[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 39133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13984]


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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 August 1, 2022. 
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 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at 
the above address, 703-292-4479.

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 as requiring special protection. 
The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.

Application Details

Permit Application: 2023-005

1. Applicant:
    Todd McKinney, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 241 Aldrin Dr, 
Huntsville AL 35806

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Waste management. The applicant proposes to deploy five micro super 
pressure weather balloons from Neumayer Station III in East Antarctica 
with the purpose of researching the behavior of micro super pressure 
balloons in the Antarctic climate. The balloons will fly for 30-150 
days and then land, below 50 degrees south. The balloons will not be 
recovered. The balloons themselves should degrade within 3 years, while 
the small circuit boards they are equipped with will degrade between 25 
to 50 years. The applicant is seeking a Waste Permit to cover these 
unrecoverable balloons and circuit boards.

Location

    Neumayer Station III, East Antarctica.

Dates of Permitted Activities

    November 8th-December 14th, 2022.

Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-13984 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
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