[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 60321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23892]
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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 October 31, 2013.
This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit
Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Dahood, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address or [email protected] or (703) 292-7149.
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.
Application Details
1. Applicant
Andrew Klein, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University,
College Station, Texas.
Permit Application: 2014-021.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested: ASPA; Due to change in
scope of the research, Andrew Klein has withdrawn his application for
ACA permit 2014-012 and replaced it with this application which better
describes his field work.
This permit would allow entry to a number of ASPAs in the
vicinities of McMurdo Station and Palmer Station for the purpose of
collecting soil and marine sediment samples. The samples would be taken
as part of the ongoing effort to monitor the spatial scale of human
impacts in Antarctica. Samples taken near Palmer Station will be
compared with those taken during the Bahia Pariso spill, which occurred
near Palmer Station in 1989. Sampling sites would be situated to avoid
disturbing native birds and mammals.
The applicants request entry to the Barwick and Balham Valleys
(ASPA 123) to collect surface soil samples for geochemical analysis.
This effort would support the ASPA's values to be protected by
providing baseline measurements on the level and extent of human
contamination in areas of known human disturbance. This baseline is
critical for future scientific work in the Dry Valleys which may use
the site for comparisons to other Dry Valley sites which are more
routinely used for scientific research. Without accurate baseline data
such future studies could incorrectly assume the area is pristine. The
work falls within what is allowed by the current management plan as
``Essential management activities, including monitoring and
inspection'' as described in section 7(iii) of the ASPA's management
plan.
Location: ASPA 113 Litchfield Island; ASPA 116 New College Valley;
ASPA 123 Barwick and Balham Valleys ASPA 124 Cape Crozier; ASPA 131
Canada Glacier; ASPA 138 Linnaeus Terrace ASPA 139 Biscoe Point; ASPA
155 Cape Evans; ASPA 157 Backdoor Bay; ASPA 158 Hut Point; ASPA 172
Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls; ASMA 2 McMurdo Dry Valleys; ASMA
7 Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin.
Dates: November 12, 2013 to April 30, 2017.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-23892 Filed 9-30-13; 8:45 am]
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