[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 33425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13474]


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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, 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 ??? This 
application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit 
Office, address below.

ADDRESS: 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 Donal T. Manahan, Permit Application No. 2005-007
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern 
California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Introduce Non-indigenous species, and import into the United 
States. The applicant plans to import bacterial cultures of E. coli, 
which are components of several molecular biology DNA cloning kits, 
to be used in experiments conducted by a biology class at the 
McMurdo Station Crary Lab. All E. coli cultures will be sterilized 
by autoclaving at the end of each season.
    In addition, the applicant also plans to import several 
unicellular algae species (Dunaliella tertiolecta, Rhodomonal sp., 
and Isochrysis galbana), which are required as food for Antarctic 
larval forms that will be cultured in the aquarium at McMurdo 
Station. The algal cultures will be used to start a culture 
collection of algae needed for experiments starting in August 2004. 
All algae and seawater that might contain algae will be autoclaved, 
ozone treated, or otherwise chemically treated to kill the remaining 
algal cells after use.

Location

    Crary Science and Engineering Center, McMurdo Station, 
Antarctica.

Dates

    August 16, 2004 to February 15, 2005.


Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-13474 Filed 6-14-04; 8:45 am]
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