[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19092-19093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08040]


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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.

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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 in the Code of Federal 
Regulations. This is the

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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 May 25, 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, 
Office 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, 45 CFR 670), 
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 requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.

Application Details

Permit Application: 2018-001

1. Applicant: John H. Postlethwait, University of Oregon, 1425 E. 13th 
Avenue, Eugene, OR 97403

    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 
Protected Areas. A permit is requested to enter ASPA 152 (Western 
Bransfield Strait) and ASPA 153 (Eastern Dallmann Bay) using the ARSV 
Laurence M. Gould to capture Antarctic fish by trawling and trapping. 
The collected fish would be used to study the genetic regulatory 
mechanism in Antarctic fish biology and their adaptation to the cold 
Antarctic environment. Approximately 50 hours of trawling would be 
conducted in ASPA 152 and approximately 20 hours would be conducted in 
ASPA 153. Sixteen traps would be set and allowed to soak for a total of 
6 days. It is anticipated that approximately four hundred (400) 
individual fish representing four species (Notothenia coriiceps, 
Chaenocephalus aceratus, Champsocephalus gunnari, Gobionotothen 
gibberifrons) would be captured in the ASPAs and used in the study. 
Live fishes would be transported to the aquarium facilities at Palmer 
Station for experimentation. Physiological and biochemical experiments 
would be conducted. All experimental animals would be humanely 
euthanized and properly disposed of outside the ASPAs.
    Location: ASPA 152 Western Bransfield Strait and ASPA 153 Eastern 
Dallmann Bay.
    Dates: June 28-September 3, 2017.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-08040 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
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