[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 79 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19108-19109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9510]


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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 May 27, 2009. 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

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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:
    1. Applicant--Permit Application No. 2010-001; Ross Virginia, 6182 
Steele Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, Take, and Import into 
the USA. The applicant plans to enter Cape Bird, Ross Island, Cape 
Crozier (ASPA 124) and Cape Royds (ASPA 121) to collect soil and moss 
samples and point-measurements of CO2 flux using a LICOR gas 
analyzer. The applicant will sample these ornithogenic soils and 
associated microbial and plant life (moss and algae) to address the 
variable stoichiometric ratios of the rookeries that provide a contrast 
to the soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, whose native N and P contents 
are much lower and are largely determined by landscape history (N 
deposition, P weathering) and glacial till provenance. The variation in 
native soil N and P content may influence the ability of soil 
communities to respond to changes in nutrient availability associated 
with environmental change.

Location

    Cape Bird, Ross Island, Cape Crozier (ASPA 124) and Cape Royds 
(ASPA 121).

Dates

    December 10, 2009 to February 2, 2010.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-9510 Filed 4-24-09; 8:45 am]
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