[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 53723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21788]


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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 1, 2010. 
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:

1. Applicant

Permit Application No. 2011-005.
    George Waters, Director, U.S. AMLR Program, Southwest Fisheries 
Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 La Jolla Shores 
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92038.

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

    Take, Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, and Import into 
the USA. This notice amends the notice published in the Federal 
Register on July 21, 2010 for George Waters to include the installation 
of four snow-measurement gauges at Cape Shirreff (ASPA 149) 
and four at Copacabana, Admiralty Bay (ASPA 128). Each gauge 
will be constructed with a single metal rod, 1.5 to 2.5m in length, and 
>2.5cm in diameter, that will be driven into the ground to a depth of 
circa 0.5m. The gauges would be installed at four locations at each 
site, in the vicinity of seabird colonies or seal rookeries. The 
applicant recognizes that ultrasonic snow-depth sensing equipment is 
available, however positioning such devices near seabird and pinniped 
colonies would require additional towers/power supplies that are 
currently unavailable at these field sites. To take this step would be 
more intrusive to the sites, as it would require not only more gear, 
but more setup and installation effort (aka disturbance) near the 
animals. The low-tech solution is preferable, and more reliable over 
time.

Location

    Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island (ASPA 149) and Copacabana 
field camp at Admiralty Bay, King George Island (ASPA  128).

Dates

    October 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-21788 Filed 8-26-10; 8:45 am]
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