Mining Poly Metallic Nodules

There are private companies that now that are dedicated to mining poly metallic nodules. The question is, are the regulations in place to make sure that we do it the right way? We certainly don't want to cause one environmental problem while we're trying to solve another. Maybe it'll take us a while before tagain this becomes technologically and economically feasible. It's not like we're already at a desperate point where we meet the only option left.