[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 71846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29345]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Modification Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of Permit Modification Request Received and Permit
Issued 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 requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities
regulated and permits issued 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 a requested permit modification and permit
issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer,
Division of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Or by email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foundation issued a permit (ACA 2011-
002) to David Ainley on May 28, 2010. The issued permit allows the
applicant to band, apply instruments, weigh, collect blood and cloacal
swabs, and mark nests of Adelie penguins located at Cape Crozier (ASPA
124), Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Bird, and Beaufort Island (ASPA 105),
as well as to enter Cape Hallett (ASPA 106) in November 2014 to check
for banded birds.
A recent modification to this permit, dated November 14, 2014,
permitted the applicant to deploy temperature loggers in penguin nests
to test hypotheses on nest quality.
Now the applicant proposes a permit modification to extend the
duration of his permit for another year, so that it expires on August
31, 2016. The Environmental Officer has reviewed the modification
request and has determined that the amendment is not a material change
to the permit, and it will have a less than a minor or transitory
impact.
DATES: November 12, 2015 to August 31, 2016.
The permit modification was issued on November 12, 2015.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-29345 Filed 11-16-15; 8:45 am]
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