[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57298-57299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23329]


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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 20, 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

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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. 2011-016, Paul Ponganis, 
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-
0204.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take, Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, and Import into 
the USA. The applicant plans to study the diving physiology and 
behavior of emperor penguins at sea. Physiological responses underlie 
the dive capacity and the ability to successfully forage at depth. 
Heart rate, in particular, is key to the management of oxygen stores at 
seas, and the ability of birds to perform repetitive deep dives. The 
will deploy electro-cardiogram recorders and dive behavior recorders on 
birds making foraging trips to sea from Cape Washington.
    In addition, censusing of birds will be conducted to continue the 
long term population monitoring of the Ross Sea emperor penguin 
population (day visits to Cape Crozier, ASPA 124 and Beaufort Island 
ASPA 105 colonies, aerial censuses of Franklin Island, Cape Colbeck, 
Coulman Island and Cape Roget, and photo/counting census at Cape 
Washington, including abandoned egg and chick carcass counts, and 
assessment of check health.)
    Leopard seal research assesses the impact of leopard seals on the 
emperor colony as well as the hunting strategies of leopard seals. 
Leopard seals will be sedated for weighing and attachment of a backpack 
camera and radio transmitter. The camera and radio transmitter will be 
removed after about a week.

Location

    Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Beaufort Island (ASPA 105), and Cape 
Washington.

Dates

    October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-23329 Filed 9-17-10; 8:45 am]
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