[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 57022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23570]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 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 under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

DATES: September 16, 2015 to August 31, 2017.

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 2013-
019) to Celia Lang, Lockheed Martin IS&GS on October 15, 2012. The 
issued permit allows the applicant to enter various ASPAs for 
environmental reasons.
    A recent modification to this permit, dated November 11, 2014, 
permitted the applicant to enter Cape Hallett in November 2014.
    Now the applicant proposes a modification to the permit to add the 
following ASPAs to the list for possible entry to: Barwick Valley 
(123), Lowe Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls (172), Cape Hallett (106), 
Cape Shirreff (149), Litchfield Island (113), and Biscoe Point (139). 
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.The permit 
modification was issued on September 16, 2015.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-23570 Filed 9-18-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7555-01-P