07 NCAC 04R .1003. DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED TO GRANT PERMITS AND LICENSES  


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  • (a)  The Department of Cultural Resources may grant permits for the exploration, recovery or salvage of abandoned shipwrecks and of underwater archaeological artifacts in given areas of state‑owned bottoms of navigable waters.  No exploration, recovery, or salvage operation on state‑owned bottoms of navigable waters during which abandoned shipwrecks or underwater archaeological artifacts may be removed, displaced, or destroyed shall be conducted by any person, firm, corporation, institution or agency without having first received the appropriate permit or license from the Department.  After issuance no permit, or any part thereof, shall be assigned or sublet.

    (b)  Obtain application forms from and submit completed permit applications to:

    Underwater Archaeology Unit

    Division of Archives and History

    P.O. Box 58

    Kure Beach, North Carolina  28449

     

History Note:        Authority G.S. 121‑23; 121‑25;

Eff. February 1, 1985;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1989.