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given that a meeting of the Arts 

Advisory Panel, Partnerships section 

(Regional Partnership Agreements 

category) to the National Council on the 

Arts will be held by teleconference from 

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST on January 

25, 2005 from Room 710 at the Nancy 

Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506. 

This meeting will be open. 

Any person may observe meetings, or 

portions thereof, of advisory panels that 

are open to the public, and if time 

allows, may be permitted to participate 

in the panel’s discussions at the 

discretion of the panel chairman. 

If you need special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact the 

Office of AccessAbility, National 

Endowment for the Arts, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506, (202) 682–5532, 

TDY–TDD (202) 682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

this meeting can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call (202) 682–5691.

Dated: December 14, 2004. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; Arts 

Advisory Panel 

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the Arts 

Advisory Panel, Museums section 

(Access to Artistic Excellence category) 

to the National Council on the Arts will 

be held by teleconference from 1:30 

p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST on January 12, 

2005 from Room 728 at the Nancy 

Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506. 

This meeting will be closed. 

This meeting is for the purpose of 

Panel review, discussion, evaluation, 

and recommendations on financial 

assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of April 30, 2003, these sessions will be 

closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Further information with reference to 

this meeting can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call (202) 682–5691.

Dated: December 9, 2004. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permits issued under 

the Antarctic Conservation of 1978, Pub. 

L. 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, 

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

9, 2004, the National Science 

Foundation published a notice in the 

Federal Register of a permit application 

received. The permit was issued on 

December 14, 2004 to: Rennie S. Holt; 

Permit No. 2005–013.

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 (Public Law 95–541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation

ACTION: Notice of Permit Modification 

Received under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: 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 a requested permit modification.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by January 19, 2004. 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) 292–7405.

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 as requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Description of Permit Modification 

Requested: The Foundation issued a 

permit (2000–001) to Dr. Steven Emslie 

on September 21, 1999. The issued 

permit allows the applicant to enter 

various Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas on an opportunistic basis to 

conduct surveys and excavate modern 

and abandoned penguin colonies. The 

permit also allows for the collection of 

organic remains (bones, feathers, 

eggshell fragments, etc.). 

The applicant requests a modification 

to his permit to allow access to the 

Antarctic Specially Protected Area at 

Cape Adare (ASPA #158) and associated 

huts and artifacts to collect historic 

penguin tissue. 

Location: ASPA 158—Huts and 

Associated Artifacts, Cape Adare. 

Dates: January 1, 2005, to January 31, 

2005.

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.

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