[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80394-80395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32438]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


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

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

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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 January 25, 2016. 
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: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 
the above address or [email protected].

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: 2016-021, Charles D. Amsler, Jr., 
Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, 
AL 35294-1170.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Sample collection and 
Import into the USA. The applicant plans to collect from the Palmer 
Station area approximately 20 brown marine algae, 20 green marine 
algae, 10 red marine algae, and 10 diatom marine algae. The applicant 
also plans to collect approximately 200 marine gastropods--50 each of 
four species: Margarella antarctica, Pellilitorina pellita, 
Laevilacunaria antarctica, and Skenella umbilicata. The applicant has 
filamentous Antarctic macroalgae and diatoms, previously isolated, in 
culture, but requires additional strains, particularly of filamentous 
green algal endophytes, for further study. The applicant seeks to 
understand the interactions of epiphytic and endophytic algae with 
larger macroalgae and with mesoherbivores such as amphipods and 
gastropods. The cultures will be maintained at the home university.
    Location: Palmer Station, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula.
    Dates: March 1, 2016 to July 31, 2019.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
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