[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13870-13871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05078]
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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.
DATES: March 9, 2017-September 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer,
Office 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 2017-
019) to Jerry McDonald, Principal in Charge, Leidos Innovations Group,
Antarctic Support Contract, on October 30, 2016. The issued permit
allows the permit holder entry into five Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas (ASPAs) in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The Antarctic Support
Contractor's staff provides routine logistics support in the transport
of science teams and supporting personnel, and in field camp put-in and
take-out. Entry into an ASPA would occur only to support a science
project for which a permit has been issued. Entry needs and
requirements will be reviewed by ASC Environmental
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Health and Safety Department prior to entry and reported per standard
procedures.
Now the applicant proposes a permit modification to enter APSA No.
126 (Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island) for the purposes described in
this permit. 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.
The permit modification was issued on March 9, 2017.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-05078 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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