[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01378]


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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 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: Nature McGinn, 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 2011-
002) to David Ainley on May 28, 2010. The issued permit allows the 
applicant to band, apply instruments, weigh, collect blood and cloacal 
swabs, and mark nest of Adelie penguins located at Cape Crozier (ASPA 
124), Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Bird, and Beaufort Island (ASPA 105), 
as well as to enter Cape Hallett (ASPA 106) in November 2014 to check 
for banded birds and to deploy temperature loggers in penguin nests to 
test hypotheses on nest quality. A recent modification to this permit, 
dated November 12, 2015, permitted the applicant to extend the 
permitted activities for one additional year so that the permit now 
expires on August 31, 2016. Now the applicant proposes a permit 
modification to add two named agents and three additional agents to be 
determined to this permit to assist with approved activities. 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: January 19, 2016 to August 31, 2016.
    The permit modification was issued on January 19, 2016.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-01378 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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