[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 68124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30197]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit applications received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 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 January 5, 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), as amended 
by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, has 
developed regulations for the 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 Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.
    The applications received are as follows:

1. Applicant

    Robert A. Blanchette, Department of Plant Pathology; 1991 Upper 
Buford Circle; 495 Borlaug Hall, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 
55108-6030.

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

    Take and Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant 
proposes enter the historic huts in the Ross Sea Region (Cape Evans--
ASPA 154, Cape Royds--ASPA 156, and Discovery Hut--
ASPA 157) to collect samples of deterioration in and around 
the huts, evaluate damage from historic chemical and fuel spills, 
assess microbial populations at the sites and set up environmental 
monitoring of humidity and temperature within the huts. This work is 
being done in cooperation with the conservators from the New Zealand 
Antarctic Heritage Trust and researchers from the University of 
Waikato, New Zealand.

Location

    Cape Evans Historic Site (ASPA 154), Cape Royds (ASPA 
156), and Discovery Hut, Ross Island (ASPA 157):

Dates

    January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2007.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-30197 Filed 12-4-03; 8:45 am]
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