---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
key: "subtB/chIX/subchD/part970"
level: "part"
label: "Part 970"
heading: "Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Exploration Licenses"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970"
sections_count: 73
---

# Part 970 — Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Exploration Licenses

Title 15 C.F.R. — Commerce and Foreign Trade › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade › Chapter IX — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce › Subchapter D — General Regulations of the Environmental Data Service

## Contents

- [Subpart A — General](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — Applications](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — Procedures for Applications Based on Exploration Commenced Before June 28, 1980; Resolution of Conflicts Among Overlapping Applications; Applications by New Entrants](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Certification of Applications](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartD.md)
- [Subpart E — Issuance/Transfer/Terms, Conditions and Restrictions](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartE.md)
- [Subpart F — Resource Development Concepts](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartF.md)
- [Subpart G — Environmental Effects](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartG.md)
- [Subpart H — Safety of Life and Property at Sea](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartH.md)
- [Subpart I — Miscellaneous](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartI.md)
- [Subpart J-W — Subparts J-W [Reserved]](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartJ-W.md)
- [Subpart X — Pre-enactment Exploration](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartX.md)
- [Subpart Y — Pre-license Exploration](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartY.md)
- [Subpart Z — Miscellaneous](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part970-subpartZ.md)