[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25300-25301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10756]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 
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 at Title 45 Part 670 
of 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 June 7, 2010. This 
application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit 
Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address 
or (703) 292-7405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The National Science Foundation, as 
directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), 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 requiring special protection. The regulations 
establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially 
Protected Areas.
    The applications received are as follows:
    1. Applicant: Permit Application No. 2011-004. Sam Feola, Director, 
Raytheon Polar Services Company, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 
80112.

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

    Introduce into Antarctica. The applicant plans to import 
commercially available bacterial host cell, Escherichia coli, for 
experimental use at the science laboratories at McMurdo and Palmer 
Stations. The experimental purpose is to generate clones of genes and 
gene fragments. In both cases the

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recombinant DNA is introduced into E. coli which can be cultured to 
produce large quantities of the recombinant DNA for analysis and 
sequencing. E. coli engineered for routine cloning purposes belongs to 
the K-12 strain, which generally cannot survive outside the Lab. All 
cells will be autoclaved within the Lab to destroy all active cells.
    Location: Palmer and McMurdo Station laboratories.
    Dates: August 13, 2010 to March 1, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-10756 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am]
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