[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40791-40792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17667]
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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 required notice of permit applications
received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments,
or
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views with respect to this permit application by September 17, 2018.
This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit
Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of
Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address, 703-292-8030, 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 a requiring special protection.
The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic
Specially Protected Areas.
Application Details
Permit Application: 2019-003
1. Applicant: Caitlin Scarano, 60641 State Route 20, Marblemount, WA
98267.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant, a writer
supported by NSF's Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, would enter
ASPAs 155, 157, and 158 to visit the Ross Island historic huts. The
observations made during these visits will inform the applicant's
writing about the Antarctic history, research, and daily life. The
applicant would enter the huts with a trained guide and would abide by
the management plans of all ASPAs visited. The applicant would not
enter ASPA 121, Cape Royds, Ross Island. The results of this work are
expected to be useful for outreach and education about Antarctica and
the scientific research conducted there.
Location
ASPA 155, Cape Evans, Ross Island; ASPA 157, Backdoor Bay, Cape
Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island.
Dates of Permitted Activities
November 1-December 1, 2018.
Permit Application: 2019-004
2. Applicant: Brenda Hall, Climate Change Institute, University of
Maine, Orono, ME 04469.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Take, Import into USA. The applicant would collect samples of long-
dead penguins and seals from islands in the vicinity of Pine Island
Bay. The samples would be collected from beach sediments by shovel and
would consist of small fragments of bone, skin, and eggshells. The
samples would be imported in the United States for analysis. The
applicant holds a marine mammal permit exemption letter from the
National Marine Fisheries Service for the seal samples to document that
the samples qualify as pre-Marine Mammal Protection Act specimens.
Location
Pine Island Bay, Antarctica.
Dates of Permitted Activities
January 15-April 1, 2019.
Permit Application: 2019-006
3. Applicant: Michelle LaRue, University of Minnesota, 116 Church
Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Harmful Interference, Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
(ASPAs). Applicant would conduct aerial surveys over emperor penguin
colonies at Beaufort Island, Franklin Island, Cape Washington, Coulman
Island, Cape Crozier, and Cape Roget. Photographs of the colonies would
be taken at an oblique angle at an altitude of approximately 500m from
a helicopter or a fixed wing aircraft. The photographs would be used to
assess the spatial extent of the colony, number of individual penguins,
and habitat characteristics. The aerial surveys may involve flights
over ASPAs 105, 124, and 173. The applicant would also enter ASPA 124,
Cape Crozier, on foot, to photograph the emperor penguin colony if
weather conditions do not allow for overflight.
Location
Ross Sea Region, Antarctica; ASPA 105, Beaufort Island; Franklin
Island; ASPA 173, Cape Washington and Sliverfish Bay; Coulman Island;
ASPA 124, Cape Crozier; Cape Roget.
Dates of Permitted Activities
October 15-November 30, 2018.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2018-17667 Filed 8-15-18; 8:45 am]
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