[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49894-49895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23380]


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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 29, 2009. 
This application may be inspected by

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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:
    1. Applicant: Permit Application No. 2010-016. Philip R. Kyle, 
Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of 
Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant plans to 
enter Tramway Ridge, Mount Erebus (ASPA 130) measure soil temperatures 
and fluxes of CO2 and CO gases as part of the on-going 
surveillance of the active volcano. In addition, the applicant will 
undertake a survey of the geothermal features in the summit area of 
Mount Erebus.

Location

    Tramway Ridge, Mount Erebus (ASPA 130).

Dates

    December 1, 2009 to January 31, 2012.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-23380 Filed 9-28-09; 8:45 am]
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