[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55064-55065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26690]



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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Conservation Act of 1978; Notice of Permit Modification

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.


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SUMMARY: The Foundation modified two permits to conduct activities 
regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541; 
Code of Federal Regulations Title 45, Part 670).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 
22230.

DESCRIPTION OF PERMIT AND MODIFICATION: 1. On November 2, 1993, the 
National Science Foundation issued a permit (ACA #93-00B) to Dr. Wesley 
M. Weathers after posting a notice in the September 27, 1993 Federal 
Register. Public comments were not received. A request to modify the 
permit was posted in the Federal Register on September 14, 1995. No 
public comments were received. The modification, issued by the 
Foundation on October 19, 1995, allows for the capture and release to 
two additional species of petrels, Antarctic petrels (Thalassoica 
antarctica) and Southern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialoides). These species 
will be included in a project that focuses on the feeding ecology and 
energetics of common surface-nesting petrels. The research protocol for 
these two additional species will be identical to that used on the Cape 
Petrel and Snow Petrels, and the sample sizes will also be identical.

LOCATION: Prydz Bay, East Antarctica.

DATES: October 15, 1995-March 31, 1996.
    2. On September 7, 1994, the National Science Foundation issued a 
permit (ACA #95-013) to Ron Naveen after posting a notice in the August 
8, 1994 Federal Register. Public comments were not received. A request 
to modify the permit was posted in the Federal Register on September 
14, 1995. No public comments were received. The modification, issued by 
the Foundation on October 19, 1995, allows for the collection of culmen 
measurements from penguin chicks on an opportunistic basis. These 
measurements will help to more precisely determine the age of chicks 
and assist in determining productivity at various sites. This activity 
is one aspect of the program to catalogue the physical and biological 
characteristics of more than 60 locations in the Antarctic Peninsula.

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.
[FR Doc. 95-26690 Filed 10-26-95; 8:45 am]
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