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All samples collected would be 

imported into the United States. The 

permit applicant has received a Marine 

Mammal Protection Act permit for the 

proposed activities. To conduct these 

activities, the applicant would enter the 

following Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas: ASPA 113, Litchfield Island; 

ASPA 139, Biscoe Point; ASPA 176, 

Rosenthal Islands; ASPA 117, Avian 

Island; ASPA 170, Charcot Island; ASPA 

107, Dion Islands; and ASPA 115, 

Lagotellerie Island. 

Location 

Antarctic Peninsula region; ASPA 

113, Litchfield Island; ASPA 139, Biscoe 

Point; ASPA 176, Rosenthal Islands; 

ASPA 117, Avian Island; ASPA 170, 

Charcot Island; ASPA 107, Dion Islands; 

and ASPA 115, Lagotellerie Island. 

Dates of Permitted Activities 

March 31, 2023–March 31, 2028. 

Kimiko S. Bowens-Knox, 

Program Analyst, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19467 Filed 9–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a 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 in 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 11, 2023. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–8030. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), 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. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2024–008 

1. Applicant Dr. Heather Lynch, Stony 

Brook University, IACS 163, Stony 

Brook, NY 11794 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Waste Management. The applicant 

seeks an Antarctic Conservation Act 

waste management permit for activities 

associated with penguin population 

surveys in the Western Antarctic 

Peninsula and the South Shetland 

Islands. The applicant proposes using 

battery-powered, quadrotor unmanned 

aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assist in the 

collection of imagery data for a multiscale population census of penguin 

colonies. The UAV will only be flown 

by a pilot with extensive experience. 

Mitigation measures will be put in place 

to prevent loss of aircraft. These 

measures include UAVs being flown by 

a trained pilot in fair-weather 

conditions and having stationed 

observers maintain visual contact with 

the aircraft at all times. The applicant 

proposes various recovery methods in 

the unlikely event that an aircraft is lost 

over land or sea. These measures will 

limit any potential impacts on the 

Antarctic environment. The applicant 

seeks a waste permit to cover any 

accidental release that may result from 

UAV use. 

Location 

King George Island, South Shetland 

Islands; Western Antarctic Peninsula 

Dates of Permitted Activities 

December 1, 2023–March 1, 2024. 

Kimiko S. Bowens-Knox, 

Program Analyst, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19468 Filed 9–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 99902052; NRC–2023–0143] 

NuScale Power, LLC; Carbon Free 

Power Project, LLC; Carbon Free 

Power Project 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Limited work authorization 

application; acceptance for docketing; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has accepted for 

docketing a Limited Work Authorization 

(LWA) application submitted by Carbon 

Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP). CFPP 

plans to conduct certain early 

construction activities at the Idaho 

National Laboratory (INL) complex near 

Idaho Falls, Idaho for which either a 

construction permit or a combined 

license would otherwise be required. 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

13, 2023. Comments received after this 

date will be considered, if it is practical 

to do so, but the Commission is able to 

ensure consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Federal rulemaking website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0143. Address 

questions about Docket IDs to Stacy 

Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; 

email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Omid Tabatabai, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

6616, email: Omid.Tabatabai@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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