[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 189 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 50840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23732]


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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 November 2, 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 26, 2006, the National Science Foundation issued a waste 
management permit (2007 WM-001) to Rennie S. Holt, Director, Antarctic 
Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program, Southwest Fisheries Service 
after posting a notice in the May 19, 2006 Federal Register. Public 
comments were not received. The issued permit was for the operation and 
maintenance of a remote science field camp at Cape Shirreff. Dr. Rennie 
Holt has subsequently retired and a new Director for the AMLR Program, 
Dr. George Watters, is now the permit holder. He has requested 
modifications to his waste permit to cover the use of an all-terrain 
vehicle (ATV) and construction of a small storage facility. The ATV is 
to replace the one originally provided by the Chilean Program to help 
move supplies and field cargo. In addition the AMLR Program plans to 
use an unmanned aerial vehicle (VTOL-UAV) for conducting census surveys 
of animal colonies. Finally the Program wishes up to release at sea up 
to 150 XBT's (expendable bathythermographs) and 55 drifters per annum 
to collect hydrographic data within the study survey grid to better 
understand the relationship between the target species and their 
environment.
    The duration of the requested modifications is coincident with the 
current permit which expires on April 15, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-23732 Filed 9-30-09; 8:45 am]
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