[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 74147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30149]
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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 2014-
003) to Jennifer Burns on July 18, 2013. The issued permit allows the
applicant to study the interaction of Weddell seal condition and the
timing of molting and reproduction via capture, restraint, and sedation
of adult female seals to conduct health assessments and attach tags.
A recent modification to this permit, dated December 2, 2014,
permitted several handling modifications for animals.
Now the applicant proposes a permit modification to attach 2 new
types of tags, to conduct nasal swabs, and to keep on some of the tags
over winter to collect more data. Both new proposed tags are less than
100g. The seals are already sedated for other permitted procedures, and
these new tag attachments and procedures would not increase handling
time, since they can be simultaneously conducted during ultrasounds.
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.
November 20, 2015 to February 28, 2017.
The permit modification was issued on November 20, 2015.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-30149 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
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