[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 58316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24522]


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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 28, 2015. 
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 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: 2016-013

    1. Applicant, Michael J. Polito, Department of Oceanography and 
Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, 1002-Y Energy, Coast & 
Environment Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take, ASPA, Import, Export; The applicant intends to 
opportunistically collect sediments and organic remains from around 
active & abandoned penguin colonies, and to obtain body and tail 
feathers from gentoo, chinstrap, and Ad[eacute]lie penguins from 
breeding sites in the South Orkneys, South Shetland, and Antarctic 
Peninsula regions, Ross Sea and Victoria Land Coast, vicinity of 
McMurdo Station, and East Antarctica. Access to these sites will be by 
foot, zodiac, helicopter, Twin Otter and other vessels including 
commercial tour ships. These samples will be used to help interpret 
decadal and millennial-scale shifts in the diets and population 
movements of Antarctic krill predators in concert with climate 
variability and commercial harvesting. For each species, up to 3 
colonies per year will be sampled with up to 20 individuals (adults or 
chicks) sampled per colony. Samples will be sent back to the USA and 
the UK for analysis.

Location

    South Orkneys, South Shetland and Antarctic Peninsula regions, Ross 
Sea and Victoria Land Coast, vicinity of McMurdo Station, East 
Antarctica. Sites will be on an opportunistic basis and may include 
some of the following ASPAs: 102, Rookery Islands, Holme Bay; 103, 
Ardrey Island and Odbert Island; 104, Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands; 
105, Beaufort Island, Ross Sea; 106, Cape Hallett, Victoria Land; 107, 
Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay; 108, Green Island, Berthelot Islands; 
109, Moe Island, South Orkney Islands; 110, Lynch Island, South Orkney 
Islands; 111, Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands, South Orkney 
Island; 112, Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island; 113, Litchfield 
Island, Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago; 114, North Coronation 
Island, South Orkney Islands; 115, Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay; 
116, ``New College Valley'', Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island; 
117, Avian Island, Northwest Marguerite Bay; 121, Cape Royds, Ross 
Island; 124, Cape Crozier, Ross Island; 125, Fildes Peninsula, King 
George Island, South Shetland Islands; 126, Byers Peninsula, Livingston 
Island; 127, Haswell Island; 128, Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King 
George Island; 129, Rothera Point, Adelaide Island; 132, Potter 
Peninsula, King George Island; 133, Harmony Point, Nelson Island; 134, 
Cierva Point offshore islands, Danco Coast; 135, North-East Bailey 
Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land; 136, Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, 
Wilkes Land; 139, Biscoe Point, Anvers Island; 149, Cape Shirreff, 
Livingston Island; 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island; 
159, Cape Adare; 160, Frazier Island, Wilkes Land; and 171, Narebski 
Point, Barton Peninsula, King George Island

Dates

    December 1, 2015-August 31, 2019.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-24522 Filed 9-25-15; 8:45 am]
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