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activities Administration agency American Bar Association area of special Article authority boundary Bureau California Chairman claims coast coastal nations Commission Congress conservation continental margin Continental Shelf Convention continental slope Court deep ocean floor deep sea DEEP-SEA MINING Department of Interior depth draft economic environment environmental management established exploration and exploitation Federal Geneva Convention geological Government high seas Interior___ INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION International Mining involved isobath issued lease limits of national litigation ment meters metres mineral resources national jurisdiction natural resources offshore operations organization outer Continental Shelf outer limit petroleum pollution present principles problem production programs proposed protection public interest purposes question Reclamation regard regulations Report resolution sea bed sea-bed seabed and subsoil seabed treaty seaward Secretary Service Shelf Convention sovereign rights sovereignty special rights submerged lands subsoil Tennessee Valley Authority territorial sea three-mile belt tion treaty United Nations zone
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Page 5 - For the purpose of these articles, the term "continental shelf is used as referring (a) to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 meters or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas ; ( b) to the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands.
Page 32 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 38 - The exploration of the continental shelf and the exploitation of its natural resources must not result in any unjustifiable interference with navigation, fishing or the conservation of the living resources of the sea, nor result in any interference with fundamental oceanographic or other scientific research carried out with the intention of open publication.
Page 143 - States and persons, physical or juridical, are bound to refrain from all activities of exploitation of the resources of the area of the sea-bed and ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction; (b) No claim to any part of that area or its resources shall be recognized.
Page 44 - sovereign rights" over the continental shelf "for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources.
Page 40 - ... economic interests peculiar to the region concerned, the reality and the importance of which are clearly evidenced by a long usage.
Page 41 - The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply, however, where it is necessary by reason of historic title or other special circumstances to delimit the territorial seas of the two States in a way which is at variance with this provision.
Page 13 - State exercises over the continental shelf sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 of this article are exclusive in the sense that if the coastal State does not explore the continental shelf or exploit its natural resources, no one may undertake these activities...
Page 2 - In cases where the continental shelf extends to the shores of another State, or is shared with an adjacent State, the boundary shall be determined by the United States and the State concerned in accordance with equitable principles.
Page 38 - If any provision of this Act, or any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or individual word, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of any such provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or individual word to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby...