[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33269]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-541)
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, P.L. 95-541.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
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 these permit applications January 14, 2000.
Permit applications 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: Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address
or (703) 306-1030.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-541), has
developed regulations that implement the ``Agreed Measures for the
Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora'' for all United States
citizens. The Agreed Measures, developed by the Antarctic Treaty
Consultative Parties, recommended establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas as requiring special protection. The
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic
Specially Protected Areas (formerly called Specially Protected Areas
and Sites of Special Scientific Interest).
The application received is as follows:
1. Applicant: Mimi Wallace, 3564 Breckenridge, El Paso, TX 79936;
Permit Application No. 2000-023.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Import into the U.S.A.
The applicant proposes to opportunistically collect specimens
(e.g., bones, feathers, beaks, etc.) from dead animals such as seabirds
and marine mammals for educational purposes and to import these to the
United States. No animals will be killed to obtain specimens. The
applicant is participating in an educational outreach program (Teachers
Experiencing Antarctica-TEA) that is associated with the Palmer Long
Term Ecological Research Program (LTER). The collection will be used in
teaching high school students about Antarctica.
Location: Antarctic Peninsula Region.
Dates: January 1 to March 31, 2000.
2. Applicant: Christian H. Fritzen, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno,
Nevada 89512; Permit Application No. 2000-024.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Take; Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The applicant proposes to enter the Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell
Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA #131) to collect five samples
(5 grams each) of cyanobacterial mats in ephemeral stream areas. The
Cyanobacterial assemblages in ice covers on Antarctic lakes are believe
to originate from terrestrial areas and ephemeral streams. The
applicant proposes to exam the physiological responses and community
structures that are selected by the ice-cover environment to determine
if these source organisms possess the characteristics that make them
suited for growth in ice covers on the lakes and the glaciers in the
Taylor Valley. The samples will be autoclaved after use and destroyed.
Location: Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley Antarctic
Specially Protected Area #131.
Dates: October 15, 1999 to February 15, 2000.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-33269 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
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