[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 83 (Monday, May 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22717-22718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8689]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 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 June 1, 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.

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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 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. 2006-009.

1. Applicant: Samuel S. Bowser, Wadsworth Center, New York State, 
Department of health, P.O. Box 509, Albany, NY 12202-0509.

    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Introduce non-indigenous 
species into Antarctica. The applicant plans to use brine shrimp 
hatchings (Artemia sp.) as food for foraminiferan protests. Specimens 
of foraminifera will be incubated with Artemia for 24-48 hours in 
isolated culture chambers, and the number of prey captured by the 
foraminifera will be assessed by direct observation using a 
stereomicroscope. The purpose of the study is to determine the 
phylogenetic extent of metazoan carnivory by basal foraminiferan 
protests. The samples will be chemically sterilized before disposal 
with hazmat.
    Location: Crary Science and Engineering Center, McMurdo Station, 
and Explorers Cove field camp, New Harbor.
    Dates: October 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006.

Permit Application No. 2006-020.

2. Applicant: David Ainley, HT Harvey & Associates, 3150 Almaden 
Expressway, Suite 145, San Jose, CA 95118.

    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 
Protected Area. The applicant plans to enter Cape Crozier (ASPA 
124), Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Beaufort Island (ASPA 
105), and Cape Bird to conduct studies of Adelie penguins. The 
applicant plans to capture up to 2,800 Adelie chicks, fledglings, and 
adults for weighing, measuring, tagging with RFID taps or flipper 
bands, applying and removing special instruments (TDRs, SPOT satellite 
tags, GLS tags) to study their foraging efforts and colony 
productivity. This is an international collaborative investigation of 
geographic structuring, founding of new colonies, and population change 
of Adelie penguins nesting on Ross Island and Beaufor Island.
    Location: Cape Crozier (ASPA 123), Cape Royds (ASPA 
121), Beaufort Island (ASPA 105), and Cape Bird.
    Dates: November 1, 2005 to February 15, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-011.

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 hered, 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 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, numbered and 
deposited in a collection housed in the Museo Actushun 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 scientists for study.
    Location: Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands and adjacent 
islands.
    Dates: October 1, 2005 to September 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: Enter Antarctica Specially 
Protected Area. The applicant plans to enter Cape Crozier (ASPA 
124) to complete remediation of an old camp site that burned 
at the site years ago. Recent snow melt has revealed additional debris 
that needs to be removed. The applicant plans to remove the debris in 
early October to avoid the arrival of the penguins.
    Location: Cape Crozier (ASPA 124).
    Dates: October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-012.

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 enter Cape Royds (ASPA 
121) for the purpose of conducting an environmental audit of 
the Long Term Ecological Research Camp and project site near Pony Lake 
at Cape Royds. The audit process provides the necessary data for 
evaluating how closely management practices are being followed 
consistent with the Master Permit and that any existing mitigating 
measures listed in the Environmental Impact Assessment documents are 
implemented in the field.
    Location: Cape Royds (ASPA 121).
    Dates: October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2006-013.

7. Applicant: Douglas R. MacAyeal, Department of Geophysical Sciences, 
University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 
Protected Area. The applicant currently operates an automatic ``Web 
cam'' on the cliff of iceberg B15k that looks down at the Beaufort 
Island Emperor penguin colony. The applicant proposes to enter Beaufort 
Island (ASPA 105) should the Web cam fall off its perch and 
needs recovery.
    Location: Beaufort Island (ASPA 105).
    Dates: October 15, 2005 to November 25, 2005.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-8689 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
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