[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 103 (Thursday, May 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30336-30337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11942]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


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

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, P.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

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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 June 28, 2004. 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 as requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.
    The applications received are as follows:
    1. Applicant: Permit Application No. 2005-005, Ron Naveen, 
President, Oceanites, Inc., P.O. Box 15259, Chevy Chase, MD 20825.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 
Protected Area. The applicant plans to continue his work of conducting 
site surveys/censuses of heavily visited tourist sites located in the 
Antarctic Peninsula. Access to the sites will be via expedition tour 
ships and the Royal Navy vessel HMS Endurance. The applicant also plans 
to enter ASPA 128 (Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island), 
and ASPA 149 (Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island) on occasion when 
logistics considerations may necessitate a visit to, or coordination 
with, researchers working at those sites.
    Location: Antarctica Peninsula visitor sites, ASPA 128--Western 
Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, and ASPA 149--Cape 
Shirreff, Livingston Island.
    Dates: September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2008.

    2. Applicant: Permit Application No. 2005-006, Rudolf S. Scheltema, 
Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, 
MA 02543.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Introduce non-indigenous 
species to Antarctica. The applicant plans to import algal cultures 
(Thalassiorira pseudomonas, Isochrysis galbana, and Duneliella 
teriolecta) to be used in rearing the larvae of indigenous benthis 
invertebrates collected in Antarctic waters. The living larvae taken 
from Zooplankton samples are to be reared in the ship's laboratory 
using the three unicellular species of algae as a source of food. The 
study will deal with the identification of larvae and life history of 
benthic invertebrates in the region of the South Shetland Islands. 
After completion of the study the algal cultures will be disposed of by 
heat sterilization.
    Location: South Shetland Islands region.
    Dates: November 22, 2004 to December 23, 2004.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-11942 Filed 5-26-04; 8:45 am]
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