[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 174 (Thursday, September 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21795]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


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.

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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 this permit application by October 13, 2009. 
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 (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 a 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. 2010-011

1. Applicant: Daniel P. Costa, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary 
Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab, 100 
Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Take and Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. The applicant 
plans to enter Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Beaufort Island (ASPA 105), New 
College Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird (ASPA 116), Cape Royds (ASPA 
121), Northwest White Island (ASPA 137), Botany Bay (ASPA 154), Cape 
Evans (ASPA 155), Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds (ASPA 157), Terra Nova Bay 
(ASPA 161), and Edmonson Point, Wood Bay (ASPA 165) to locate seals. Up 
to 40 Weddell, Crabeater, Ross, Leopard and Elephant seal pups will be 
captured annually and will be instrumented with Sea Mammal Research 
Units (SMRU) Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Satellite Relay Data Logger 
(CTD-SRDL) tags to monitor overwinter dive behaviors and oceanography. 
The tags will be applied with epoxy. In addition, the seals will be 
flipper tagged, dye marked, blood, tissue and whisker samples 
collected, weighed, length and girth measured, and body condition 
determined by morphometric measurements.

Location

    Cape Crozier (ASPA 124), Beaufort Island (ASPA 105), New College 
Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird (ASPA 116), Cape Royds (ASPA 121), 
Northwest White Island (ASPA 137), Botany Bay (ASPA 154), Cape Evans 
(ASPA 155), Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds (ASPA 157), Terra Nova Bay (ASPA 
161), and Edmonson Point, Wood Bay (ASPA 165).

Dates

    January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-21795 Filed 9-9-09; 8:45 am]
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