[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 41960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16663]


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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, 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 671 
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 August 12, 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, 
Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Dahood, ACA Permit Officer, at 
the above address or [email protected] or (703) 292-7149.

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.

Application Details

Permit Application: 2014-004

1. Applicant: Ted Cheeseman, Santa Cruz, CA.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Waste Permit; A small expedition would use an ice strengthened 
yacht to transit from the Falkland Islands as close to the area near 
Snow Hill Island in the eastern Antarctic Peninsula region. A group of 
8 expeditioners would then transit from the ice edge to Snow Hill 
Island. The team would camp on Snow Hill Island for one week. 
Activities to be conducted include: hiking, skiing, photography, 
wildlife viewing. Designated pollutants that would be associated with 
the various excursions are typically air emissions, waste water (urine, 
grey-water) and solid waste (food waste, human solid waste, and 
packaging materials). Human waste and grey water would be disposed of 
in the sea ice in accordance with the Environmental Protocol to the 
Antarctic Treaty. All other wastes would be packaged and removed to the 
yacht for proper disposal in the Falkland Islands at the end of the 
expedition.

Location

    Weddell Sea, Snow Hill Island.

Dates

    October 1, 2013 to October 31, 2013.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-16663 Filed 7-11-13; 8:45 am]
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