[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20756]



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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 October 26, 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 671), 
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: 2023-014

1. Applicant
    Kristin M. O'Brien, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of 
Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
    ASPA Entry, Import into the USA. This applicant would fish using 
benthic trawls and fish traps/pots in the Antarctic Peninsula region 
for capturing specimens to support studies of the physiology and 
biochemistry of Antarctic fishes with an emphasis on Channichthyid 
fishes. Collection of specimens would be carried out aboard the ARSV 
Laurence M. Gould and live specimens would be transported to aquarium 
facilities at Palmer Station for research purposes. Benthic Otter 
trawling will be restricted to areas with smooth bottom surfaces. The 
applicant plans to collect up to a total of 950 fish specimens from 
about 13 species. Frozen tissue samples would be imported to the home 
institution.
Location
    APSA 152, Western Bransfield Strait; ASPA 153 Eastern Dallmann Bay.
Dates of Permitted Activities
    March 1, 2023-September 1, 2023.

Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-20756 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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