[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 203 (Monday, October 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 62341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24846]


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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 November 19, 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. 2009-021

1. Applicant: Michael Bartalos, 30 Ramona Avenue, 2, San 
Francisco, CA 94103.

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 the historic huts (ASPA 155--Cape Evans, ASPA 157--Backdoor Bay, 
Cape Royds and ASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island) in order to take 
photographs and videos of the physical materials that comprise the 
structures and their contents. The applicant will research and report 
(in a blog) on the extent to which their inhabitants might have re-used 
and recycled the materials.

Location

    McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica.

Dates

    December 30, 2008 to January 30, 2009.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
 [FR Doc. E8-24846 Filed 10-17-08; 8:45 am]
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