[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 67407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27383]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978

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 a 
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 December 10, 2012. 
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 Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Polly A. Penhale at the above address 
or (703) 292-7420.

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:

1. Applicant

    Permit Application: 2013-024.
    Diane M. McKnight, INSTARR, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80309.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 
enter access the recently designated Antarctic Specially Protected Area 
(ASPA) 172-Blood Falls, Santa Fe Stream and the lower Taylor Glacier in 
order to conduct ongoing research at Blood Falls and nearby streams and 
the glacier mass balance measurement sites located on the lower Taylor 
Glacier. Activities include collecting samples of water and ice, 
measuring stream discharge, and traveling through the area on foot to 
access monitoring sites on the glacier surface.

Location

    ASPA 172- Blood Falls, Santa Fe Stream and the lower Taylor 
Glacier, Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Dates

    December 1, 2012 to February 28, 2017.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-27383 Filed 11-8-12; 8:45 am]
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