[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 68460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23900]


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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.

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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 under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the 
required notice of a requested permit modification.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by November 3, 2016. 
Permit applications 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.
    Description of Permit Modification Requested: The Foundation issued 
a permit (ACA 2015-010) to Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed 
Martin) on October 31, 2014 . Under the issued permit, Lockheed Martin, 
as the contractor proving operational support for the United States 
Antarctic Program (USAP), is responsible for waste management 
activities for the USAP. On August 16, 2016, the contract for USAP 
operational support transferred from Lockheed Martin to Leidos 
Innovations Group (Leidos), 7400 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 
80112. This permit modification proposes to transfer the waste 
management permit (ACA 2015-010) from Lockheed Martin to Leidos, at 
their request, such that Leidos would become the new permit holder. All 
activities regulated under the permit and all other permit conditions 
remain the same.

DATES:  October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2019.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-23900 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am]
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