[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 30422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11817]


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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 26, 2008. 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 a requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.
    The applications received are as follows:
    1. Applicant: Terrie M. Williams, COH-Long Lab, University of 
California, Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Permit 
Application No. 2009-005.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take and Import into the 
USA. The applicant plans to capture up to 50 non-pregnant adult Weddell 
Seals each season over the course of 2 years. The seals will be 
weighed, measured, sedated to attach instruments and collect blood and 
tissue samples, then released. The samples and measurements will be 
used to determine how hunting behavior, prey preference and foraging of 
Weddell seals changes during periods of decreasing and increasing 
photoperiod (autumn and spring) and the extended period of winter 
darkness (mid-May to early August).
    Location: McMurdo Sound.
    Dates: August 1, 2008 to December 30, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
 [FR Doc. E8-11817 Filed 5-23-08; 8:45 am]
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