[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47401-47402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22556]
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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 October 6, 1995.
Permit applications may be inspected by interested parties at the
Permit Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
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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 as 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: William D. Fraser, Biology Department, Montana State
University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, Permit Application No. 96-021.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Enter Specially Protected Area and Enter Site of Special Scientific
Interest. The applicant requests permission to enter Litchfield Island
(SPA #17) 3 times per week for 1-2 hours to census penguins and other
seabirds breeding on the island. The island can be accessed safely and
easily at times of the year when sea ice and bad weather make access to
other penguin rookeries difficult or impossible. The applicant relies
heavily on the ability to document weekly changes in penguin
populations and breeding effort. This island has thus become a reliable
source of long-term comparative data on penguin demography important to
the hypotheses being tested by the LTER. All visits will be restricted
to the unvegetated parts of the island.
In addition, the applicant would also like to enter Biscoe Point,
Anvers Island (SSSI #20) on 5 separate occasions to census penguins and
other seabirds. Some penguins banded as chicks are not returning to
their natal colonies, but are instead moving to colonies on islands
quite distant from Palmer. The applicant needs to document how
pervasive this trend is by finding previously banded birds so as to
adequately incorporate them into data on survival and recruitment.
Location
SPA #17--Litchfield Island, and SSSI #20--Biscoe Point, Anvers Island
Dates
October 1, 1995-May 31, 1998
2. Applicant: William D. Fraser, Biology Department, Montana State
University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, Permit Application No. 96-022.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Taking. The applicant proposes to continue work associated with the
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) on the Antarctica Marine Ecosystem
project studying the relating variability in seabird reproductive
success, survival and recruitment to fluctuations in certain biotic and
abiotic features in their environment. This work involves censusing
populations; marking, weighing and measuring adults, chicks and eggs;
obtaining diet samples; and placing radio transmitters on some
individuals to develop profiles on foraging efforts. As in the past,
all seabirds involved in the research will be released unharmed.
Location
Palmer Station vicinity and nearby islands accessible by zodiac
Dates
October 1, 1995-May 31, 1998
3. Applicant: William D. Fraser, Biology Department, Montana State
University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, Permit Application No. 96-023.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Taking. The applicant requests permission to tag 200 Adelie
penguins using the subcutaneous tag method. The tagging of penguins is
part of a long-term ecological research (LTER) program studying the
relating variability in seabird reproductive success, survival and
recruitment to fluctuations in certain biotic and abiotic features in
their environment.
Location
Palmer Station vicinity and nearby islands
Dates
October 1, 1995--May 31, 1998
4. Applicant, Colin Harris, International Center for Antarctic
Information and Research (ICAIR), P.O. Box 14-199, Orchard Road,
Christchurch, New Zealand, Permit Application No. 96-013.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Enter Sites of Special Scientific Interest. The applicant proposes
to enter the Arrival Heights and Cape Crozier Sites of Special
Scientific Interest to survey ground control points needed to prepare
up-to-date and detailed site maps for these areas. The work involves
obtaining precise measurements of up to 6 ground control points at each
site. In addition aerial photography above each control point will be
necessary so the control points can be transferred to existing aerial
photography for each site. Access to sites will follow restrictions
outlined in the management plans for each site.
Location
SSSI #2--Arrival Heights, Hut Peninsula, Ross Island, and SSSI #4--Cape
Crozier, Ross Island
Dates
November 1, 1995--January 31, 1996
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-22556 Filed 9-11-95; 8:45 am]
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