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nation, or the international agencies given 

 a significant but limited role in these activi- 

 ties, have less justification to, interfere with 

 otlier uses of the bed of the deep seas, its sub- 

 soil, its superjacent or surface waters, or the 

 air above them. 



Relations Between the United States as a 

 Registering Nation and the Business En- 

 tities on Whose Behalf It Will Register 

 Claims 



These relations are the domestic concern of 

 each nation. New legislation will be necessary 

 in the United States to fix these relations and 

 to implement the recommended framework. 

 The Commission recommends that the new 

 legislation fixing these relations be based on 

 the policies the United States follows in leas- 

 ing mineral resources on its outer continental 

 shelf, with some important modifications. 



Policies Applicable to All Registered 

 Claims Business entities, domestic, or for- 

 eign, which seek to have the United States 

 register claims on their behalf with the Inter- 

 national Kegistry Authority should apply to 

 the Department of the Interior, which should 

 be designated the U.S. agency for this 

 purpose. The business entity on whose behalf 

 a claim is registered should pay to tlie United 

 States the specified fees to cover the costs of 



Approximate Delineation of Con- 

 tinental Shelves and Intermediate 

 Zones as Proposed 



LEGEND 



CONTINENTAL SHELF 

 I [J INTERMEDIATE ZONE 



