[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36662-36663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12543]


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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 Antaric 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 July 25, 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 Antaric Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), as amended by 
the Antaric 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. 2006-015

1. Applicant: Shane B. Kanatous, Southwestern Medical Center, 
University of Texas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8573.

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

    Take and Import into the United States. The applicant proposes to 
capture up to 10 each of Weddell seal newborn pups, sub adults, and 
adults each season to be weighed and to collect muscle samples. The 
samples will be returned to the U.S. for further scientific study. The 
applicant plans to build on his previous work that characterized the 
enzymatic, and ultra-structural adaptations for diving that occur in 
the skeletal muscles of newly weaned, juvenile and adult Weddell seals. 
Study results will increase understanding of both the ontogeny and 
molecular mechanisms by which young seals acquire the physiological 
capabilities to make deep (up to 700 meters) and long aerobic dives (@ 
min.). The study will also advance knowledge of the molecular 
regulation for the adaptations that enable active skeletal muscle to 
function under hypoxic conditions, which has broader application for 
human medicine especially in regards to cardiac and pulmonary disease.
    Location: McMurdo Sound sea ice.
    Dates: October 1, 2005 to February 28, 2008.

Permit Application No. 2006-016

2. Applicant: Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, Antarctic Ecosystem Research 
Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores 
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take, Enter an Antarctic Specially Protected Area, and Import into 
the United States. THe applicant is continuing a study of the 
behavioral and population biology of the Adelie, gentoo, and chinstrap 
penguins and the interactions of these species and their principal 
avian predators: skuas, gulls, sheathbills, and giant petrels. Up to 
500 each of Adelie and gentoo penguin chicks and adults will be banded. 
Up to 50 adult penguins per species will have radio-transmitters (Txs), 
satellite tags (PTTs), and time-depth recorders (TDRs) attached to 
continue the study of the penguins' foraging habits. Up to 40 adult 
penguins per species will have their stomachs pumped, and data will be 
collected on egg sizes and adult weights for a maximum of 100 nest per 
species. In addition, blood, tissue and uropigial gland oil will be 
collected for further study.
    Location: Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island (ASPA 
128) and Lion's Rump, King George Island (ASPA 151).

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    Dates: October 1, 2005 to April 1, 2010.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-12543 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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