[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 178 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47762-47763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22876]



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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; Notice of Permit Modification 
Request Received

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit modification requests 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 a 
notice of requests to modify permits issued 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 a permit modifications requested.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit modification by October 12, 1995. 
Permits may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, 
address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to 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.

DESCRIPTION OF PERMIT MODIFICATIONS REQUESTED:
    1. The Foundation issued a permit (93-00B) to Dr. Wesley M. 
Weathers on November 2, 1993. The issued permit allows for the capture 
and release of seven hundred sixty-six Cape Petrels (Daption capense) 
and Snow Petrels (Pagodroma nivea) to conduct measurements over three 
consecutive breeding seasons. The project focuses on the feeding 
ecology and energetics of these two common surface-nesting petrels.
    The permit holder requests to modify the permit to allow for the 
collection two additional species of petrels, Antarctic petrels 
(Thalassoica antarctica) and Southern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialoides). 
The research protocol for these two additional species will be 
identical to that used on the Cape Petrels and Snow Petrels and samples 
sizes will also be identical. This modification was prompted by a 
request from the Australian Antarctic Division to have the permit 
holder to expand the scope of the research program to include the two 
additional species.

LOCATION: Prydz Bay, East Antarctica.

DATES: October 15, 1995-March 31, 1996.

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    2. The Foundation issued a permit (95-013) to Ron Naveen on 
September 7, 1994. The issued permit allows for the entry into Sites of 
Special Scientific Interest to catalogue the physical and biological 
characteristics of more than 60 locations visited in the Antarctic 
Peninsula. Cataloguing efforts include the inventory, marking, or 
photographing sites or to demarcate discrete groups, colonies, or plots 
of penguins, flying seabirds, or terrestrial plans.
    The permit holder requests to modify the permit to allow for the 
collection of culmen measurements from penguin chicks in January/
February. These measurements will help to more precisely determine the 
age of chicks and assist in determining productivity at the site. 
Culmen measurements will be taken at small creches on an opportunistic 
basis.

LOCATION: Various visitor sites in the Antarctic Peninsula Region, 
including a possible stop over at the research site at Admiralty Bay 
(SSSI #8).

DATES: October 15, 1995-March 1, 1996.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-22876 Filed 9-13-95; 8:45 am]
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