[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 53723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21788]
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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 October 1, 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 a 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. 2011-005.
George Waters, Director, U.S. AMLR Program, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 La Jolla Shores
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92038.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Take, Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, and Import into
the USA. This notice amends the notice published in the Federal
Register on July 21, 2010 for George Waters to include the installation
of four snow-measurement gauges at Cape Shirreff (ASPA 149)
and four at Copacabana, Admiralty Bay (ASPA 128). Each gauge
will be constructed with a single metal rod, 1.5 to 2.5m in length, and
>2.5cm in diameter, that will be driven into the ground to a depth of
circa 0.5m. The gauges would be installed at four locations at each
site, in the vicinity of seabird colonies or seal rookeries. The
applicant recognizes that ultrasonic snow-depth sensing equipment is
available, however positioning such devices near seabird and pinniped
colonies would require additional towers/power supplies that are
currently unavailable at these field sites. To take this step would be
more intrusive to the sites, as it would require not only more gear,
but more setup and installation effort (aka disturbance) near the
animals. The low-tech solution is preferable, and more reliable over
time.
Location
Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island (ASPA 149) and Copacabana
field camp at Admiralty Bay, King George Island (ASPA 128).
Dates
October 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-21788 Filed 8-26-10; 8:45 am]
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