[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 207 (Friday, October 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 49858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23361]


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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.

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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 in 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 November 27, 2017. 
This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit 
Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of 
Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 
the above address, 703-292-8030, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed 
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541, 45 CFR 670), 
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

Permit Application: 2018-024

1. Applicant: Joseph A. Covi, University of North Carolina at 
Wilmington, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Wilmington, NC 
28403.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The application proposes 
to enter four Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs) on King 
George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica for the purposes of 
collecting small sediment samples from freshwater lakes and ephemeral 
ponds. The applicant would enter ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula; ASPA 132, 
Potter Peninsula; ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay; and ASPA 171 
Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula. The applicant plans to access the 
ASPAs by boat and on foot. Up to six sediment samples will be collected 
near the shoreline or from an inflatable boat from each of up to eight 
lakes and eight ephemeral ponds in total. Sediment core samples may be 
taken through holes drilled in the ice cover, as applicable. The 
applicant and agents will adhere to the management plans for each of 
the ASPAs that they propose to enter.

Location

    King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica; ASPA 125, 
Fildes Peninsula; ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula; ASPA 150, Ardley Island, 
Maxwell Bay; and ASPA 171 Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula.

Dates of Permitted Activities

    January 23, 2018-March 1, 2019.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-23361 Filed 10-26-17; 8:45 am]
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