[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 32651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15982]


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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 modification 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 a 
notice of requests to modify permits issued 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 a requested permit modification.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by August 7, 2009. 
Permit applications 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 requiring special protection. The regulations 
establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially 
Protected Areas.
    Description of Permit Modification Requested: The Foundation issued 
a permit (2008-016) to Dr. Robert A. Garrott on October 1, 2007. The 
issued permit allows the applicant to census, tag, weigh, and collect 
blood and tissue samples of Weddell seals and instrument mammals 
(Antarctic Fur, Leopard, Southern Elephant, Ross, Weddell and Crabeater 
seals) and seabirds (Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins, Cape Petrels, Giant 
Petrels, Brown Skuas, South Pole Skuas, Sheathbills, Kelp gulls, and 
Blue-eyed Shag).
    The applicant requests a modification to his permit to temporarily 
attach temperature logger tags on Weddell pups to determine how much 
time the mothers spend in the water teaching their pups to swim, 
forage, and evade aggressive encounters with other seals. The data 
would also reveal how much time the pups spend in the water which may 
influence their weight when weaned and their ultimate probability of 
survival once weaned.
    Location: Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound.
    Dates: October 1, 2009 to February 28, 2012.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-15982 Filed 7-7-09; 8:45 am]
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