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of their cloud data from the other 

customers. 

In this workshop, we will explore 

whether, or in what circumstances, this 

confidence is warranted. 

How To Apply 

If you would like to participate in this 

workshop, please submit (1) a resume or 

curriculum vita of no more than two 

pages which highlights your expertise in 

this area and (2) a one-page paper 

stating your opinion of the assertion and 

outlining your key thoughts on the 

topic. The workshop will accommodate 

no more than 60 participants, so these 

brief documents need to make a 

compelling case for your participation. 

Applications should be submitted 

electronically via e-mail to 

assumptionbusters@nitrd.gov no later 

than 5 p.m. EST on September 21, 2011. 

Selection and Notification: The 

SCORE committee will select an expert 

group that reflects a broad range of 

opinions on the assertion. Accepted 

participants will be notified by e-mail 

no later than October 1, 2011. We 

cannot guarantee that we will contact 

individuals who are not selected, 

though we will attempt to do so unless 

the volume of responses is 

overwhelming. 

Dated: August 17, 2011. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Application Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received Under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the National Science Foundation (NSF) 

has received a waste management 

permit application for operation of a 

field research camp located in ASPA 

#149–Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island 

by the Antarctic Marine Living 

Resources (AMLR) Program, Southwest 

Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 

The application is submitted to NSF 

pursuant to regulations issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application within September 21, 2011. 

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: Dr. 

Polly A. Penhale at the above address or 

(703) 292–8030. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF’s 

Antarctic Waste Regulation, 45 CFR part 

671, requires all U.S. citizens and 

entities to obtain a permit for the use or 

release of a designated pollutant in 

Antarctica, and for the release of waste 

in Antarctica. NSF has received a permit 

application under this Regulation for 

operation of remote research field camp 

at ASPA #149 Cape Shirreff, Livingston 

Island. The camp consists of four 

structures on the beach between Llano 

Point and Sphinx Hill which has been 

in use during the summer since 1977. 

The camp is used to house researchers 

(typically 6 people), provide a base of 

research operations, and allow 

laboratory studies. Biological 

investigation of seabirds and pinnipeds 

is the primary research conducted from 

the camp. 

Designated pollutants would be 

associated with camp operations 

[typically air emissions and waste water 

(urine, grey-water, and human solid 

waste)] and scientific activities 

(typically research materials). All wastes 

would be packaged and removed from 

the site for proper disposal in Chile or 

the U.S. under approved guidelines 

prior to the end of each season. 

In addition, the AMLR Program 

conducts 30–90 days of vessel 

operations in the Antarctic Peninsula 

region. The vessel follows a 

standardized survey grid, and 

depending on the focus any given year, 

additional smaller sections of the region 

are surveyed. During annual surveys, 

the Program deploys drifters and 

expendable bathythermographs (XBT’s) 

to collect hydrographic data. In addition 

to drifters and XBT’s, the AMLR 

Program also deploys and recovers a 

variety of gear that are not intentionally 

released into the environment: 

(1) Conductivity-Temperature-Depth 

profilers (CTD’s) are lowered to collect 

water in attached PCV bottles. Due to 

storms or heavy waves the bottles can be 

broken and release plastic into the 

ocean. 

(2) Fishing nets: (a) Plankton nets 

come in a variety of configurations and 

sizes. The Program has lost a net ad 

frame once every 3–5 years. (B) 

Commercial bottom trawl nets are 

deployed every two to three years. Due 

to the submarine terrain being volcanic, 

ice scoured and highly variable in 

makeup, trawls can be lost if the trawl 

is snagged on boulders or rock 

outcroppings. 

(3) Other gears: Towed or undulating 

instruments (e.g. Continuous plankton 

recorder, Winged Optical Particle 

Counters, towed Current profilers) can 

be lost. In many cases these 

instruments, if lost are buoyant, and can 

be recovered. In other cases, the 

instruments are heavy, and made of 

mostly metal and sink in the rather deep 

water surrounding the Antarctic 

Continent. 

The permit applicant is: George 

Watters, Director, US AMLR Program, 

Southwest Fisheries Service, NOAA, 

8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 

92037 Permit application No. 2012 

WM–001. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21295 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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 

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 September 21, 2011. 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: 

Polly A. Penhale at the above address or 

(703) 292–7420. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 


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