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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit applications received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, P.L. 95-541.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published 
regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at title 45 part 670 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of 
permit applications received.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to these permit applications by September 19, 
1994. Permit applications may be inspected by interested parties at the 
Permit Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed Permit Office, Room 755, Office 
of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 
Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address or (703) 306-1031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed 
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-541), has 
developed regulations that implement the ``Agreed Measures for the 
Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora'' for all United States 
citizens. The Agreed Measures, developed by the Antarctic Treaty 
Consultative Parties, recommended establishment of a permit system for 
various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and 
certain geographic areas a requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Specially 
Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
    The applications received are as follows:
1. Applicant
    Brenda Hall
    Institute for Quaternary Studies
    320 Boardman Hall
    University of Maine
    Orono, Maine 04469-5711

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

Enter Site of Special Scientific Interest
    The applicant is in the process of carrying out a large mapping 
project to determine the former extent of a grounded ice sheet in the 
Ross Sea during the last glaciation. Much of the work has been 
concentrated on the Dry Valleys region where lobes of the grounded Ross 
Sea Ice Sheet flowed inland into the mouths of the valleys. Barwick 
Valley (SSSI #3) was last mapped in the 1960's. According to that work, 
inland ice advanced down Barwick Valley simultaneously with the ice 
advance into the Lower Victoria Valley from the Ross Sea. The Lower 
Victoria Valley deposits indicate the presence of a lake, not an ice 
tone. A revised map of Barwick Valley would help determine the extend 
of the lake in the Victoria Valley System and to examine evidence of 
lake-level fluctuations. The applicant plans only to map Barwick 
Valley. no samples will be taken. Access to the site will be on foot 
from the Victoria Valley where the majority of the project will be 
conducted.

Location

SSSI #3--Barwick Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Dates

November 1, 1994--February 15, 1995
2. Applicant
    George Denton and David Marchant
    Institute for Quaternary Studies
    320 Boardman Hall
    University of Maine
    Orono, Maine 04469-5711

Acitivity for Which Permit Is Requested

Enter Site of Special Scientific Interest
    The applicants are in the process of carrying out a large mapping 
project to determine the former extent of a grounded ice sheet in the 
Ross Sea approximately 22,000-8,000 years ago. Ross Island is a key 
area for this study as the island was a nunatak project through the ice 
sheet. Cape Crozier (SSSI #4) is open for the few ice-free areas on the 
island and the only ice-free area on the eastern coast. Mapping the 
glacial geology of this area to determine the elevation of the former 
ice sheet and gain information about ice-flow directions is critical to 
the project. The applicants only plan to map the area. No rocks or soil 
samples will be collected and they will be working at elevations above 
the penguin rookery and at least a mile away at all times. Access to 
the site will be by helicopter.

Location

SSSI #4--Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Antarctica

Dates

October 1, 1994--March 1, 1995
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs.
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