[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: 45CFR674.6]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 674_ANTARCTIC METEORITES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 674.6  Submission of information to NSF.



    A copy of the written procedures developed by expedition organizers 

pursuant to Sec. 674.5(b) shall be furnished to the National Science 

Foundation's Office of Polar Programs at a minimum of 90 days prior to 

the planned departure date of the expedition for Antarctica. NSF shall 

publish a notice of availability of the plan in the Federal Register 

that provides for a 15 day comment period. NSF shall evaluate the 

procedures in the plan to determine if they are sufficient to ensure 

that the meteorites will be properly collected, handled, documented, and 

curated. NSF shall provide comments on the adequacy of the plan within 

45 days of receipt. If NSF advises the expedition organizer that the 

procedures satisfy the requirements of Sec. 674.5 and the procedures 

are implemented, the expedition organizer will have satisfied the 

requirements of this part.