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data relating directly to the documentation of the nature, 
shape, concentration, and tenor of the ore deposit of the 
licensed block and the nature of the physical environmental 
factors which will affect such commercial recovery. 
““AREAS WITHDRAWN FROM LICENSING: DENSITY 
LIMITATIONS 
“Src. 10. (a) No license shall be issued under this Act 
for any portion of the deep seabed— 
“(1) which has been relinquished by the applicant 
under a license issued under this Act within the prior 
three years; 
““(2) which is subject either to a prior application 
for a license, or an outstanding license, under this Act; 
““(3) which, if licensed, would result in the ap- 
plicant’s holding more than five licensed blocks at any 
one time during the first five years after the effective date 
of this Act; and 
“(4) which, if licensed, would result in a holding 
by licensees under this Act of more than 30 per centum 
of an area of the deep seabed which is within a circle 
with a diameter of one thousand two hundred and fifty 
kilometers. 
“(b) No license shall be issued or transferred under this 
94 Act, and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
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