[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 62121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22166]


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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 14, 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: 2023-017

1. Applicant: Michael Jackson, National Science Foundation, Office of 
Polar Programs, 2415 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22314

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant seeks an 
Antarctic Conservation Act permit authorizing entry into Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas (ASPA) in association with oversight and 
management of U.S. Antarctic Program science projects. The applicant 
proposes to enter specific ASPAs as needed to conduct site visits of 
various U.S. science teams working in those ASPAs. The applicant 
proposes to enter ASPAs on an as needed basis and would be accompanied 
within the ASPA at all times by the science project participants 
conducting work in that ASPA. No visits to ASPAs would occur if there 
is no U.S. Antarctic Program science project active in that ASPA.

Location

    ASPA 106--Cape Hallett, Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea; ASPA 
113--Litchfield Island, Arthur Habor, Anvers Island; ASPA 121--Cape 
Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 124--Cape Crozier, Ross Island; ASPA 128--
Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island; ASPA 131--Canada 
Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley; ASPA 139--Biscoe Point, Anvers 
Island; ASPA 149--Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston 
Island, South Shetland Islands; ASPA 155--Cape Evans, Ross Island; ASPA 
157--Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 172--Lower Taylor 
Glacier and Blood Falls, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land; ASPA 173--
Cape Washington and Silverfish Bay, Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea; ASPA 
176--Rosenthal Islands, Anvers Island.

Dates of Permitted Activities

    November 5, 2022-March 30, 2023.

Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-22166 Filed 10-12-22; 8:45 am]
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