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15 CFR 970.405: Appropriate exploration site size and location.

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  1. Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade
  2. Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade
  3. CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
  4. SUBCHAPTER D—GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE
  5. PART 970—DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR EXPLORATION LICENSES
  6. Subpart D—Certification of Applications

Before the Administrator may certify an application, he must approve the size and location of the exploration area selected by the applicant. The Administrator will approve the size and location of the area unless he determines that the area is not a logical mining unit pursuant to § 970.601.

Collected 2026-08-27T02:24:24Z. Source file · JSON

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