[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 972-973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00085]
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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 February 8, 2016.
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: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address or [email protected].
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
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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 Permit Application: 2016-018
Michael Gooseff, INSTAAR, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80309
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant plans to
enter Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, to continue operation of a
previously installed, continuously recording stream gauge station,
perform maintenance, conduct stream flow measurements and collect water
quality samples near the stream gauge site. The applicant will also
collect water quality samples of the melt-water of the Canada Glacier
and along the length of the stream to study in-stream biogeochemical
processes. The applicant plans to collect a maximum of five moss
samples per year using a 3 cm corer to a depth of about 3 cm and a
maximum of five soil samples of approximately 200 g per year from which
to extract nematodes. Photography, LIDAR, and other survey and
monitoring techniques may be used to detect changes in the stream bed
and algal mat distribution over time, and/or to monitor the change in
the stream gauge system through time.
The applicant also plans to enter Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood
Falls to continue measurements of the Santa Fe Stream including:
Stream-flow using velocity meters; pH, temperature, and conductivity
via meters; and collection of water quality samples. The collection of
water from the Blood Falls area occurs on the glacial moraine, not the
glacier itself, and the sample is small (< 1 L) and comprised of both
brine reservoir discharge (when present) and surface ice melt-water.
Location
ASPA no. 131, Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria
Land; ASPA No. 172, Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, Taylor
Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.
Dates
February 29, 2016 to February 28, 2021.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-00085 Filed 1-7-16; 8:45 am]
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