---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
key: "subtB/chIX/subchD/part971"
level: "part"
label: "Part 971"
heading: "Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Commercial Recovery Permits"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971"
sections_count: 84
---

# Part 971 — Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Commercial Recovery Permits

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-part971-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — Applications](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — Certification of Applications](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Issuance/Transfer: Terms, Conditions and Restrictions](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartD.md)
- [Subpart E — Resource Development](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartE.md)
- [Subpart F — Environmental Effects](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartF.md)
- [Subpart G — Safety of Life and Property at Sea](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartG.md)
- [Subpart H — Miscellaneous](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartH.md)
- [Subpart I — Uniform Procedures](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartI.md)
- [Subpart J — Enforcement](/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchD-part971-subpartJ.md)