54842 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 19, 2006 / Notices 

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, Pub. L. 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 19, 2006. 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: Dr. 

Polly A. Penhale 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: 

1. Applicant: Charles D. Amsler, Jr. 

(Permit Application No. 2007–002), 

Department of Biology, University of 

Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294–

1170. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Introduce a non-indigenous 

species into Antarctica, and import into 

the U.S.A. The applicant plans to return 

cultures, collected in Antarctica, of 

filamentous macroalgae and diatoms to 

Antarctica for use in feeding bioassays. 

The amphipods are offered algae from 

culture and extractor bioassays where 

the effects of secondary metabolites 

extracted from large macroalgae are 

measured onalgae from culture. These 

cultures will be autoclaved at the 

conclusion of the field season. The 

applicant also plans to collect 

filamentous brown algal endophytes for 

return to the U.S. for identification and 

additional extract bioassays. They will 

be maintained in culture at the 

University of Alabama, Birmingham. 

Location: Palmer Station, Antarctica. 

Dates: January 1, 2007 to July 31, 

2008. 

2. Applicant: Rennie S. Holt (Permit 

Application No. 2007–003), Director, 

AMLR Program, Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 8604 La Jolla 

Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92038. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Take, Enter Antarctic 

Specially Protected Area, and Import 

into the U.S. The applicant plans to 

census and capture up to 600 pup, 50 

juvenile and 60 adult Antarctic fur 

seals, and 20 leopard seals for the 

purpose of tagging, instrumentation, 

extraction of blood, and milk samples. 

The samples collected will further the 

study of attendance, diving, foraging, 

diet, age determination, pathology and 

long-term monitoring of Leopard and 

Antarctic fur seals at Cape Shirreff 

Antarctic Specially Protected Area. In 

addition the applicant plans to capture, 

band and release up to 1500 Chinstrap 

penguins, 500 Gentoo penguins, 100 

Cape Petrels, Giant Petrels, Sheathbills, 

and Kelp gulls, 200 South Polar Skuas 

and Brown Skuas, and Blue Eyed Shags. 

The applicant plans to salvage carcasses 

and bones of dead animals found on the 

beach. Collected samples and dead 

specimens will be returned to the U.S. 

for further study. 

Location: Cape Shirreff, Livingston 

Island (ASMA #149) (including San 

Telmo Islands), Seal Island, and King 

George Island. 

Dates: November 1, 2006 to April 30, 

2011. 

3. Applicant: Bruce D. Sidell, (Permit 

Application No. 2007–007), School of 

Marine Sciences, University of Maine, 

Orono, MA 04469–5751. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Take, Introduce Nonindigenous Species into Antarctica, and 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Area. The applicant proposes to use 

frozen fish bait (M. magellanicus and D. 

eleginoides), purchased in Chile, in 

frozen 10–15 kg blocks for use in fish 

traps/pots to capture Antarctic fishes for 

physiology and biochemistry studies. 

Location: Western Bransfield Strait 

(ASPA #152) and East Dallman Bay 

(ASPA #153). 

Dates: April 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007. 

4. Applicant: Brenda Hall (Permit 

Application No. 2007–009), Climate 

Change Institute, University of Maine, 

Orono, ME 04469. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Area. The applicant proposes 

to enter the New College Valley, Cape 

Bird Specially Protected Area (ASPA 

#116) to dig small (<1 m) pits and 

excavate seal hair/skin and, if present, 

penguin bones. Pits will be backfilled 

and surface material replaced. By 

examining abandoned colonies, the 

applicant can reconstruct the seal and 

penguin populations over time and 

identify when these animals were not 

present in the Ross Sea area. It has been 

determined that elephant seals had used 

the Scott Coast but heavy ice conditions 

caused them to shift locations. The 

applicant wishes to search the Cape 

Bird area for elephant seals remains. 

The excavated samples will help to 

determine if elephant seals had 

previously occupied Cape Bird. 

Location: New College Valley, Cape 

Bird (ASPA #116), Ross Island. 

Dates: December 20, 2006 to February 

20, 2007. 

5. Applicant: Robert A. Blanchette, 

(Permit Application No. 2007–010), 

495 Borlaug Hall, 991 Upper Buford 

Circle, University of Minnesota, St. 

Paul, MN 55018–6030. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Areas. The applicant proposes 

enter historic sites to investigate the 

biological and non-biological 

deterioration processes to help develop 

conservation plans to preserve 

important historic structures and 

artifacts in Antarctica. Sampling of 

wood, soil, and other organic materials 

will be done to assess and characterize 

microbial populations at the various 

sites. 

