[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: 45CFR674.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 674_ANTARCTIC METEORITES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 674.1  Purpose of regulations.









Sec.

674.1 Purpose of regulations.

674.2 Scope and applicability.

674.3 Definitions.

674.4 Restrictions on collection of meteorites in Antarctica.

674.5 Requirements for collection, handling, documentation and curation 

          of Antarctic meteorites.

674.6 Submission of information to NSF.

674.7 Exception for serendipitous finds.



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



    Source: 68 FR 15379, Mar. 31, 2003, unless otherwise noted.





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

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, (16 U.S.C 2401 et seq.), and 

Article 7 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic 

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

designed to ensure meteorites in Antarctica will be collected for 

scientific research purposes only and that U.S. expedition organizers to 

Antarctica who plan to collect meteorites in Antarctica will ensure that 

any specimens collected will be properly collected, handled, documented 

and curated to preserve their scientific value.