45486 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 169 / Wednesday, September 2, 2009 / Notices 

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 requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

Permit Application No. 2010–008 

1. Applicant: Carlos Gutierrez, One 

Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3354. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. The applicant plans to enter 

Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Crozier 

(ASPA 124), Tramway Ridge (ASPA 

130), Cape Evans (ASPA 155), and 

Backdoor Bay (ASPA 157) to film Adelie 

penguins, scientists working on Mount 

Erebus to capture key science and 

wildlife stories for the Discovery/BBC 

series, ‘‘Frozen Planet’’. 

Location 

Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Crozier 

(ASPA 124), Tramway Ridge (ASPA 

130), Cape Evans (ASPA 155), and 

Backdoor Bay (ASPA 157). 

Dates 

October 12, 2009 to January 25, 2010. 

Permit Application No. 2010–009 

2. Applicant: Alexander Ray Simms, 

Boone Pickens School of Geology, 

Oklahoma State University, 105 

NRC, Stillwater, OK 74078. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. The applicant plans to enter 

Emperor Island, Dion Islands (ASPA 

107), Lagotellerie Island (ASPA 115), 

Avian Island (ASPA 117), Rothera Point, 

Adelaide Island (ASPA 147), Ablation 

Valley, Ganymede Heights (ASPA 147), 

Green Island (ASPA 108), Litchfield 

Island (ASPA 113), Biscoe Point (ASPA 

139), South Bay, Doumer Island (ASPA 

146), East Dallman Bay (ASPA 153), 

Cierva Point (ASPA 134), Western 

Bransfield Strait (ASPA 152), Mount 

Flora, Hope Bay (ASPA 148), Byers 

Peninsula (ASPA 126), Port Foster 

(ASPA 145), Deception Island (ASPA 

140), Cape Shirreff (ASPA 149), Potter 

Peninsula (ASPA 132), Western Shore 

Admiralty Bay (ASPA 128), Lions Rump 

(ASPA 151), Chile Bay (Discovery Bay) 

(ASPA 144), Coppermine Peninsula 

(ASPA 112), Harmony Point (ASPA 

133), Ardley Island (ASPA 150), and 

Fildes Peninsula (ASPA 125) to collect 

surface samples and rocks from the 

beaches in order to reconstruct the 

record of sea-level changes over the last 

10,000 years. A sea-level history from 

multiple sites across the Antarctic 

Peninsula will allow the applicant to 

test models of the ice sheet and its 

response to past sea-level and climate 

change. 

Location 

Cape Royds (ASPA 121), Cape Crozier 

(ASPA 124), Tramway Ridge (ASPA 

130), Cape Evans (ASPA 155), and 

Backdoor Bay (ASPA 157). 

Dates 

February 15, 2010 to May 15, 2010. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

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