[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 164 (Friday, August 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49710-49711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19456]


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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 September 22, 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 (Public Law 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.

Permit Application No. 2009-010

    The applications received are as follows:
    1. Applicant: Lisa K. Blatt, 1695 North Point Street, 204, 
San Francisco, CA 94123.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant is a 
member of the Antarctic Artists and Writers Program and plans to enter 
ASPA 155--Cape Evans (Scott's Hut), ASPA 157--Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds 
(Shackelton's Hut), and ASPA 158--Hut Point (Discovery Hut). The 
applicant plans to photograph and document the historical aspect of 
man's interaction with his environment in the historic huts and allow 
broader comparisons to the current interactions at McMurdo Station, and 
science camps.

Location

    ASPA 155--Cape Evans (Scott's Hut), ASPA 157--Backdoor Bay, Cape 
Royds (Shackelton's Hut), and ASPA 158--Hut Point (Discovery Hut).

Dates

    October 2, 2008 to February 28, 2009.

Permit Application No. 2009-016

    2. Applicant: Hubertus Staudigel, Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, UCSD-0225, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant plans to 
enter ASPA 130--Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus as it offers a unique 
opportunity to study microbial glass alteration because it is minimally 
affected by any major disturbance from people or multi-cellular life 
and it provides an extremely attractive natural laboratory that 
simulates microbe-rock interactions in an organics-poor environment. In 
such an environment, it is most likely to find truly chemo-autotrophic 
metabolisms. As such, it may be considered a close analog to microbial 
habitats of the early earth. In addition, Tramway Ridge is exposed to 
some unique extreme environmental conditions which offers much 
potential for identifying novel and specially adapted microbes.

Location

    ASPA 130--Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus.

Dates

    December 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.

Permit Application No. 2009-017

3. Applicant: Cheryl E. Leonard, 2352 Fulton Street, San Franciso CA 
94118.

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

    Take. The applicant is a member of the Antarctic Artists and 
Writers program and plans to salvage bones from deceased Adelie, 
Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins. The bones, along with rocks, ice, 
fossils, feathers, shells, and water will be played literally as 
musical instruments as part of the project, ``Antarctica: Hidden 
Musical Worlds''. These natural instruments will be the primary source 
of sounds for the musical pieces created for this project, although 
some works will also incorporate field recordings of birds, animals, 
ice and water. The project will culminate in a series of live concerts 
at science museums, aquariums, and concert halls throughout the U.S. 
and will be released on a DVD with international distribution.

Location

    Palmer Station vicinity, Anvers Island.

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Dates

    November 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
 [FR Doc. E8-19456 Filed 8-21-08; 8:45 am]
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