[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 58986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23716]


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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 November 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. 2009-020

    1. Applicant: Mary Miller, Exploratorium, 3601 Lyon Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94123.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA's). The applicant 
is a participant in the USAP Artists and Writer's Program and plans to 
visit penguin rookeries (ASPA 124--Cape Crozier and ASPA 121--Cape 
Royds) and the historic huts (ASPA 157--Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds and 
ASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island) in order to take photographs and video 
for ``Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists'' an education and 
public outreach project.

Location

    McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica.

Dates

    December 1, 2008 to January 7, 2009.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
 [FR Doc. E8-23716 Filed 10-7-08; 8:45 am]
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