2010-10756. Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)

AGENCY:

National Science Foundation.

ACTION:

Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

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 this permit application by June 7, 2010. 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:

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address or [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The National Science Foundation, as directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), 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.

The applications received are as follows:

1. Applicant: Permit Application No. 2011-004. Sam Feola, Director, Raytheon Polar Services Company, 7400 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112.

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

Introduce into Antarctica. The applicant plans to import commercially available bacterial host cell, Escherichia coli, for experimental use at the science laboratories at McMurdo and Palmer Stations. The experimental purpose is to generate clones of genes and gene fragments. In both cases the recombinant DNA is introduced into E. coli which can be cultured to produce large quantities of the recombinant DNA for analysis and sequencing. E. coli engineered for routine cloning purposes belongs to the K-12 strain, which generally cannot survive outside the Lab. All cells will be autoclaved within the Lab to destroy all active cells.

Location: Palmer and McMurdo Station laboratories.

Dates: August 13, 2010 to March 1, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.