[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3920-3921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00911]


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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 a 
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 February 19, 2013. 
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 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: 2013-026.
    Matthew C. Lamanna, Assistant Curator, Section of Vertebrate 
Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant intends to 
enter Fildes Peninsula (ASPA 125) and Byers Peninsula (ASPA 126) to 
conduct paleontological and geological fieldwork. The will explore for, 
discover, and collect vertebrate fossils (primarily those of fishes, 
marine reptiles, non-avian dinosaurs, birds and mammals) in deposits of 
Cretaceous through Paleogene age on islands in the vicinity of he 
Antarctic Peninsula. Depending on the specific discoveries made, 
significant new light may be shed on the evolution, faunal dynamics, 
and/or paleobiogeography of such important vertebrate groups as non-
avian dinosaurs, crown clad birds, and therian mammals in the critical 
interval that brackets the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.

Location

    Antarctic Peninsula including Fildes Peninsula (ASPA 125) and Byers 
Peninsula (ASPA 126).

Dates

    February 11, 2013 to March 31, 2014.
    2. Applicant:

Permit Application: 2013-027
    Paul Koch, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University 
of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Import into the United States. The applicant's project is designed 
to understand the interactions between marine mammal species, 
particularly seals, and changing climate and environmental conditions 
over the Holocene. The applicant will sample large numbers of seal 
remains dating back to about 7000 years ago to reconstruct population 
dynamics and seal ecology, and reconstruct oceanographic conditions. 
The analyses include radiocarbon dating, stable isotopic measurements, 
and ancient DNA determinations. The collected samples will be imported 
into the United States for further analyses at the University of 
California Santa Cruz.

Location

    The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Royal Society Range region and adjacent 
coastal areas.

Dates

    February 11, 2013 to February 10, 2014.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-00911 Filed 1-16-13; 8:45 am]
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