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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

45 CFR Part 670 

Conservation of Antarctic Animals and 

Plants 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, The National 

Science Foundation (NSF) is amending 

its regulations to designate additional 

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 

(ASPA). Also, NSF is adding to this rule 

in Antarctica designated by the Treaty 

Parties as Antarctic Specially Managed 

Areas (ASMA) and Historical Sites or 

Monuments (HSM). These additions 

only reflect measures already adopted 

by the Antarctic Treaty parties at 

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings 

(ATCM). Finally, the regulation is being 

revised to correct some typographical 

and numbering errors. 

DATES: November 14, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bijan Gilanshah, Office of the General 

Counsel, at 703–292–8060, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington, 

Virginia 22230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as 

amended, (‘‘ACA’’) (16 U.S.C. 2401 et 

seq.) implements the Protocol on 

Environmental Protection to the 

Antarctic Treaty (‘‘the Protocol’’). 

Annex II of the Protocol contains 

provisions for conservation of native 

Antarctic plants and animals. Annex V 

contains provisions for the protection of 

specially designated areas. Section 2405 

of title 16 of the ACA directs the 

Director of the National Science 

Foundation to issue such regulations as 

are necessary and appropriate to 

implement Annexes II and V to the 

Protocol. 

The Antarctic Treaty Parties 

periodically adopt measures to establish 

additional specially protected areas, 

specially managed areas and historical 

sites or monuments in Antarctica. This 

rule is being revised to add two 

additional Antarctic specially protected 

areas, all specially managed areas and a 

comprehensive list of designated 

historical sites and monuments in 

Antarctica. The revisions also reiterate 

the ACA’s prohibition on entering or 

engaging in activities within an 

Antarctic Specially Protected Area 

unless authorized by permit as well as 

the ACA’s blanket prohibition on 

damaging, removing or destroying a 

Historic Site or Monument. No public 

comment is needed the addition of these 

areas or sites merely implements 

measures adopted by the Treaty Parties 

at various ATCM meetings. 

Finally, these amendments correct 

typographical errors in the names and 

numerical listings of several specially 

protected areas previously published in 

§ 670.29. 

Determinations 

NSF has determined, under the 

criteria set forth in Executive Order 

12866, that this rule is not a significant 

regulatory action requiring review by 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

This rule involves a foreign affairs 

function of the United States and is, 

therefore, exempt from the notice 

requirements of section 553 of the 

Administrative Procedures Act and from 

regulatory flexibility analysis 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. 

Although this rule is exempt from the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, it has 

nonetheless been determined that this 

rule will not have a significant impact 

on a substantial number of small 

businesses. For purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), these amendments to the 

existing regulations do not change the 

collection of information requirements 

contained in NSF’s existing regulations, 

which have already been approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 670 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Antarctica, Exports, Imports, 

Plants, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Wildlife. 

Dated: October 12, 2005. 

Lawrence Rudolph, 

General Counsel. 

■ Pursuant to the authority granted by 

16 U.S.C. 2405(a)(1), NSF hereby 

amends 45 CFR Part 670 as set forth 

below: 

PART 670—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 670 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2405, as amended. 

■ 2. Section 670.29 is revised to read as 

follows: 

§ 670.29 Designation of Antarctic specially 

protected areas, specially managed areas 

and historic sites and monuments. 

The following areas have been 

designated by the Antarctic Treaty 

Parties for special protection and are 

hereby designated as Antarctic Specially 

Protected Areas (ASPA). The Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, as amended, 

prohibits, unless authorized by a permit, 

any person from entering or engaging in 

activities within an ASPA. Detailed 

maps and descriptions of the sites and 

complete management plans can be 

obtained from the National Science 

Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, 

National Science Foundation, Room 

755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, 

Virginia 22230. 

ASPA 101 Taylor Rookery, Mac. 

Robertson Land, East Antarctica 

ASPA 102 Rookery Islands, Holme 

Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, East 

Antarctica 

ASPA 103 Ardery Island and Odbert 

Island, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East 

Antarctica 

ASPA 104 Sabrina Island, Balleny 

Islands 

ASPA 105 Beaufort Island, Ross Sea 

(see ASPA 124) 

ASPA 106 Cape Hallett, Victoria Land 

ASPA 107 Emperor Island, Dion 

Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic 

Peninsula (see Measure 1, 2002) 

