NOAA Publishes Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for TMC USA’s USA-B Exploration License Application
NOAA has published a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for TMC USA’s USA-B exploration license application, marking a formal step in the regulatory review process. The USA-B area covers approximately 122,000 km² of seafloor and hosts an estimated 1.02 billion tonnes of polymetallic nodules containing nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese.
Key figures
- Application area km2
- ~122,000
- Estimated resource tonnes
- 1.02 billion tonnes
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