[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2926]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Conservation of Antarctic Animals and Plants

AGENCY:  National Science Foundation.

ACTION:  Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

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SUMMARY:  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 
notice of permit applications received pursuant to the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.

DATES:  Interested parties are invited to submit written data, 
comments, or views with respect to these permit applications on or 
before March 10, 2000. The permit applications 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:  Joyce Jatko, Environmental Officer, 
at the above address or (703) 306-1032.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Raytheon Polar Services Company, a business 
unit of Raytheon Technical Services Company, is in the phase-in period 
for assuming responsibility for the contract to provide operations 
support to the United States Antarctic Program. As part of that 
support, Raytheon personnel will be required to engage in activities 
that require permitting under the Antarctic Conservation Act. Five 
separate permit applications have been submitted, as follows:
    1. Entry into Antarctic Specially Protected Area 113, Litchfield 
Island, Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago, for inspection and re-supply 
of the survival cache;
    2. Entry into Antarctic Specially Protected Area 137, Northwest 
White Island, McMurdo Sound, for access to and maintenance of Black 
Island INMARSAT transmitting and receiving equipment;
    3. Entry into Antarctic Specially Protected Area 128, Western Shore 
of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, for movement of personnel and 
supplies to and from the U.S. research station known as Copacabana;
    4. Taking associated with removing penguins, seals and skuas from 
McMurdo Station and associated airfields to ensure safety of operations 
and protection of the animals;
    5. Taking associated with removing penguins, seals and other birds 
from the Palmer Station pier to ensure safety of operations and 
protection of the animals.
    The permit applicant is: Raytheon Polar Services Company, 16800 E. 
CentreTech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011-9646. The proposed duration of 
each permit is from April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005.

Joyce A. Jatko,
Acting Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-2926 Filed 2-8-00; 8:45 am]
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