Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 3, 2000 / Notices 59025

Record keeping: States are required to

follow their State laws regarding public

record retention in retaining BAM paid

and denied claims records.

Affected Public: Individuals;

Businesses; Other for-profit/not-forprofit organizations; Farms; Federal,

State, Local, and Tribal Governmental

entities.

Frequency: Weekly.

Total Respondents: 1,395 per week

(includes claimants, employers, third

parties, and SESA BAM/DCA staff).

Total Responses: 72,540 per year (52

State Agencies/1,395 per State; includes

claimants, employers, third parties, and

SESA DCA staff).

Estimated Time Per Response:

Claimant—0.5 hours; Employers and

Third Parties—0.5 hours; SESA BAM/

DCA staff—6.67 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 180,375 hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$1,014,000 (52 State Agencies/$19,500

per State).

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $4,264,000 (annual)

(approximately $82,000 per State).

Comments submitted in response to

this request will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the information collection

request; they will also become a matter

of public record.

Signed in Washington, D.C., on September

26, 2000.

Grace A. Kilbane,

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.

[FR Doc. 00–25354 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–U

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permit Applications Received

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act

of 1978 (P.L. 95–541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Modification

Received under the Antarctic

Conservation Act of 1978, P.L. 95–541.

SUMMARY: The National Science

foundation (NSF) is required to publish

a notice of requests to modify permits

issued 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 a requested permit modification.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to

submit written data, comments, or

views with respect to this permit

application on or before November 2,

200. 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:

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 (Public Law 95–541), has

developed regulations that implement

the ‘‘Agreed Measures for the

Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and

Flora’’ for all United States citizens. The

Agreed Measures, developed by the

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties,

recommended 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 Specially Protected

Areas and Sites of Special Scientific

Interest.

DESCRIPTION OF PERMIT MODIFICATION

REQUESTED: The Foundation issued a

permit (2000–004) to Dr. Paul J.

Ponganis on September 21, 1999. The

issued permit allows the applicant to

capture up to 60 Emperor adults and 55

Emperor chicks for collection of

samples and application of various

depth recorders, physiological recorders

or video cameras to study the

thermoregulation and underwater

behavior of Emporer penguins.

The applicant proposes to access the

Cape Crozier Antarctic Specially

Protected Area #124 to census Emperor

penguin chicks.

LOCATION: ASPA 124—Cape Crozier,

Ross Island.

Dates: November 15, 2000 to February 28,

2002.

Nadene G. Kennedy,

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–25380 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P

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 Dranitsyn for the 2000–2001

season and four 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 on or before November 2,

2000. 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:

Joyce A. Jatko or Nadene Kennedy 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 up to nine expeditions per

year to Antarctica. During each trip,

passengers are taken ashore at selected

sites by Zodiac (rubber raft) or

helicopter for approximately two to four

hours at a time. On each helicopters

landing, emergency gear would be taken

ashore in case weather deteriorates and

passengers are required to camp on

shore. Anything taken ashore will be

removed from Antarctica and disposed

of in Ushuaia, Argentina, Port Stanley,

Falkland Islands, or a substitute port of

disembarkation. No hazardous domestic

products or wastes (aerosol cans, paints,

solvents, etc.) will be brought ashore.

Cooking stoves/fuel will be used only in

an emergency were passengers are

forced to spend night on shore.

Conditions of the permit would include

requirements to report on the removal of

materials and any accidental releases,

and management of all waste, including

human waste, in accordance with

Antarctic waste regulations.

Applications for the permit is made

by: Lars Winkander, Quark Expeditions,

Inc., 980 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820.

LOCATION: Antarctic Peninsula Area.