[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 23766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9587]


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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 under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

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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 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 May 21, 2012. 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 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: 2013-002

    1. Applicant: Paul Morin, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 
University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE., Minneapolis, MN 
55455.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA's), The applicant 
plans to enter ASPA 116-New College Valley, Cape Bird; ASPA 121-Cape 
Royds; ASPA 124-Cape Crozier; and, ASPA 155-Cape Evans to collect 
ground control points with highly precise GPS equipment. Their activity 
will include hiking within each area to readily-identify boulders, 
peaks, etc., gathering precise GPS coordinates of that location, and 
taking notes and pictures of the surrounding area. Other activities 
would include delineating boundaries of penguin colonies, ASPAs, and 
important environmental features. The data collected will be used to 
create updated and accurate maps of areas of important scientific and 
environmental importance within the Ross Sea region. The collected 
imagery will used for further scientific analysis.

Location

    ASPA 116-New College Valley, Cape Bird; ASPA 121-Cape Royds; ASPA 
124-Cape Crozier; and, ASPA 155-Cape Evans.

Dates

    October 10, 2012 to January 31, 2013.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-9587 Filed 4-19-12; 8:45 am]
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