[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25654]


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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 Modification 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 a 
notice of requests to modify permits issued 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 a requested permit modification.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by November 12, 2010. 
Permit applications 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.
    Description of Permit Modification Requested: The Foundation issued 
a permit (2009-015) to Ron Naveen on August 25,2008. The issued permit 
allows the applicant to survey and census the plant and animal life at 
various visited sites within the Antarctica Peninsula as part of an 
ongoing project, Antarctic Site Inventory, to observe potential 
disturbances.
    The applicant requests a modification to his permit to enter the 
following ASPA's as time allows to conduct site surveys and census: 
ASPA 128, Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, ASPA 132; 
Potter Peninsula, King George Island; ASPA 133, Harmony Point, Nelson 
Island; ASPA 134, Cierva Point and Offshore islands, Danco Coast; ASPA 
139, Biscoe Point, Anvers Island; ASPA 150, Ardley Island Maxwell Bay; 
and ASPA 151, Lions RumpO, King George Island.
    Location: ASPA 128, Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George 
Island, ASPA 132; Potter Peninsula, King George Island; ASPA 133, 
Harmony Point, Nelson Island; ASPA 134, Cierva Point and Offshore 
islands, Danco Coast; ASPA 139, Biscoe Point, Anvers Island; ASPA 150, 
Ardley Island Maxwell Bay; and ASPA 151, Lions RumpO, King George 
Island.

    Dates: November 1, 2010 to August 31, 2013.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-25654 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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