Location: Historic huts of the Ross 

Sea: Discovery Hut (ASPA 157); Cape 

Evans (ASPA 154); Cape Royds (ASPA 

156); and, Cape Adare. Peninsula 

historic artifacts at Deception Island, 

Livingston Island, East Base ND E 

Station at Stonington Island, Port 

Lockroy, Wordie House (Faraday), 

Detaille Island, Horseshoe Island and 

Blaiklock Island. 

Dates: September 1, 2006 to 

September 30, 2009. 

6. Applicant: Same Feola, (Permit 

Application No. 2007–015), Program 

Director, Raytheon Polar Service 


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Company, 7400 S. Tuscon Way, 

Centennial, CO 80112. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Areas. The applicant proposes 

that it’s two chartered vessels, Nathaniel 

B. Palmer and Laurence M. Gould, will 

transit, when necessary, through the 

following Marine Specially Protected 

Areas: Port Foster, Deception Island 

(ASPA 145), Western Bransfield Strait 

(ASPA 152), and East Dallman Bay 

(ASPA 153). Transit through these areas 

are for scientific purposes and the sites 

will be avoided whenever possible. 

Location: Port Foster, Deception 

Island (ASPA 145), Western Bransfield 

Strait (ASPA 152), and East Dallman 

Bay (ASPA 153). 

Dates: September 1, 2006 to 

September 30, 2011. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 06–7740 Filed 9–18–06; 8:45 am] 

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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, Pub. L. 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 19, 2006. 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 requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

1. Applicant: Mahlon C. Kennicutt, II 

(Permit Application No. 2007–012), 

Director, Sustainable Development, 

Office of the Vice President for 

Research, 1112 TAMU, College 

Station, TX 77843–1112. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Take, Enter Antarctic 

Specially Protected Area, and Import 

into the U.S.A. The applicant plans to 

enter the Arrival Heights Antarctic 

Specially Protected Area (ASPA #122) 

for the purpose of collecting soil 

samples and permafrost measurements 

as part of an ongoing environmental 

monitoring program. The applicant also 

plans to use Bratina Island as a control 

site. 

Location: Bratina Island and Arrival 

Heights (ASPA #122). 

Dates: November 21, 2006 to 

December 31, 2006. 

2. Applicant: Evan Bloom (Permit 

Application No. 2007–013), OES/OA, 

Rm. 2665, Department of State, 2201 

C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Area. The applicant plans to 

enter the Cape Shirreff Antarctic 

Specially Protected Area #149 for the 

purpose of conducting an Antarctic 

Treaty Inspection of the Chilean Field 

Camp of Guillermo Mann and the U.S. 

(NOAA) Cape Shirreff Field Station. 

Location: Cape Shirreff, Livingston 

Island (ASMA #149). 

Dates: November 12, 2006 to 

December 1, 2006. 

3. Applicant: Kam W. Tang (Permit 

Application No. 2007–014), Virginia 

Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 

1346, 1208 Greate Road, Gloucester 

Point, VA 23062. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Introduce Non-indigenous 

Species into Antarctica, Take and 

Import into the U.S.A. The applicant 

proposes to bring previously caught 

Antarctic phytoplankton (Phaeocystis 

Antarctica, Ciliate—species unknown, 

Rhodomonas salina and Dunaliella 

tertiolecta) to Crary Lab at McMurdo 

Station for use in a series of incubation 

experiments to determine the growth, 

photosynthetic activities and trophic 

processes under controlled conditions. 

All experiments will be conducted 

using contained incubators. All cultures 

will be properly disposed of at the end 

of the field season. The applicant also 

plans to collect 50 L of phytoplankton 

for scientific study in the U.S. 

Location: Crary Lab, McMurdo 

Station, Antarctica. 

Dates: December 1, 2006 to February 

28, 2008. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 06–7748 Filed 9–18–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M 

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 

remote field support and emergency 

provisions for the Expedition Vessel, 

Kapitan Khlebnikov for the 2006–2007 

season and two following austral 

summers. 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 by October 19, 2006. 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, Environmental Officer 

at the above address or (703) 292–8030. 

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: NSF’s 

Antarctic Waste Regulation, 45 CFR Part 

671, requires all U.S. citizens and 

entities to obtain a permit for 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 

the operation of up to nine expeditions 

per year to Antarctica. During each trip, 

passengers are taken ashore at selected 


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