[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22429]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Application Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit applications received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) has received a waste management permit application for operation 
of remote field camps during a skiing/climbing expedition in the 
Antarctic interior. The application is submitted to NSF pursuant to 
regulations issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by October 3, 2003. 
Permit applications 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 Kennedy at the above address or 
(703) 292-8030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF's Antarctic Waste Regulation, 45 CFR 
part 671, requires all U.S. citizens and entities to obtain a permit 
for the use or release of a designated pollutant in Antarctica, and for 
the release of waste in Antarctica. NSF has received a permit 
application under this Regulation for the operation of an expedition to 
Antarctica. Ice Axe Productions, Inc., with a team of 5 experienced 
climbers and photographers will travel by air from Novolarevskaya 
Station to the Patriot Hills, then ski to Holtanna in the Orvin Fjella 
Mountain Range, then proceed to the Wohlthat Mountains. The team's 
camping facilities will be basic and mobile. The team will use white 
gas for cooking. All wastes will be collected and transported back to 
Novolrevskaya for disposition.
    Application for the permit is made by: Doug Stoup, President, Ice 
Axe Productions, Inc., 3650, NW., 5th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33431.
    Location: Patriot Hills, the Orvin Fjella Mountain Range, and the 
Wohlthat Mountains, Antarctica.
    Dates: October 1, 2003, to March 31, 2008.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-22429 Filed 9-2-03; 8:45 am]
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