[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8995]


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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 March 12, 2001, the 
National Science Foundation issued a permit (ACA #2001-025) to Dr. 
Daniel P. Costa after posting a notice in the January 31, 2001 Federal 
Register. Public comments were not received. A request to modify the 
permit was posted in the Federal Register on March 5, 2002. No public 
comments were received. The modification, issued by the Foundation on 
April 8, 2002, allows the permit holder to enter several Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas in the Antarctic Peninsula in order to 
capture and attached satellite relay data loggers (SRDL) on up to 25 
crabeater seals. Access to the sites will only take place to locate 
seals hauled up on the shore, in situations where there are no seals 
available on the surrounding pack ice.
    Location: Dion Islands (ASPA #107), Lagotellerie Island (ASPA 
#116), Avian Island (ASPA #117), and Rothera Point, Adelaide Island 
(ASPA #129).

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-8995 Filed 4-10-02; 8:45 am]
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