[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45485-45486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21118]


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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 October 2, 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,

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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.
    The applications received are as follows:

Permit Application No. 2010-008

1. Applicant: Carlos Gutierrez, One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 
20910-3354.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 
enter Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Tramway Ridge 
(ASPA 130), Cape Evans (ASPA 155), and Backdoor Bay (ASPA 157) to film 
Adelie penguins, scientists working on Mount Erebus to capture key 
science and wildlife stories for the Discovery/BBC series, ``Frozen 
Planet''.

Location

    Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Tramway Ridge (ASPA 
130), Cape Evans (ASPA 155), and Backdoor Bay (ASPA 157).

Dates

    October 12, 2009 to January 25, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2010-009

2. Applicant: Alexander Ray Simms, Boone Pickens School of Geology, 
Oklahoma State University, 105 NRC, Stillwater, OK 74078.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 
enter Emperor Island, Dion Islands (ASPA 107), Lagotellerie Island 
(ASPA 115), Avian Island (ASPA 117), Rothera Point, Adelaide Island 
(ASPA 147), Ablation Valley, Ganymede Heights (ASPA 147), Green Island 
(ASPA 108), Litchfield Island (ASPA 113), Biscoe Point (ASPA 139), 
South Bay, Doumer Island (ASPA 146), East Dallman Bay (ASPA 153), 
Cierva Point (ASPA 134), Western Bransfield Strait (ASPA 152), Mount 
Flora, Hope Bay (ASPA 148), Byers Peninsula (ASPA 126), Port Foster 
(ASPA 145), Deception Island (ASPA 140), Cape Shirreff (ASPA 149), 
Potter Peninsula (ASPA 132), Western Shore Admiralty Bay (ASPA 128), 
Lions Rump (ASPA 151), Chile Bay (Discovery Bay) (ASPA 144), Coppermine 
Peninsula (ASPA 112), Harmony Point (ASPA 133), Ardley Island (ASPA 
150), and Fildes Peninsula (ASPA 125) to collect surface samples and 
rocks from the beaches in order to reconstruct the record of sea-level 
changes over the last 10,000 years. A sea-level history from multiple 
sites across the Antarctic Peninsula will allow the applicant to test 
models of the ice sheet and its response to past sea-level and climate 
change.

Location

    Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Tramway Ridge (ASPA 
130), Cape Evans (ASPA 155), and Backdoor Bay (ASPA 157).

Dates

    February 15, 2010 to May 15, 2010.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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