[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-19309]
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[Federal Register: August 9, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Deep Seabed Mining; Proposal to Issue an Exploration License and
of Public Hearing
agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
action: Notice of proposal to issue Deep Seabed Mining. Exploration
License USA-4 to Ocean Minerals Company subject to terms, conditions
and restrictions (TCRs), of a public hearing on the proposal, and of
the availability of a draft environmental impact statement.
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summary: On May 21, 1993, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) received a notice of surrender of Deep Seabed
Mining Exploration License USA-4 by the Kennecott Consortium,
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, pursuant to section 115(a) of the Deep Seabed
Hard Mineral Resources Act (the ``Act'') and 15 CFR 971.803(a). This
action was noticed at 58 FR 33933 on June 22, 1993. On June 17, 1993,
NOAA received an application from Ocean Minerals Company (OMCO), Menlo
Park, California, to conduct deep seabed mining exploration activities
in license site USA-4, which was noticed at 58 FR 34782 on June 29,
1993. NOAA completed the public review process and issued to OMCO a
certification of its application on March 29, 1994, in accordance with
Subpart D of 15 CFR Part 970.
NOAA proposes to issue an exploration license authorizing OMCO to
engage in deep seabed mining exploration activities in the site known
as USA-4, consistent with the provisions of the Act and 15 CFR Part
970, subject to terms, conditions and restrictions (TCRs).
NOAA has prepared and circulated to Federal agencies a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on issuing the license with the
proposed TCRs. The availability of the DEIS was noticed at 59 FR 33970
on July 1, 1994. NOAA will hold a public hearing on this license
issuance proposal, TCRs and the DEIS at NOAA Building IV, 1305 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, Lobby Conference Room, on September
13, 1994, at 1:30 p.m.
Subject to 15 CFR 971.802, which excludes confidential information
from public disclosure, interested persons will be permitted to examine
the application documents, the DEIS and TCRs, and to provide comments
thereon, by October 11, 1994.
for further information contact: Betty Rosser, Ocean Minerals and
Energy Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management,
National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Station 11437,
Silver Spring, MD 20010, (301) 713-3159.
Dated: August 3, 1994.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 94-19309 Filed 8-8-94; 8:45 am]
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