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this RFI will have no competitive 

advantage in receiving any awards 

related to the submitted input on a 

potential space weather-related research 

priority. 

Confidential Information: Some 

contents of the submissions may be 

made public. Therefore, responses must 

be unclassified and should not contain 

any information that might be 

considered proprietary, confidential, 

business sensitive, or personally 

identifying (such as home address or 

social security number). 

Instructions: One page documents per 

topic, multiple documents are allowed. 

Reponses must include the following 

sections; (1) Title—short and 

descriptive, (2) Brief Summary of 

Impacts—a bulleted list of systems 

impacted by the potential study, (3) 

Description—a succinct discussion of 

the topic, its importance, and relevant 

supporting evidence or arguments, (4) 

5–10 year Imperatives—a bulleted list of 

the steps necessary to carry out the 

research including comments on 

relative importance to other. A section 

including references can be added if 

needed. Responses should follow the 

template outlined below. Responses 

may be no longer than 1 page type 

written in 12-point font. 

Response Template 

Title of the priority 

Brief Summary of Impacts 

• One sentence summary of impact 1 

• One sentence summary of impact 2 

Background and Relevance 

A few paragraphs explaining the 

background of the space weather 

research priority, its relevance to 

SWAP Goal 5.5.1 and supporting 

justification of why this is a high 

priority issue. 

5–10 Year Goals 

Over the next 5 to 10 years it is 

imperative to: 

• One sentence summary of goal 1 

• One sentence summary of goal 2 

References 

Include essential references only 

References: 

National Space Weather Strategy, https://

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/ 

default/files/microsites/ostp/final_

nationalspaceweatherstrategy_

20151028.pdf. 

National Space Weather Action Plan, https:// 

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/ 

default/files/microsites/ostp/final_

nationalspaceweatheractionplan_

20151028.pdf. 

Dated: January 2, 2018 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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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 

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required notice of permit applications 

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views with respect to this permit 

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interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

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designation of certain animals and 

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establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2018–030 

1. Applicant: Sarah Eppley, Portland 

State University, Department of Biology, 

PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas (ASPAs), sample collection and 

import into the USA. The applicant 

proposes to collect moss and soil 

samples from ASPAs to investigate how 

warming will affect Antarctic moss 

terrestrial ecosystems. Moss and soil 

samples, up to 3 cm deep, would be 

collected using a metal 2 cubic 

centimeter coring device. Up to 180 

samples total from each of seven 

different moss species and up to 400 

total soil samples will be collected. 

Sample collection would require access 

to APSA in the South Shetland Islands. 

The samples would be imported back to 

the home university. 

Location 

ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula, King 

George Island, including Zone 125c, 

Glacier Dome Belligshausen (Collins 

Glacier); ASPA 150, Ardley Island, 

Maxwell Bay, Antarctic Peninsula; 

ASPA 126, Byers Peninsula, Livingston 

Island. 

Dates of Permitted Activities 

January 30–June 30, 2018. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

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