[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 24 (Friday, February 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2551]



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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Modification Request Received Under the 
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit modification request received under the 
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) has received a request to modify a permit issued to conduct 
activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. 
L. 95-541; Code of Federal Regulations Title 45, Part 670).

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to the permit modification by March 9, 2009. The 
permit modification request 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: Polly A. Penhale or Nadene G. Kennedy 
at the above address or (703) 292-8030.

Description of Permit Modification Requested

    On October 1, 2008, the National Science Foundation issued a waste 
management permit (2009 WM-001) to Erica Wikander, Environmental 
Officer, Quark Expeditions, Inc. after posting a notice in the June 9, 
2008 Federal Register. Public comments were not received. The issued 
permit was for the operation of remote field support and emergency 
provisions for the expedition vessels, AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV, 
AKADEMIK IOFFEE and CLIPPER ADVENTURER. The permit holder requests to 
take 4 ATV's and two 10 gallon plastic containers of regular gasoline 
ashore, which will be housed in the garage overnight at Bellingshausen 
Station. The ATV's will be used during the course of a marathon that 
will be run on King George Island. The ATV's will be used primarily for 
safety reasons should anyone need to return to the beach or ship, due 
to an accident or a collapse. The ATV's will be used to conduct a 
thorough cleanup after the marathon.
    In addition the permit holder proposes to take 3 portable toilets 
ashore and set them up in small tents. After the marathon everything 
will be removed back to the ship and no human waste will be left 
ashore. The waste from the portable toilets will be put into the 
storage tank for sewage on the ships.
    The duration of the requested modification is coincident with the 
current permit which expires on March 31, 2013.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-2551 Filed 2-5-09; 8:45 am]
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