[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25720-25721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10054]


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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 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 May 31, 2016. This 
application may be inspected by

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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: 2017-002. Deneb Karentz, Department of Biology, 
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Introduce non-indigenous species into Antarctica. Gene cloning kits 
that contain the bacterium Escherichia coli will be used in the Palmer 
Station laboratory for genomic research, specifically to investigate 
genetic characteristics of bacteria and protists from seawater samples. 
The E. coli will be handled with standard laboratory safety protocols, 
they will not be released into the environment, and they will be killed 
by autoclaving per routine procedures. This permit is being requested 
for research activities under the NSF-funded grant entitled 
``Collaborative research: Biological adaptations to environmental 
change in Antarctica--An advanced training program for early-career 
scientists.''

Location

    Palmer Station, Anvers Island and McMurdo Station, Ross Island, 
Antarctica.

Dates

    June 24, 2016-March 1, 2018.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-10054 Filed 4-28-16; 8:45 am]
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