§ 1424. — Monitoring of activities of licensees and permittees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1424]
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. 1424. Monitoring of activities of licensees and permittees
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.
(Pub. L. 96-283, title I, Sec. 114, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 572.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1461 of this title.
