[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 33118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13075]


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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 July 11, 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

    Permit Application No. 2009-009, Rennie S. Holt, 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 and Import into the U.S.A. The applicant plans capture up to 
30 adult female southern elephant seals which will be tagged, dye 
marked, blood sampled, weighed, morphometric measurements taken, 
muscle/blubber biopsy taken, and vibrissae collected. In addition up to 
150 juvenile southern elephant seals will be captured to collect 
morphometric measurements, determine gender and tag. Up to 50 Leopard 
seals per year will have tissue plugs taken from their flippers using a 
disposable 2 mm biopsy punch. These samples will be used in DNA 
studies.

Location

    ASPA 149--Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island (including San Telmo 
Islands), and Seal Island.

Dates

    November 1, 2008 to April 30, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-13075 Filed 6-10-08; 8:45 am]
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