[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 88273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29321]
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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 January 6, 2017.
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 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: 2017-033
1. Applicant: Joseph Wilson, Penguin Films Ltd, 1 St Augustine's Lane,
Bristol BS1 5DE United Kingdom.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take. The applicant
proposes to film killer whales (Orcinus orca) and minke whales
(Balaenoptera bonarensis) in McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea in
Antarctica. Filming will be done via helicopter using long-range
telephoto lenses and from the sea ice edge via an underwater camera.
For the helicopter-based filming, the applicant proposes to fly at
altitudes no lower than 600 vertical feet and plans to film the whales
at an angle, from the side. The applicant plans to target and
potentially disturb up to 60 whales over the course of one season of
filming. The applicant has also applied for a commercial or education
photography permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).
Location: McMurdo Sound and Ross Sea, Antarctica.
Dates: January 1--February 15, 2017.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-29321 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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