[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17267-17268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6710]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pulic Law 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 May 5, 2005. 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:

Permit Application No. 2006-002

    1. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington, Raytheon Technical Services 
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-
3938.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 
enter Litchfield Island (ASPA 113) to remove (for inspection 
and resupply) the survival cache located on the island. The cache is 
required for boating safety in the Palmer Station vicinity. Entry into 
the site is necessary to inspect the condition of the notification 
signs that Litchfield is an Antarctic Specially Protected Area.

Location

    Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor (ASPA 112).

Dates

    May 1, 2005 to August 31, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-003

    2. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington, Raytheon Technical Services 
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-
3938.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 
enter the Western Shore of Admiralty Bay (ASPA 128) to transit 
to the field station hut at Copacabana Beach for the purpose of moving 
personnel and supplies from ship to shore via zodiac, assist in station 
opening and closing, and maintenance and servicing of station 
facilities and equipment.

Location

    Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island (ASPA 
128).

Dates

    May 1, 2005 to August 31, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-004

    3. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington, Raytheon Technical Services 
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-
3938.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take. The applicant plans to herd, relocate or remove seals, 
penguins or other seabirds from station operational areas for the 
protection of the animals and safety of station personnel and 
equipment.

Location

    Palmer Station, Anvers Island, Antarctic, Antarctic Peninsula.

Dates

    May 1, 2005 to August 31, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-005

    4. Applicant: Rae Natalie Prosser Goodall, Sarmiento 44, 9410 
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take. The applicant plans to salvage bones of dead animals (seals, 
penguins, dolphins, whales or seabirds) opportunistically found on the 
beaches in the Antarctic Peninsula Region. Salvaged materials will be 
cleaned,

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numbered and deposited in a collection housed in the Museo Actshun de 
Aves y Mamiferos Marinos Australes at Harberton Station, Tierra del 
Fuego. The skeletons from Antarctic waters are especially useful in a 
comparison study with skeletal collections from southernmost South 
America. Specimens are also available to other scientist for study.

Location

    Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands and adjacent islands.

Dates

    October 1, 2005, to Septebmer 30, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-006

    5. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington, Raytheon Technical Services 
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-
3938.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take. The applicant plans to herd, relocated or remove seals, 
penguins or other seabirds from station operational areas (airfields, 
roads and ice pier) for the protection of the animals and safety of 
station personnel and equipment.

Location

    McMurdo Station, Ross Island and vicinity.

Dates

    May 1, 2005 to August 31, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-007

    6. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington, Raytheon Technical Services 
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-
3938.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant plans to 
transit through the southwest section of Northwest White Island (ASPA 
137) enroute to the Telecommunications Facility located on 
Black Island. This route has been deemed the only safe surface traverse 
route to the telecommunications equipment on Black Island. While 
transiting through the White Island Protected Area, the approach will 
be greater than 50 meters from the seal population (Leptonychotes 
weddellii). McMurdo Station Personnel need to routinely access the 
Black Island Telecommunications Facility for routine and emergency 
maintenance and year-round repairs.

Location

    Northwest White Island (ASPA 137).

Dates

    May 1, 2005 to August 31, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-008

    7. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington, Raytheon Technical Services 
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-
3938.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The U.S. and New Zealand 
Jointly operated Hallett Station at Cape Hallett from 1967 to 1973, at 
which time the station was abandoned. The applicant, in a joint effort 
with Antarctic New Zealand, plans to enter Cape Hallett (ASPA 
106) to conduct remediation work entailing removal of 
structures and addressing areas of fuel contamination.

Location

    Cape Hallett, Victoria Land (ASPA 106).

Dates

    May 1, 2005 to October 1, 2010.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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