[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 180 (Monday, September 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 54969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18573]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Modification Request Received Under the 
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit modification request received under the 
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-541.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) has received a request to modify a permit issued to conduct 
activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. 
L. 95-541; Code of Federal Regulations Title 45, Part 670), as amended 
by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to the permit modification by October 19, 2005. 
The permit modification request 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: Dr. Polly A. Penhale or Nadene G. 
Kennedy at the above address or (703) 292-8030.
    Description of Permit Modification Requested: On November 1, 2001, 
the National Science Foundation issued a Waste Management Permit (2002 
WM-002) to Rennie S. Holt, Director, U.S. Antarctic Marine Living 
Resources (AMLR) Program, for the operation of a remote field camp at 
Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The permit holder wishes 
to modify this permit to include the use of doubly labeled water 
(tritiated and oxygen-18) to measure energetics in Antarctic fur seal 
pups. These radioisotopes will be added to the list of designated 
pollutants covered under the existing permit.
    Approval of the modification requested will still ensure that waste 
management and regulatory requirements are met while providing a 
streamlined approach to waste management. The duration of the requested 
modification is coincident with the current permit which expires on 
April 30, 2006.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-18573 Filed 9-16-05; 8:45 am]
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