[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60918-60919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23962]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

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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 November 1, 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: 2014-022

1. Applicant: Celia Lang, Lockheed Martin, Antarctic Support Contract, 
Centennial, Colorado

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Introduce non indigenous species into Antarctica; An ACA permit is 
requested for import and use of a commercially available, bacteria 
supplement for municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants, to be used in the 
wastewater treatment plant at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Benefits 
include better sludge settling and dewatering, control of surface foam 
and filamentous growth, reduction of total sludge volume and improved 
plant performance even in well-operated treatment plants. This 
supplement is a proprietary mixture of enzymatic substrate, nutrient 
base and bacteria for the treatment process.
    Bacteria would not be released to the marine environment. Most of 
the bacteria are eventually captured in the wastewater treatment 
plant's solids that are dewatered, compressed and retrograded to the 
U.S. The effluent from the wastewater treatment plant is treated with a 
UV sterilization system before it is discharged from the plant, killing 
all remaining bacteria before it reaches the sewage outfall

Location

    McMurdo Station Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Dates

    December 1, 2013 to December 1, 2016.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-23962 Filed 10-1-13; 8:45 am]
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