[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28558-28559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11372]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
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 June 16, 2014. 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: Li Ling Hamady, 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
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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
Permit Application: 2015-001
1. Applicant: Robert Pitman, NOAA, NMFS, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla CA USA 92037
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Take and import into the U.S. The applicant's study of movement
patterns, diet preferences, and genetics of whales calls for collecting
pencil eraser size tissue samples from up to 200 killer whales (Orcinus
orca), 15 common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), 10 Arnoux's
beaked whales (Berardius arnuxii), 15 blue whales (Balaenoptera
musculus), 50 Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), 10
southern right whales (Eubalaena australis), 35 sperm whales (Physeter
macrocephalus), 35 fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), and 50 humpback
whales (Megaptera movaengliae) of both sexes. The tissue samples will
be used in food and habitat studies (using stable isotopes and fatty
acids). The same samples will also be used to determine genetic
distinctness of the different killer whale types in Antarctica. Tissue
samples will be imported to the U.S. for analysis at the Southwest
Fisheries Science Center. Small (ca 40g) satellite tags or suction cup
tags will be attached to some whales to investigate movement patterns.
Whales will also be photographed for photo identification purposes.
Additionally, dead marine birds or mammals and parts thereof from
killer whale kills will be salvaged, when possible, for identification
and to determine baseline environmental chemical composition.
Location
Southern Ross Sea, Antarctic Peninsula.
Dates
October 1, 2014 to October 1, 2020.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-11372 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am]
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