[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 135 (Monday, July 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 40393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15933]


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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 August 13, 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 as requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.
    The applications received are as follows:
    1. Applicant: Douglas P. Nowacek, Duke University, Marine 
Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd., Beaufort, NC 28516.
    Permit Application No.: 2009-014.
    Activity for Which Permit Is Requested: Take. The applicant plans 
to approach up to 50 Humpback and Minke whales each per season to 
conduct visual observations, photograph and attach non-invasive DTags 
to record fine-scale movement patterns and foraging behavior of the 
whales. An active release, which corrodes in sea water, can be timed to 
release the tag once data storage is complete. The tags will be 
recovered and returned to the ship. In addition, photography and 
observations of the whales will help to identify individual whales and 
determine approximate ages.
    Location: Near-shore waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula 
between Anvers Island and Adelaide Islands.
    Dates: February 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-15933 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
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