PUBLIC LAW 96-320—AUG. 3, 1980
94 STAT. 977
trator, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to be compatible with licenses issued pursuant to this Act. (b) The Administrator shall, upon application and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, issue, transfer, amend, or renew licenses for the ownership, construction, and operation of— (1) ocean thermal energy conversion plantships documented under the laws of the United States, and (2) ocean thermal energy conversion facilities documented under the laws of the United States, located in the territorial sea of the United States, or connected to the United States by pipeline or cable. (c) The Administrator may issue a license to a citizen of the United License issuance, States in accordance with the provisions of this Act unless— prerequisites. (1) he determines that the applicant cannot and will not comply with applicable laws, regulations, and license conditions; (2) he determines that the construction and operation of the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship will not be in the national interest and consistent with national security and other national policy goals and objectives, including energy selfsufficiency and environmental quality; (3) he determines, after consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, that the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship will not be operated with reasonable regard to the freedom of navigation or other reasonable uses of the high seas and authorized uses of the Continental Shelf, as defined by United States law, treaty, convention, or customary international law; (4) he has been informed, within 45 days after the conclusion of public hearings on that application, or on proposed licenses for the designated application area, by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship will not conform with all applicable provisions of any law for which he has enforcement authority; (5) he has received the opinion of the Attorney General, pursuant to section 104 of this Act, stating that issuance of the license would create a situation in violation of the antitrust laws, or the 90-day period provided in section 104 has expired; (6) he has consulted with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense, to determine their views on the adequacy of the application, and its effect on programs within their respective jurisdictions and determines on the basis thereof, that the application for license is inadequate; (7) the proposed ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship will not be documented under the laws of the United States; (8) the applicant has not agreed to the condition that no vessel may be used for the transportation to the United States of things produced, processed, refined, or manufactured at the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship unless such vessel is documented under the laws of the United States; (9) when the license is for an ocean thermal energy conversion facility, he determines that the facility, including any submarine electric transmission cables and equipment or pipelines which are components of the facility, will not be located and designed so as to minimize interference with other uses of the high seas or
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