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and request from the Secretary an authorization to begin 
commercial recovery. Upon receipt of such request, and sub- 
ject to the provisions of section 12, the Secretary shall grant 
such authorization: Provided, That the licensee is in compli- 
ance with all conditions of the license and has furnished the 
Secretary with copies of all raw data generated in the normal 
course of the applicant’s work on the block and relating di- 
rectly to the documentation of the nature, shape, concentra- 
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tion, and tenor of the ore deposit of the licensed block and 
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the nature of the physical environmental factors which will 
11 affect such commercial recovery. 
12 AREAS WITHDRAWN FROM LICENSING; DENSITY 
13 LIMITATIONS 
14 Suc. 10. (a) No license shall be issued under this Act 
15 for any portion of the deep seabed— 
16 (1) which has been relinquished by the applicant 
17 under a license issued under this Act within the prior 
18 three years; 
AD jppr (2) which is subject either to a prior application for 
20 a license, or an outstanding license, under this Act, or 
21 from a reciprocating State; and 
22 (3) which, if licensed, would result in a holding by 
23 licensees under this Act of more than 30 per centum of 
24 an area of the deep seabed which is within a circle with 
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