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5. Date: October 22, 2009 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 415. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for United States History 

and Culture II in Preservation and 

Access Humanities Collection and 

Reference Resources, submitted to the 

Division of Preservation and Access at 

the July 15, 2009 deadline. 

6. Date: October 26, 2009 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 421. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Anthropology in 

America’s Historical and Cultural 

Organizations Grants Program, 

submitted to the Division of Public 

Programs at the August 26, 2009 

deadline. 

7. Date: October 27, 2009. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 421. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for U.S. History in 

America’s Media Makers Grants 

Program, submitted to the Division of 

Public Programs at the August 26, 2009 

deadline. 

8. Date: October 27, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 415. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for United States History 

and Culture III in Preservation and 

Access Humanities Collection and 

Reference Resources, submitted to the 

Division of Preservation and Access at 

the July 15, 2009 deadline. 

9. Date: October 28, 2009. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 421. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for World Cultures in 

America’s Media Makers Grants 

Program, submitted to the Division of 

Public Programs at the August 26, 2009 

deadline. 

10. Date: October 29, 2009. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 421. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for American and Cultural 

Studies in America’s Historical and 

Cultural Organizations Grants Program, 

submitted to the Division of Public 

Programs at the August 26, 2009 

deadline. 

11. Date: October 29, 2009. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 415. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for World Studies I in 

Preservation and Access Humanities 

Collection and Reference Resources, 

submitted to the Division of 

Preservation and Access at the July 15, 

2009 deadline. 

12. Date: October 30, 2009. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 421. 

Program: This meeting, which will be 

by teleconference, will review 

applications for Projects in Libraries and 

Community Centers in America’s 

Historical and Cultural Organizations 

Grants Program, submitted to the 

Division of Public Programs at the 

August 26, 2009 deadline. 

Michael P. McDonald, 

Advisory Committee, Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21900 Filed 9–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

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. 

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) ConductivityTemperature-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. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

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 


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Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

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 as requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

1. Applicant, Permit Application No. 

2010–010, Christopher A. Linder, 6548 

31st Ave., NE., Seattle, WA 98115. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. The applicant plans to enter Cape 

Crozier (ASPA 124) and New College 

Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird 

(ASPA 116) to take still photographs, 

video and audio recordings to document 

the natural history of the South Polar 

Skuas nesting in these two locations 

near penguin rookeries. 

Location 

Cape Crozier (ASPA 124) and New 

College Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape 

Bird (ASPA 116). 

Dates 

December 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 030–34325; NRC–2009–0392] 

Notice of Environmental Assessment 

Related to the Issuance of a License 

Amendment to Master Materials 

License 03–23853–01va, for 

Unrestricted Release of Two Buildings 

at Veterans Affairs Facility in Iowa City, 

IA 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Issuance of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Streit, Health Physicist, Materials 

Control, ISFSI, and Decommissioning 

Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials 

Safety, Region III, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, 2443 

Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532; 

Telephone: (630) 829–9621; fax number: 

(630) 515–1259; or by e-mail at 

Katherine.Streit@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is proposing to 

amend a materials permit held under 

Master Byproduct Materials License No. 

03–23853–01VA. The permit is held by 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (the 

Licensee), for its Veteran Affairs (VA) 

Medical Center located in Iowa City, 

Iowa. Issuance of the amendment would 

authorize release of Buildings 3 and 28 

(the Facilities) for unrestricted use. The 

Licensee will continue its operation of 

other facilities under this permit and its 

master materials license. The Licensee 

requested this action in a letter dated 

March 19, 2009 (ML090910183). The 

NRC has prepared an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) in support of this 

proposed action in accordance with the 

requirements of Title 10, Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51 (10 

CFR Part 51). Based on the EA, the NRC 

has concluded that a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) is 

appropriate with respect to the 

proposed action. The amendment will 

be issued to the Licensee following the 

publication of this FONSI and EA in the 

Federal Register. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Identification of Proposed Action 

The proposed action would approve 

the Licensee’s March 19, 2009, materials 

permit amendment request, resulting in 

release of the Facilities for unrestricted 

use. License No. 03–23853–01VA was 

issued on March 17, 2003, pursuant to 

10 CFR Parts 30 and 35, and has been 

amended periodically since that time. 

This master license authorizes the 

Licensee to use byproduct materials at 

several Licensee facilities around the 

country, as authorized on a site-specific 

basis by permits issued by the 

Licensee’s National Radiation Safety 

Committee. Under the license, the 

permits authorize the use of by-product 

materials for various medical and 

veterinary purposes, and for portable 

gauges. 

Under the master materials license 

permit, buildings 3 and 28 were used as 

two research labs located at the VA 

Medical Center in Iowa City, IA. 

Building 3 is a two-story building 

containing 28301 gross square feet of 

space. Building 28 is a one-story 

building containing 6099 gross square 

feet of space. Radioactive materials were 

used for non-medical research starting 

in 1980 for Building 3 and in 1987 for 

Building 28. Both buildings contained 

research laboratories, office space, and 

other mechanical support areas. 

Building 3 additionally contained 

laboratory ventilation exhaust fans, 

chemical diffusers, and storage space. 

The licensee ceased licensed activities 

at the Facilities in the spring of 2007 

and conducted a final status survey and 

decontamination of the facilities in 

August 2007. 

Based on the licensee’s historical 

knowledge of the site and the conditions 

of Buildings 3 and 28, the licensee 

determined that only routine 

decontamination activities, in 

accordance with their NRC approved, 

operating radiation safety procedures, 

were required. The licensee was not 

required to submit a decommissioning 

plan the NRC because worker cleanup 

activities and procedures are consistent 

with those approved for routine 

operations. The licensee conducted 

surveys of Buildings 3 and 28 and 

provided information to the NRC to 

demonstrate that Buildings 3 and 28 

meet the criteria in Subpart E of 10 CFR 

Part 20 for unrestricted release. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The licensee has ceased conducting 

licensed activities at the facilities, and 


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