(a) Any person in possession of a valid permit issued by the Director, in consultation with the ASDOC, in accordance with this section and Sec. 922.48, may conduct an activity otherwise prohibited by Sec. 922.103, Sec. 922.104, and Sec. 922.105 in the Sanctuary if such activity is judged not to cause long-term or irreparable harm to the resources of the Sanctuary, and is:
(1) Related to research involving Sanctuary resources designed to enhance understanding of the Sanctuary environment or to improve resource management decisionmaking;
(2) Intended to further the educational value of the Sanctuary and thereby enhance understanding of the Sanctuary environmental or improve resource management decisionmaking;
(3) Intended to further the management of the Sanctuary; or
(4) For salvage or recovery operations.
(b) Permit applications shall be addressed to the Director, Office National Marine Sanctuaries; ATTN: Sanctuary Superintendent, American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary, P.O. Box 4318, Pago Pago, AS 96799.
(c) In considering whether to grant a permit, the Director shall evaluate such matters as:
(1) The general professional and financial responsibility of the applicant;
(2) The appropriateness of the methods being proposed for the purpose(s) of the activity;
(3) The extent to which the conduct of any permitted activity may diminish or enhance the value of the Sanctuary as a source of recreation, education, or scientific information; and
(4) The end value of the activity.
(d) In addition to meeting the criteria in this section and Sec. 922.48, the applicant also must demonstrate to the Director that:
(1) The activity shall be conducted with adequate safeguards for the environment; and
(2) The environment shall be returned to, or will regenerate to, the condition which existed before the activity occurred.
(e) The Director may, at his or her discretion, grant a permit which has been applied for pursuant to this section, in whole or in part, and subject the permit to such condition(s) as he or she deems necessary.
Sec. Appendix to Subpart J of Part 922--American Samoa National Marine
Sanctuary Boundary Coordinates
[Coordinates listed in this Appendix are unprojected (Geographic) and based on the North American Datum of 1983.]
(a) Fagatele Bay
No coordinates are needed in addition to those described in Sec. 922.101(a).
(b) Fagalua/Fogama'a
No coordinates are needed in addition to those described in Sec. 922.101(b).
(c) Aunu'u (Zones A, B)
The Aunu'u Unit is comprised of two adjacent zones, described in Sec. 922.101(c), for which the point coordinates are provided in following tables 1 and 2.
Table 1--Coordinates for the Aunu'u Unit, Zone A------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point ID Latitude (south) Longitude (west)------------------------------------------------------------------------1................................... 14.286 S 170.577 W2................................... 14.304 S 170.577 W3................................... 14.302 S 170.566 W4................................... 14.286 S 170.533 W5................................... 14.286 S 170.546 W6................................... 14.286 S 170.562 W7................................... 14.286 S 170.577 W------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table 2--Coordinates for the Aunu'u Unit, Zone B------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point ID Latitude (south) Longitude (west)------------------------------------------------------------------------1................................... 14.270 S 170.496 W2................................... 14.286 S 170.496 W3................................... 14.286 S 170.546 W4................................... 14.280 S 170.550 W5................................... 14.270 S 170.550 W6................................... 14.270 S 170.551 W------------------------------------------------------------------------
(d) Swains Island
The Swains Island Unit boundary is defined by the coordinates provided in Table 3 and the textual description in Sec. 922.101(d).
Table 3--Coordinates for the Swains Island Unit------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point ID Latitude (south) Longitude (west)------------------------------------------------------------------------1................................... 11.058639 171.088652................................... 11.051669 171.0894943................................... 11.048561 171.0926864................................... 11.054867 171.0944535................................... 11.060239 171.0928256................................... 11.058639 171.088657................................... 11.063967 171.0759898................................... 11.058622 171.0686179................................... 11.062167 171.06622210.................................. 11.067414 171.07363911.................................. 11.063967 171.075989------------------------------------------------------------------------
(e) Muli[amacr]va
The Muli[amacr]va Unit boundary is defined by the coordinates provided in Table 4 and the textual description in Sec. 922.101(e).
Table 4--Coordinates for the Muli[amacr]va Unit------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point ID Latitude (south) Longitude (west)------------------------------------------------------------------------1................................... 15.387 S 169.012 W2................................... 14.271 S 169.012 W3................................... 14.271 S 169.121 W4................................... 14.150 S 169.121 W5................................... 14.150 S 169.012 W6................................... 13.698 S 169.012 W7................................... 13.698 S 167.283 W8................................... 15.387 S 167.283 W9................................... 15.387 S 169.12------------------------------------------------------------------------
(f) Ta'u Unit
The Ta'u Unit boundary is defined by the coordinates provided in Table 5 and the textual description in Sec. 922.101(f).
Table 5--Coordinates for the Ta'u Unit------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point ID Latitude (south) Longitude (west)------------------------------------------------------------------------1................................... 14.24889 S 169.503056 W2................................... 14.273056 S 169.488056 W3................................... 14.277222 S 169.488056 W4................................... 14.261111 S 169.429167 W5................................... 14.293889 S 169.429167 W6................................... 14.293889 S 169.519722 W7................................... 14.24889 S 169.519722 W8................................... 14.24889 S 169.503056 W------------------------------------------------------------------------