § 971.420 - Resource conservation requirements. |
| § 971.421 - Freedom of the high seas requirements. |
| § 971.422 - Safety at sea requirements. |
| § 971.423 - Best available technology. |
| § 971.424 - Monitoring requirements. |
| § 971.425 - Changes of circumstances. |
| § 971.426 - Annual report and records maintenance. |
| § 971.427 - Processing outside the United States. |
| § 971.428 - Other necessary permits. |
| § 971.429 - Special terms, conditions and restrictions. |
| § 971.430 - Other Federal requirements. |
| Subpart E - Resource Development |
| § 971.500 - General. |
| § 971.501 - Resource assessment, recovery plan, and logical mining unit. |
| § 971.502 - Conservation of resources. |
| § 971.503 - Diligent commercial recovery. |
| Subpart F - Environmental Effects |
| § 971.600 - General. |
| § 971.601 - Environmental requirements. |
| § 971.602 - Significant adverse environmental effects. |
| § 971.603 - At-sea monitoring. |
| § 971.604 - Best available technologies (BAT) and mitigation. |
| § 971.605 - Stable Reference Areas. |
| § 971.606 - Onshore information. |
| Subpart G - Safety of Life and Property at Sea |
| § 971.700 - General. |
| § 971.701 - Criteria for safety of life and property at sea. |
| Subpart H - Miscellaneous |
| § 971.800 - General. |
| § 971.801 - Records to be maintained and information to be submitted by licensees and permittees. |
| § 971.802 - Public disclosure of documents received by NOAA. |
| § 971.803 - Relinquishment and surrender of licenses and permits. |
| § 971.804 - Amendment to regulations for conservation, protection of the environment, and safety of life and property at sea. |
| § 971.805 - Computation of time. |
| Subpart I - Uniform Procedures |
| § 971.900 - Applicability. |
| § 971.901 - Formal hearing procedures. |
| Subpart J - Enforcement |
| § 971.1000 - General. |
| § 971.1001 - Assessment procedure. |
| § 971.1002 - Hearing and appeal procedures. |
| § 971.1003 - License and permit sanctions. |
| § 971.1004 - Remission or mitigation of forfeitures. |
| § 971.1005 - Observers. |
| § 971.1006 - Proprietary enforcement information. |
| § 971.1007 - Advance notice of civil actions. |