[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 52804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20704]


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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 September 25, 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

    1. Applicant Permit Application: 2014-009, Peter West, National 
Science Foundation, Arlington Virginia.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    ASPA Entry; The National Science Foundation, as U.S. taxpayer 
supported government agency, routinely selects members of the U.S. news 
media to visit Antarctica and report on the science the foundation 
facilitates there. The newsgathering process requires journalists to 
visit specific sites and to speak with the researchers conducting 
science there. Any interviews, photographs or video gathered during 
visits to ASPAs would be used to inform the general public about the 
importance of the science conducted on the continent. Visits to the 
ASPAs listed in this application would take place in conjunction with 
valid scientific activities, for the express purposes of gathering 
images, footage, or information on scientific research, general scenic 
locations, and interviews with scientists working in the field. 
Journalists visiting Antarctica will be accompanied at all times by an 
NSF staff ``escort''. The escort will be a person who has years of 
experience working with field parties, with scientists and with 
journalists. The escort is cognizant of--and will follow the 
requirements contained in--the ASPA management plans and the Antarctic 
Conservation Act. They will insure that every effort is made to 
practice ``low impact'' documentary procedures with regard to the 
natural environment as well as to adhere to all USAP operations and 
procedures.

Location

ASPA 121: Cape Royds, Ross Island.
ASPA 122: Arrival Heights, Ross Island.
ASPA 124: Cape Crozier, Ross Island.
ASPA 157: Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds (Shackleton's Hut), Ross Island.
ASPA 158: Cape Evans (Scott's Hut), Ross Island.

Dates

October 1, 2013 to September 30 2018.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-20704 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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