[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 204 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 54854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25529]


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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 November 23, 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 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:

Permit Application No. 2010-018

    1. Applicant: Elise Engler, 262 West 107th Street,  5A, 
New York, NY 10025.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant is a 
participant in the U.S. Antarctic Programs Artists and Writers Program 
and plans to enter Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds 
(ASPA 157), and Cape Crozier (ASPA 124) to photograph contents of the 
historic hut and scientists working in penguin rookeries. With this 
photo documentation she will construct drawing of scientific equipment, 
clothing, living conditions and scientific experiments to allow the 
viewer to compare objects that provide the means of staying warm, 
cooking, traveling, and collecting data from the turn of the century 
and the ``Heroic Age'' of Antarctic exploration to present times.

Location

    Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds (ASPA 157), and 
Cape Crozier (ASPA 124).

Dates

    December 15, 2009 to February 15, 2010.

Permit Application No. 2010-020

    2. Applicant: Bill J. Baker, Department of Chemistry, University of 
South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Export from the U.S.A. and Introduce into Antarctica. The applicant 
proposes to export from the U.S.A. HepG2-EcR cells to be used in 
experiments at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The HepG2-EcR cells are 
specialized human liver cells with a plasmid inserted that acts as a 
receptor for ecdysone, a natural hormone that regulates molting in 
arthropods. Assays will be conducted to test naturally occurring 
chemical compounds from marine organisms, such as sponges and tunicates 
for their molting activity.

Location

    Palmer Station, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

Dates

    February 15, 2010 to June 15, 2010.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-25529 Filed 10-22-09; 8:45 am]
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