[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 204 (Friday, October 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63101-63102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27074]


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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, Public Law 95-541.

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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 November 17, 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: 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), 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 requiring special protection. The regulations 
establish such a permit system to designate Specially Protected Areas 
and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
    The applications received are as follows:

1. Applicant

    Colin M. Harris, Director, Environmental Research And Assessment, 
British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, High Cross, Cambridge CB3 
OET, United Kingdom
[Permit application No. 2001-023]
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take and Enter Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas. The applicant is undertaking a project, 
supported by the National Antarctic Programs of the U.S. and U.K., to 
revise the Management Plans of several Antarctic Specially Protected 
Areas. The applicant will access these sites to: verify, describe and 
map features of the areas; conduct an on-site assessment of the 
features under protection; describe scientific work conducted at the 
site; assess whether the area continues to serve the purpose for which 
it was designated; identify and map, using GPS, the protected area 
boundaries; and, define designated photo points for covering the most 
import features of the site. In addition, the applicant will collect 
plant and soil samples from within the sites for later analysis to 
determine identity of the soil's vegetation and invertebrates.
    Location: ASPA 107--Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, ASPA 108--Green 
Island, Berthelot Islands, ASPA 113--Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, 
Palmer

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Archipelago, ASPA 115--Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay, ASPA 117--
Avian Island, Marguerite Bay, ASPA 126--Byers Peninsula, Livingston 
Island, ASPA 139--Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, ASPA 
147--Ablation Point-Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island, ASPA 148--Mount 
Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, ASPA 149--Cape Shireff, 
Livingston Island, South Shetlands, ASPA 153-- East Dallmann Bay, off 
Brabant Island.

    Dates: January 1, 2001 to March 31, 2001.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-27074 Filed 10-19-00; 8:45 am]
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