---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 971.100"
title: "15"
number: "971.100"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/971.100"
---

# §971.100. Purpose.


The purpose of this part is to implement the responsibilities and authorities of the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pursuant to Public Law 96-283, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (the Act), to issue to eligible United States citizens permits for the commercial recovery of deep seabed hard minerals.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 525, Jan. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted.