[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61520-61521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24865]


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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 November 4, 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. Permit Application No. 2011-019

Applicant: Robert W. Sanders, Department of Biology, 1900 N. 12th 
Street, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

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Activity for Which Permit is Requested

    Take, Export from USA, Introduce non-indigenous species into 
Antarctica, and Import into USA. The applicant plans to collect water 
samples containing marine microbes (algae and protozoa) for use in 
experiments, for preservation for future examination, and for 
extraction of nucleic acids for diversity and abundance analyses back 
at the home institution. Live cultures of marine bacteria, previously 
collected from Antarctic waters, will be used in shipboard experiments 
to study feeding rates and transfer of nutrients in Antarctic protistan 
grazers. All remaining live cultures will be autoclaved before 
disposal.

Location

    Ross Sea region, Antarctica.

Dates

    January 1, 2011 to April 1, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-24865 Filed 10-4-10; 8:45 am]
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