[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12409]


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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. L. 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 July 7, 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:

Permit Application No. 2009-006

1. 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 Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA), and Import 
into the USA. The applicant plans to enter the ASPA located on the 
Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island (ASPA 129), and 
Lions Rump, King George Island (ASPA 151) to capture up to 1,000 chicks 
and 500 adult Adelie, Gentoo, Chinstrap penguins, Skuas, Sheathbill, 
Southern Petrel and Kelp Gull for banding, weighing, diet studies, 
collecting blood and gland oil samples, as well as attaching 
instruments (Txs, PTTs, TDRs). The collection of samples and instrument 
readings are a continuation of the study of the behavioral ecology and 
population biology of the Adelie, Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins and the 
interactions among these species and their principal avian predators: 
Skuas, sheathbills, and giant petrels. All captured animals will be 
released.

Location

    Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island (ASPA 128) and 
Lions Rump, King George Island (ASPA 151).

Dates

    October 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-12409 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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