[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62891-62892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25644]


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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 12, 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

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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:

Permit Application No. 2011-020.

1. Applicant: Morton Beebe, 150 Lombard Street 808, San 
Francisco, CA 94111.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter and Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant plans 
to produce a documentary film and book exploring the immense changes to 
Antarctic habitation and science during the past have century. The 
applicant plans to enter this historic huts at: ASPA 155--Cape 
Evans, Ross Island (Scott's Hut); ASPA 157--Backdoor Bay, Cape 
Royds (Shackleton's Hut); and ASPA 159--Hut Point, Ross Island 
(Discovery Hut) to videotape, photograph, and audio record the 
interiors and exteriors of the huts.

Location

    ASPA 155--Cape Evans, Ross Island (Scott's Hut); ASPA 
157--Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds (Shackleton's Hut); and, ASPA 
159--Hut Point, Ross Island (Discovery Hut).

Dates

    November 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-25644 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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