[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-20574]
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[Federal Register: August 23, 1994]
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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 by September 19,
1994. Permit applications may be inspected by interested parties at the
Permit Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed 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) 306-1031.
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 a requiring special protection. The
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Specially
Protected Areas and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
The applications received are as follows:
1. Applicant
Brenda Hall
Institute for Quaternary Studies
320 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5711
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Enter Site of Special Scientific Interest
The applicant is in the process of carrying out a large mapping
project to determine the former extent of a grounded ice sheet in the
Ross Sea during the last glaciation. Much of the work has been
concentrated on the Dry Valleys region where lobes of the grounded Ross
Sea Ice Sheet flowed inland into the mouths of the valleys. Barwick
Valley (SSSI #3) was last mapped in the 1960's. According to that work,
inland ice advanced down Barwick Valley simultaneously with the ice
advance into the Lower Victoria Valley from the Ross Sea. The Lower
Victoria Valley deposits indicate the presence of a lake, not an ice
tone. A revised map of Barwick Valley would help determine the extend
of the lake in the Victoria Valley System and to examine evidence of
lake-level fluctuations. The applicant plans only to map Barwick
Valley. no samples will be taken. Access to the site will be on foot
from the Victoria Valley where the majority of the project will be
conducted.
Location
SSSI #3--Barwick Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Dates
November 1, 1994--February 15, 1995
2. Applicant
George Denton and David Marchant
Institute for Quaternary Studies
320 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5711
Acitivity for Which Permit Is Requested
Enter Site of Special Scientific Interest
The applicants are in the process of carrying out a large mapping
project to determine the former extent of a grounded ice sheet in the
Ross Sea approximately 22,000-8,000 years ago. Ross Island is a key
area for this study as the island was a nunatak project through the ice
sheet. Cape Crozier (SSSI #4) is open for the few ice-free areas on the
island and the only ice-free area on the eastern coast. Mapping the
glacial geology of this area to determine the elevation of the former
ice sheet and gain information about ice-flow directions is critical to
the project. The applicants only plan to map the area. No rocks or soil
samples will be collected and they will be working at elevations above
the penguin rookery and at least a mile away at all times. Access to
the site will be by helicopter.
Location
SSSI #4--Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Antarctica
Dates
October 1, 1994--March 1, 1995
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-20574 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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