[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 3899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1760]


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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 26, 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: Joyce A. Jatko at the above address or 
(703) 292-8030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed 
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), has 
developed regulations that implement the provisions of the Protocol on 
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty with respect to the 
conservation of Antarctic animals and plants in the Code of Federal 
Regulations Part 670. The regulations establish a permit system for 
certain actions which would otherwise be prohibited, including the 
introduction of non-indigenous species into Antarctica.
    The applications received are as follows:

1. Applicant

    H. William Detrich, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, 
414 Mugar Hall, Boston, MA 02215.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Introduce non-indigenous species into Antarctica. The applicant 
proposes using 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 will be taken to the Palmer Station aquarium 
facilities and used to study the biochemistry and molecular biology of 
Antarctic fishes. The applicant proposes to fish a maximum of 20 traps 
and estimates using a maximum of 20 blocks of frozen fish bait (10-15 
kg).

Location

    Antarctic Peninsula area in the vicinities of Low, Brabant, and 
Livingston Islands, as well as Dallman Bay.

Dates

    April 5, 2003 to August 30, 2005.

Joyce A. Jatko,
Acting Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-1760 Filed 1-24-03; 8:45 am]
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