Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60

§1424 Monitoring of Activities of Licensees and Permittees

Title 30 › Chapter 26— DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES › Subchapter I— REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS › § 1424

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Every license or permit must require the holder to let the Administrator put federal officers or employees aboard their vessels used for exploration or commercial recovery. Those observers may watch activities when and as the Administrator thinks is reasonable, and they must tell the Administrator if they believe the holder is not following the license or permit. The holder must cooperate with those observers. The holder must also monitor the environmental effects of their activities under guidelines the Administrator gives and provide any information the Administrator needs to evaluate impacts and develop ways to reduce harm.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1424

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Each license and permit issued under this subchapter shall require the licensee or permittee—

(1)to allow the Administrator to place appropriate Federal officers or employees as observers aboard vessels used by the licensee or permittee in exploration or commercial recovery activities (A) to monitor such activities at such time, and to such extent, as the Administrator deems reasonable and necessary to assess the effectiveness of the terms, conditions, and restrictions of the license or permit, and (B) to report to the Administrator whenever such officers or employees have reason to believe there is a failure to comply with such terms, conditions, and restrictions;

(2)to cooperate with such officers and employees in the performance of monitoring functions; and

(3)to monitor the environmental effects of the exploration and commercial recovery activities in accordance with guidelines issued by the Administrator and to submit such information as the Administrator finds to be necessary and appropriate to assess environmental impacts and to develop and evaluate possible methods of mitigating adverse environmental effects.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1424

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60