[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50631-50632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19686]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Deep Seabed Mining: Approval of Extension and Revision of 
Exploration License

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of approval of extension of Deep Seabed Mining 
Exploration License USA-1 and revision of exploration plan.

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SUMMARY: On December 5, 2001, at 66 FR 234, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) noticed receipt of an application for 
a five-year extension of Deep Seabed Mining-Exploration License USA-1 
and revision of exploration plan from Ocean

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Minerals Company (OMCO). No comments objecting to approval of the 
extension and revision were received. Pursuant to the Deep Seabed Hard 
Mineral Resources Act (Pub. L. 96-283) and 15 CFR part 970, on July 26, 
2002, NOAA approved the extension of the license and revision to the 
exploration plan through the year 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John King, Coastal Programs Division 
(NORM/3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, tel. (301) 713-
3155, extension 188, e-mail [email protected].

    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Administration.
    Dated: July 26, 2002.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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