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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1426]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
             CHAPTER 26--DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES
 
   SUBCHAPTER I--REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY 
                         UNITED STATES CITIZENS
 
Sec. 1426. Public notice and hearings


(a) Required procedures

    The Administrator may issue regulations to carry out this chapter, 
establish and significantly modify terms, conditions, and restrictions 
in licenses and permits issued under this subchapter, and issue or 
transfer licenses and permits under this subchapter, only after public 
notice and opportunity for comment and hearings in accordance with the 
following:
        (1) The Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register 
    notice of all applications for licenses and permits, all proposals 
    to issue or transfer licenses and permits, all regulations 
    implementing this chapter, all terms, conditions, and restrictions 
    on licenses and permits, and all proposals to significantly modify 
    licenses and permits. Interested persons shall be permitted to 
    examine the materials relevant to any of these actions, and shall 
    have at least 60 days after publication of such notice to submit 
    written comments to the Administrator.
        (2) The Administrator shall hold a public hearing in an 
    appropriate location and may employ such additional methods as the 
    Administrator deems appropriate to inform interested persons about 
    each action specified in paragraph (1) and to invite their comments 
    thereon.

(b) Adjudicatory hearing

    If the Administrator determines that there exists one or more 
specific and material factual issues which require resolution by formal 
processes, at least one adjudicatory hearing shall be held in the 
District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of section 554 of 
title 5. The record developed in any such adjudicatory hearing shall be 
part of the basis for the Administrator's decision to take any action 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section. Hearings held pursuant to 
this section shall be consolidated insofar as practicable with hearings 
held by other agencies.

(Pub. L. 96-283, title I, Sec. 116, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 573.)
