[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 233 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75734-75735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30747]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Conservation Act of 1978; Notice of Permit Modification

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
SUMMARY: The Foundation modified a permit to conduct activities 
regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
541; 45 CFR Part 670).

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

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Description of Permit and Modification

    1. On September 15, 1999, the National Science Foundation issued a 
permit (ACA #2000-004) to Dr. Paul J. Ponganis after posting a notice 
in the August 17, 1999 Federal Regiser. Public comments were not 
received. A request to modify the permit was posted in the Federal 
Register on October 20, 2000. No public comments were received. The 
modification, issued by the Foundation on November 1, 2000, allows for 
entry into the Cape Crozier Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 124 
for the purpose of conducting a census on the newly hatched Emperor 
penguin chicks.
    Location: ASPA 124--Cape Crozier, Ross Island.
    Dates: November 15, 2000 to February 28, 2002.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-30747 Filed 12-1-00; 8:45 am]
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