[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60030-60031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20802]


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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 November 23, 2007. 
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

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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:
    1. Permit Application No.: 2008-023.
    Applicant: Gary Hochman, NET Television (PBS), 1800 N. 33rd Street, 
Lincoln, NE 68503.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 
enter Arrival Heights (ASPA 122), Discovery Hut, Hut Point 
(ASPA 158), Cape Royds (ASPA 157), Cape Evans (ASPA 
155) and Cape Crozier (ASPA 124) for the purpose of 
videotaping a variety of International Polar Year (IPY) scientific 
research, landscapes, aerials, and scenery for a broadcast on the PBS 
science series, NOVA.

Location

    Arrival Heights (ASPA 122), Discovery Hut, Hut Point (ASPA 
158), Cape Royds (ASPA 157), Cape Evans (ASPA 155) 
and Cape Crozier (ASPA 124).
    Dates: November 10, 2007 to January 20, 2008.
    2. Permit Application No.: 2008-024.
    Applicant: Geoff Haines-Stiles Productions, Inc., POLAR-PALOOZA, 27 
Washington Valley Road, Morristown, NJ 07960.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 
enter New College Valley, Cape Bird (ASPA 116), Cape Royds 
(ASPA 121), Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds (ASPA 157), Hut 
Point (ASPA 158), Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Tramway 
Ridge, Mount Erebus (ASPA 130), Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, 
Taylor Valley (ASPA 131), and, Cape Evans (ASPA 155) 
to videotape scientific research conducted at these sites. The footage 
will be used in a series of pod casts and web video materials on the 
International Polar Year (IPY).

Location

    New College Valley, Cape Bird (ASPA 116), Cape Royds (ASPA 
121), Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds (ASPA 157), Hut Point 
(ASPA 158), Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Tramway Ridge, 
Mount Erebus (ASPA 130), Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor 
Valley (ASPA 131), Cape Evans (ASPA 155), Dry Valley 
ASMA 2 and South Pole Station.
    Dates: November 12, 2007 to April 20, 2008.
    3. Permit Application No.: 2008-025.
    Applicant: Rennie S. Holt, Director, U.S. AMLR Program, Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 La 
Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92038.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take, enter an Antarctic Specially Protected Area, and import into 
the U.S.A. The applicant plans to capture up to 35 adult female 
Southern Elephant seals annually in order to tag, dye mark, take blood 
samples, weigh, take whisker, muscle and blubber samples, and 
instrument the animals with SRDL and VHF recorders and transmitters. 
The information and samples collected will be used to study the 
foraging behavior and habitat utilization of the Southern Elephant 
seals.

Location

    Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island (ASPA 
149).
    Dates: November 15, 2007 to April 30, 2011.
    4. Permit Application No.: 2008-027.
    Applicant: David Caron, Department of Biological Sciences, 
University of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, 
CA 90089-0371.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take and export from the U.S.A. The applicant wishes to bring 
Gemingera sp. (a cryptophpyta micro alga), originally collected in 
Antarctica, back to Antarctica for use in experiments to quantify 
grazing on this cryptophyte. The applicant plans to use this alga in 
case the naturally occurring alga is not in high abundance in the Ross 
Sea. Experiments will be conducted onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer 
during the Ross Sea cruise.

Location

    Ross Sea.
    Dates: December 15, 2007 to March 15, 2008.
    5. Permit Application No.: 2008-028.
    Applicant: Craig Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West 
University Avenue, 226 Biology Bldg., El Paso, TX 79968.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take and import into the U.S.A. The applicant plans to collect 
small samples of lichens, moss, algae and vascular planats (Deschampsia 
sp. and Collobanthus sp.) to meet the goals of an NSF funded 
International Polar Year (IPY) education grant. The applicant will 
provide a unique Antarctic field based education experience to minority 
majority undergraduate and graduate students and teachers. Students 
will be instructed in detail how to make collections in a manner that 
does not affect the aesthetics of the site, does not impact the 
experience of other tourists visiting Antarctica, and is performed in 
such a way to minimize the ecological footprint of the collection 
process.

Location

    Various locations in the Antarctic Peninsula as selected by the 
Expedition Leader onboard the cruise ship.
    Dates: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.
    6. Permit Application No.: 2008-029.
    Applicant: David L. Barbeau, Jr., Department of Geological 
Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St., EWS 617, 
Columbia, SC 29208.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter and Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant plans 
to enter the Mount Flora region (ASPA 148) to collect bedrock 
(sandstone and mud rock) to constrain the age of opening of the Drake 
Passage in order to assess the influence of plate kinematics and ocean 
gateway development on Antarctic glaciations.

Location

    Mount Flora (ASPA 148), Antarctic Peninsula.
    Dates: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E7-20802 Filed 10-22-07; 8:45 am]
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