[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1486-1487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-450]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit applications received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-541.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published 
regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 part 670 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of 
permit applications received.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by February 10, 2003. 
This application 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: Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address 
or (703) 292-7405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed 
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), has 
developed regulations that implement

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the ``Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and 
Flora'' for all United States citizens. The Agreed Measures, developed 
by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties, recommended establishment 
of a permit system for various activities in Antarctica and designation 
of certain animals and certain geographic areas a requiring special 
protection. The regulations establish such a permit system to designate 
Specially Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
    The Applications Received are as Follows:

Permit Application No. 2003-017

1. Applicant: Bruce D. Sidell, School of Marine Sciences, University of 
Maine, 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5751.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Introduce Non-indigenous species into Antarctica. The applicant 
proposes use frozen fish tissues from species native to Patagonian 
Chile as bait (mixture of Macruronis magellanicus and Dissostichus 
eleginoides) in fishing traps/pots in the Antarctic Peninsula. The 
specimens collected, with particular emphasis upon Channichthyid ice 
fishes, will be taken to the Palmer Station aquarium facilities and 
used to study the physiology and biochemistry of Antarctic fishes. The 
applicant proposes to fish a maximum of 15 traps and estimates using a 
maximum of 15 blocks of frozen fish bait (10-15kg).

Location

    Antarctic Peninsula area in the vicinities of Low, Brabant, Anvers, 
and Livingston Island, as well as Dellman Bay.

Dates

    April 5, 2003 to August 30, 2005.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-450 Filed 1-9-03; 8:45 am]
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