[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 51556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13332]


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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 July 18, 2024. 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: 2025-002

    1. Applicant: Jesse Naiman, Pathfinder Aviation, 1936 Merrill Field 
Drive, Anchorage, AK 99501.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 
Protected Area. The applicant requests an ACA permit to enter ASPA 
124--Cape Crozier using a helicopter, below 2,000 feet, should weather 
require. The flights are required to support U.S. Antarctic Program 
science and management activities in the Cape Crozier area. Helicopter 
flights would not occur in the vicinity of wildlife at Cape Crozier, 
and all activities would be consistent with the management plan for the 
ASPA. Up to a total of 20 flights under 2,000 ft are requested per 
year.
    Location: ASPA 124--Cape Crozier.
    Dates of Permitted Activities: October 1, 2024-March 1, 2026.

Permit Application: 2025-001

    2. Applicant: Link Olson, University of Alaska Museum Mammal 
Collection, 1962 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Export From USA. The 
applicant requests a permit to export 6 crabeater seal (Lobodon 
carcinophaga) blood samples. The samples are part of the archived 
specimens in the University of Alaska Museum Mammal collection and 
would be exported to a science collaborator at the Bielefeld 
University, Germany for genetic analysis. The permit applicant 
currently holds a Marine Mammal Protection Act permit to receive, 
possess, import and export the samples in their possession.
    Location: None.
    Dates of Permitted Activities: July 1, 2024-December 31, 2024.

Kimiko S. Bowens-Knox,
Program Analyst, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2024-13332 Filed 6-17-24; 8:45 am]
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