[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Office of Polar Programs; Comprehensive Environmental Evaluations 
for Antarctic Activities

AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: National Science Foundation gives notice of the availability 
of a Final Environmental Impact Statement/Comprehensive Environmental 
Evaluation (FEIS/FCEE) for activities proposed to be undertaken in 
Antarctica.

DATES: The waiting period ends January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Polly A. Penhale, Office of Polar Programs, Room 755, 
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 
22230, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Polly A. Penhale, Environmental 
Officer, Office of Polar Programs, (703) 292-8033, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 3 of Annex I to the Protocol on 
Environmental Protection of the Antarctic Treaty requires the 
preparation of an EIS/CEE for anyproposed Antarctic activity likely to 
have more than a minor or transitory impact. The DraftEIS/CEE for 
Project IceCube was made publicly available and comments were accepted 
during a90-day comment period, as specified in 45 CFR 641.18(c). The 
Final EIS/CEE containingcomments received on the Draft EIS/CEE and 
responses to these comments, is now publiclyavailable and has been 
circulated to all Parties to the Protocol and parties that commented on 
theDraft EIS/CEE. This notice is published pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 2403a.
    The National Science Foundation has submitted this Final EIS/CEE, 
for the operation ofa high-energy neutrino telescope (Project IceCube) 
at the South Pole. The document is availableon the Internet at http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/treaty/cees/icecube/icecube_final_cee.pdf.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
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