[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR673.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 673_ANTARCTIC NON-GOVERNMENTAL EXPEDITIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 673.1  Purpose of regulations.









Sec.

673.1 Purpose of regulations.

673.2 Scope.

673.3 Definitions.

673.4 Environmental protection information.

673.5 Emergency response plan.



    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2401 et. seq.



    Source: 66 FR 42451, Aug. 13, 2001, unless otherwise noted.





    The purpose of the regulations in this part is to implement the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541, as amended by the 

Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-

227, and Article 15 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the 

Antarctic Treaty done at Madrid on October 4, 1991. Specifically, this 

part requires that all non-governmental expeditions, for which advance 

notice by the United States is required under the Antarctic Treaty, who 

use non-flagged vessels ensure that the vessel owner or operator has an 

appropriate emergency response plan. This part is also designed to 

ensure that expedition members are informed of their environmental 

protection obligations under the Antarctic Conservation Act.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

3145-0180)