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30 U.S.C. § 1428 — Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits
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**(a) Relinquishment and surrender** Any licensee or permittee may at any time, without penalty—
(1) surrender to the Administrator a license or a permit issued to the licensee or permittee; or
(2) relinquish to the Administrator, in whole or in part, any right to conduct any exploration or commercial recovery activities authorized by the license or permit.
Any licensee or permittee who surrenders a license or permit, or relinquishes any such right, shall remain liable with respect to all violations and penalties incurred, and damage to persons or property caused, by the licensee or permittee as a result of activities engaged in by the licensee or permittee under such license or permit.
**(b) Transfer** Any license or permit, upon written request of the licensee or permittee, may be transferred by the Administrator; except that no such transfer may occur unless the proposed transferee is a United States citizen and until the Administrator determines that (1) the proposed transfer is in the public interest, and (2) the proposed transferee and the exploration or commercial recovery activities the transferee proposes to conduct meet the requirements of this chapter and regulations issued under this chapter.
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**(a) Relinquishment and surrender** Any licensee or permittee may at any time, without penalty—
(1) surrender to the Administrator a license or a permit issued to the licensee or permittee; or
(2) relinquish to the Administrator, in whole or in part, any right to conduct any exploration or commercial recovery activities authorized by the license or permit.
Any licensee or permittee who surrenders a license or permit, or relinquishes any such right, shall remain liable with respect to all violations and penalties incurred, and damage to persons or property caused, by the licensee or permittee as a result of activities engaged in by the licensee or permittee under such license or permit.
**(b) Transfer** Any license or permit, upon written request of the licensee or permittee, may be transferred by the Administrator; except that no such transfer may occur unless the proposed transferee is a United States citizen and until the Administrator determines that (1) the proposed transfer is in the public interest, and (2) the proposed transferee and the exploration or commercial recovery activities the transferee proposes to conduct meet the requirements of this chapter and regulations issued under this chapter.
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For purposes of this chapter, the term—
(1) “commercial recovery” means—
(A) any activity engaged in at sea to recover any hard mineral resource at a substantial rate for the primary purpose of marketing or commercially using such resource to earn a net profit, whether or not such net profit is actually earned;
(B) if such recovered hard mineral resource will be processed at sea, such processing; and
(C) if the waste of such activity to recover any hard mineral resource, or of such processing at sea, will be disposed of at sea, such disposal;
(2) “Continental Shelf” means—
(A) the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast, but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 meters or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of such submarine area; and
(B) the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the coast of islands;
(3) “controlling interest”, for purposes of paragraph 14(C) of this section, means a direct or indirect legal or beneficial interest in or influence over another person arising through ownership of capital stock, interlocking directorates or officers, contractual relations, or other similar means, which substantially affect the independent business behavior of such person;
(4) “deep seabed” means the seabed, and the subsoil thereof to a depth of ten meters, lying seaward of and outside—
(A) the Continental Shelf of any nation; and
(B) any area of national resource jurisdiction of any foreign nation, if such area extends beyond the Continental Shelf of such nation and such jurisdiction is recognized by the United States;
(5) “exploration” means—
(A) any at-sea observation and evaluation activity which
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1441
ronmental requirements of or under this chapter
shall be in addition to other requirements of
law.
(Pub. L. 96–283, title I, § 117, June 28, 1980, 94
Stat. 573.)
§ 1428. Reciprocating states
(a) Designation
The Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the heads of other appro-
priate departments and agencies, may designate
any foreign nation as a reciprocating state if the
Secretary of State finds that such foreign na-
tion—
(1) regulates the conduct of its citizens and
other persons subject to its jurisdiction en-
gaged in exploration for, and commercial re-
covery of, hard mineral resources of the deep
seabed in a manner compatible with that pro-
vided in this chapter and the regulations
issued under this chapter, which includes ade-
quate measures for the protection of the envi-
ronment, the conservation of natural re-
sources, and the safety of life and property at
sea, and includes effective enforcement provi-
sions;
(2) recognizes licenses and permits issued
under this subchapter to the extent that such
nation, under its laws, (A) prohibits any per-
son from engaging in exploration or commer-
cial recovery which conflicts with that au-
thorized under any such license or permit and
(B) complies with the date for issuance of li-
censes and the effective date for permits pro-
vided in section 1412(c)(1)(D) of this title;
(3) recognizes, under its procedures, prior-
ities of right, consistent with those provided
in this chapter and the regulations issued
under this chapter, for applications for li-
censes for exploration or permits for commer-
cial recovery, which applications are made ei-
ther under its procedures or under this chap-
ter; and
(4) provides an interim legal fr
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