[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72109-72110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33270]
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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 Modification 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 a
notice of requests to modify permits issued 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 modifications requested.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments,
or views with respect to these permit applications by 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
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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 Specially
Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Description of Permit Modification Requested:
1. The Foundation issued a permit (99-010) to Dr. Rennie S. Holt on
September 25, 1998. The issued permit allows for the censuring,
capture, handling and release of up to 80 adult and 1500 Antarctic fur
seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups. In addition, up to 40 female/pup
pairs would be captured for measurements of energy expenditure, foot
intake, dive depth, duration, time of day and dive frequency, swim
speed and foraging location, as well as attendance-related factors of
pup growth using milk extraction and gastric lavage. The permit holder
requests to modify his permit to include teeth extractions for age
determinations, involving up to 100 adults per annum. To minimize the
number of takes, effort will be made such that the majority of tooth
extractions will be from animals already captured for other permitted
procedures. Also, specimens may be collected opportunistically; animals
will not be killed for any collection purposes (i.e.: samples may be
collected from dead animals found on the beach or washed ashore). A
further modification request is for import of samples collected
opportunistically from cetacean species found dead. All specimens will
be imported to the United States and inventoried with the Antarctic
Marine Living Resources Program in La Jolla, CA.
Location
Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island (SSSI #32), Byers Peninsula (SSSI
#6), South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.
Dates
January 10, 2000 to April 2, 2001.
Nadene G. Kennedy
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-33270 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
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