[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52157-52158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25615]


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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; Code of Federal Regulations title 45, 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.

DESCRIPTION OF PERMIT AND MODIFICATION: On September 15, 1999, the 
National Science Foundation issued a permit (ACA #2000-001) to Dr. 
Steven D. Enslie after posting a notice in the August 17, 1999 Federal 
Register. Public comments were not received. A request to modify the 
permit was posted in the Federal Register on April 30, 2001. No public 
comments were received. The modification, issued by the Foundation on 
September 19, 2001, allows the permit holder to enter additional 
Antarctic Specially Protected Areas for the purpose of collecting 
conducting surveys and excavating small 5-10cm soil samples from 
abandoned penguin rookeries.

Location:
    ASPA 102--Rookery Islands, Holme Bay
    ASPA 103--Ardery and Odbert Islands
    ASPA 109--Moe Island, South Orkneys
    ASPA 110--Lynch Island, South Orkneys
    ASPA 111--Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands, Orkney 
Islands
    ASPA 114--North Coronation Island
    ASPA 127--Haswell Island
    ASPA 135--Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast
    ASPA 136--Clark Peninsula,

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 Budd Coast

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-25615 Filed 10-11-01; 8:45 am]
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