[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 214 (Monday, November 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55408-55409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24136]


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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.

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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 in 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, 
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower 
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703-292-8224; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation (NSF), 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.
    NSF issued a permit (ACA 2018-024) to Joseph A. Covi on December 
15, 2017. The issued permit allows the permit holder to enter Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs). The permit holder and agents are 
permitted to enter ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula; ASPA 132, Potter 
Peninsula; ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay; and ASPA 171 Narebski 
Point, Barton Peninsula for the purposes of collecting small sediment 
samples from freshwater lakes and ephemeral ponds. The permit holder 
and agents are required to adhere to the management plans for each of 
the ASPAs that they enter. The permit is set to expire on March 1, 
2019.
    Now the permit holder proposes a permit modification to extend the 
expiration date to March 15, 2019. The

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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 of Permitted Activities: January 23, 2018-March 15, 2019.
    The permit modification was issued on October 23, 2018.

Nadene Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-24136 Filed 11-2-18; 8:45 am]
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