[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 8620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1496]


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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, Pub. 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 March 20, 2006. 
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 requiring special protection. The regulations 
establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially 
Protected Areas.
    The applications received are as follows:
    Applicant: Jose L. Sericano (Permit Application No. 2006-027), 
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG), Texas A&M 
University, 833 Graham Road, College Station, TX 77845.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take, Enter an Antarctic 
Specially Protected Area, and Import into the United States. The 
applicant proposes to collect abandoned eggs and tissue samples from 
salvaged penguins and seabirds for his doctoral research project 
involving the Environmental Management of the Admiralty Bay, KGI: 
Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Sewage Pollution, and Persistent Organic 
Pollutants. This project is a collaborative project between the Texas 
A&M University and the Brazilian National Science Foundation. The 
applicant proposes to enter the Admiralty Bay Antarctic Specially 
Protected Area to collect his samples. The samples will be kept frozen 
and finally destroyed at the university.
    Location: Admiralty Bay Antarctic Specially Protected Area, King 
George Island.
    Dates: February 1, 2006 to February 1, 2009.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 06-1496 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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