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The applicants plan to backpack into

Barwick Valley by foot from the Victoria

Valley and will camp there for a 2–3 day

period.

Location: McMurdo Station, Ross

Island, Antarctica.

Dates: October 20, 1976–February 15,

1998.

2. Applicant: Frederick W. Taylor, Sr.,

Institute for Geophysics, The

University of Texas at Austin, 4412

Spicewood Springs Road, #600,

Austin, TX 78759–8500. Permit

Application: 98–015

Activity for Which Permit is Requested

Enter Specially Protected Area

The applicant requests to enter the

Byers Peninsula, Specially Protected

Area (SPA #3), in order to install a

Global Positioning System (GPS) to

obtain data by passive electronic

recording. The Global Positioning

System (GPS) will be used to measure

horizontal tectonic motion of the Snow

Island-Livingston Island—King George

Island block relative to the Antarctic

Peninsula and relative to sites in South

America. The floor of the Bransfield

Strait is spreading causing an increase

in the distance between this block and

the Antarctic Peninsula at an unknown

rate. There are other active tectonic

boundaries between the Shetland

Islands and South America across

which rates of motion are also not

known. The rates of ongoing motion of

the Snow Island to the King George

block and the role it plays in the

interactions of small tectonic plates

lying between South America and

Antarctica are essential to

understanding regional tectonic

relationships.

The applicant plans to camp at the

site for a 3–4 day period over the next

several years. All items will be removed

from the site, except for a GPS marker,

the six anchor bolts and the witness

post. By returning to each site two or

more times over the next several years,

the applicant can remeasure distances

between sites, determine how much the

distances have changed, and calculate

rates and directions of motion for small

and large tectonic plates in the region.

Location: Byers Peninsula, Livingston

Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

Dates: December 1, 1997–December

31, 2000.

Nadene G. Kennedy,

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.

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Advisory Committee for Biological

Sciences (BIO); Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L., 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Advisory Committee for Biological

Sciences (BIO) (1110).

Date and Time: October 20, 1997, 8:45

a.m.–5:00 p.m.; October 21, 1997; 8:45 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, Room

1235.

Type of Meeting: Open.

Contact Person: Dr. Mary E. Clutter,

Assistant Director, Biological Sciences, Room

605, National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, Tel No.:

(703) 306–1400.

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact

person listed above.

Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory

Committee for BIO provides advice,

recommendations, and oversight concerning

major program emphases, directions, and

goals for the research-related activities of the

divisions that make up BIO.

Agenda: Long-Term Planning.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Advisory Panel for Biomolecular

Processes; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Advisory Panel for Biomolecular

Process—(5138) (Panel B).

Date and Time: Wednesday, Thursday, and

Friday, October 22–24, 1997 8:30 a.m. to 5:00

p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Room 310, Arlington, VA

22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Dr. Susan Porter Ridley,

Assistant Program Manager for Biochemistry

of Gene Expression, Room 655, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, Virginia 22230. (703/306–1441).

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate research

proposals submitted to the Biochemistry of

Gene Expression Program as part of the

selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Advisory Panel for Biomolecular

Structure and Function; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Advisory Panel for Biomolecular

Structure and Function—(1134) (Panel B).

Date and Time: Monday, Tuesday, and

Wednesday, October 20, 21, and 22, 1997

8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Room 360, Arlington, VA

22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Drs. Kamal Shukla &

Dagmar Ringe, Program Directors for

Molecular Biophysics, Room 655, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, Virginia 22230. (703/306–1444).

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate research

proposals submitted to the Molecular

Biophysics Program as part of the selection

process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

M. Rebecca Winkler,

Committee Management Officer.

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Advisory Panel for Cell Biology; Notice

of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.