§ 1426. — Public notice and hearings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 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.)
