[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 28777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11512]


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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 June 18, 2014. 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: Li Ling Hamady, 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

Dr. Rachael Morgan-Kiss, 32 Pearson Hall, 701E High St., Department of 
Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 45056.
Permit Application: 2015-002

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Introduce non-indigenous species into Antarctica; The applicant 
proposes to bring 10g cell pellets of algae cultures (Chlamydomonas ICE 
sp. and Isochyrsis MDV sp.), originally collected from Antarctica, for 
use in experiments to link their understanding of physiological 
responses in this organism in a laboratory setting with in situ 
physiological responses and to determine whether each organism is more 
competitive under limited nutrients (ie., shallow water) or limited 
light (ie., deep water). The algal pellets will be used to grow algae 
cultures which will be transferred to dialysis tubing at the Lake 
Bonney field camp. The dialysis chambers will be suspended in the Lake 
Bonney water column. Once samples are collected they will be processed 
either on site at the Lake Bonney field camp or at Crary Lab at McMurdo 
Station, resulting in the death of all cells. The cells will be 
processed in a variety of ways for different analyses back in the U.S. 
Any remaining viable cultures will be autoclaved to ensure 100% 
mortality of unused cultures.

Location

    Lake Bonney in McMurdo Dry Valleys ASMA 2, and Crary Laboratory at 
McMurdo Station.

Dates

    November 14 to December 3, 2014.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-11512 Filed 5-16-14; 8:45 am]
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