[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16566-16567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6803]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a 
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541. 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 April 20, 2012. 
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: Polly A. Penhale at the above address 
or (703) 292-7420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as

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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 as requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.
    The applications received are as follows:

Permit Application: 2012-016

    1. Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Information Systems & 
Global Solutions (I&GS), Engineering Services Segment, Celia Lang, 
Program Director (Principal in Charge), 7400 South Tucson Way, 
Centennial, CO 80112.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs). The applicant 
plans to only transit through the marine ASPAs (ASPA 145--Port Foster, 
Deception Caldera, ASPA 152--Western Bransfield Strait, and ASPA 153--
Eastern Dallmann Bay) when truly necessary. The areas' management plans 
allow transit through the areas so long as doing so does not jeopardize 
the values to be protected in each ASPA.

Location

    ASPA 145--Port Foster, Deception Caldera, ASPA 152--Western 
Bransfield Strait, and ASPA 153--Eastern Dallmann Bay.

Dates

    April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2017.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-6803 Filed 3-20-12; 8:45 am]
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