[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57021-57022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23569]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Modification Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit modification request received and permit 
issued

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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 requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities 
regulated and permits issued 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 a requested permit modification and permit 
issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, 
Division of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, National Science Foundation, 4201 
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Or by email: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foundation issued a permit (ACA 2016-
003) to Celia Lang, Lockheed Martin IS&GS on August 11, 2015. The 
issued permit allows the applicant to enter specifically named McMurdo 
area ASPAs to support NSF funded USAP science operations. Now the 
applicant proposes a modification to the permit to add ASPA 175 High 
Altitude Geothermal Sites of the Ross Sea Region to the list for 
possible entry. The Environmental Officer has reviewed the modification 
request and has determined that the amendment is not a material change 
to the permit, and it will have a less than a minor or transitory 
impact.

DATES: August 11, 2015 to August 31, 2020.
    The permit modification was issued on September 16, 2015.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-23569 Filed 9-18-15; 8:45 am]
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