ASPA 108 Green Island, Berthelot 

Islands, Antarctic Peninsula 

ASPA 109 Moe Island, South Orkney 

Islands 

ASPA 110 Lynch Island, South Orkney 

Islands 

ASPA 111 Southern Powell Island and 

adjacent Islands, South Orkney 

Islands 

ASPA 112 Coppermine Peninsula, 

Robert Island, South Shetland Islands 

ASPA 113 Litchfield Island, Arthur 

Harbour, Anvers Island, Palmer 

Archipelago 

ASPA 114 Northern Coronation Island, 

South Orkney Islands 

ASPA 115 Lagotellerie Island, 

Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula 

ASPA 116 ‘New College Valley’, 

Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross 

Island 

ASPA 117 Avian Island, off Adelaide 

Island, Antarctic Peninsula 

ASPA 118 ‘Cryptogam Ridge’, Mount 

Melbourne, Victoria Land 

ASPA 119 Davis Valley and Forlidas 

Pond Pond, Dufek Massif 

ASPA 120 ‘Pointe-Ge ́ologie 

Archipelego’, Terre Ade ́lie 

ASPA 121 Cape Royds, Ross Island 

ASPA 122 Arrival Heights, Hut Point 

Peninsula, Ross Island 

ASPA 123 Barwick and Balham 

Valleys (see Measure 1, 2002), 

Victoria Land 

ASPA 124 Cape Crozier, Ross Island 

ASPA 125 Fildes Peninsula, King 

George Island, South Shetland Islands 

ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, Livingston 

Island, South Shetland Islands 

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ASPA 127 Haswell Island 

ASPA 128 Western shore of Admiralty 

Bay, King George Island 

ASPA 129 Rothera Point, Adelaide 

Island 

ASPA 130 ‘Tramway Ridge’, Mount 

Erebus, Ross Island 

ASPA 131 Canada Glacier, Lake 

Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land 

ASPA 132 Potter Peninsula, ‘25 de 

Mayo’ (King George) Island, South 

Shetland Islands 

ASPA 133 Harmony Point, west coast 

of Nelson Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

ASPA 134 Cierva Point and offshore 

islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic 

Peninsula 

ASPA 135 North-eastern Bailey 

Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land 

ASPA 136 Clark Peninsula, Budd 

Coast, Wilkes Land 

ASPA 137 Northwest White Island, 

McMurdo Sound 

ASPA 138 Linnaeus Terrace, Asgaard 

Range, Victoria Land 

ASPA 139 Biscoe Point, Anvers Island 

ASPA 140 Parts of Deception Island, 

South Shetland Islands 

ASPA 141 ‘Yukidori Valley’, 

Langhovde, Lu ̈tzow-Holmbukta 

ASPA 142 Svarthamaren, Mu ̈hligHofmannfjella, Dronning Maud Land 

ASPA 143 Marine Plain, Mule 

Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Princess 

Elizabeth Land 

ASPA 144 ‘Chile Bay’ (Discovery Bay), 

Greenwich Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

ASPA 145 Port Foster, Deception 

Island, South Shetland Islands 

ASPA 146 South Bay, Doumer Island, 

Palmer Archipelago 

ASPA 147 Ablation Valley-Ganymede 

Heights, Alexander Island 

ASPA 148 Mount Flora, Hope Bay, 

Antaractic Peninsula 

ASPA 149 Cape Shirreff and San 

Telmo Island, Livingston Island, 

South Shetland Islands 

ASPA 150 Ardley Island, Maxwell 

Bay, King George Island 

ASPA 151 Lions Rump, King George 

Island, South Shetland Islands 

ASPA 152 Western Bransfield Strait 

off Low Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

ASPA 153 Eastern Dallmann Bay off 

Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago 

ASPA 154 Botany Bay, Cape Geology, 

Victoria Land 

ASPA 155 Cape Evans, Ross Island 

ASPA 156 Lewis Bay, mount Erebus, 

Ross Island 

ASPA 157 Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, 

Ross Island 

ASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island 

ASPA 159 Cape Adare, Borchgrevink 

Coast 

ASPA 160 Frazier Islands, Wilkes 

Land, East Antarctica (see Measure 2, 

2003) 

ASPA 161 Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea 

ASPA 162 Mawson’s Huts, 

Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, 

East Antarctica (see Measure 2, 2004) 

ASPA 163 Dakshin Gangotri Glacier, 

Dronning Maud Land 

ASPA 164 Scullin and Murray 

Monoliths, Mac. Robertson Land, East 

Antarctica 

(b) The following areas have been 

designated by the Antarctic Treaty 

Parties for special management and 

have been designated as Antarctic 

Specially Managed Areas (ASMA). 

Detailed maps and descriptions of the 

sites and complete management plans 

can be obtained from the National 

Science Foundation, Office of Polar 

Programs, National Science Foundation, 

Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

ASMA 1 Admiralty Bay, King George 

Island, South Shetland Islands 

ASMA 2 McMurdo Dry Valleys, 

Southern Victoria Land 

ASMA 3 Cape Denison, 

Commonwealth Bay, George V Land 

ASMA 4 Deception Island, South 

Shetland Islands 

(c) The following areas have been 

designated by the Antarctic Treaty 

Parties as historic sites or monuments 

(HSM). The Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978, as amended, prohibits any 

damage, removal or destruction of a 

historic site or monument listed 

pursuant to Annex V to the Protocol. 

Descriptions of the sites or monuments 

can be obtained from the National 

Science Foundation, Office of Polar 

Programs, National Science Foundation, 

Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

HSM 1 Flag mast at South Pole 

HSM 2 Rock cairn and plaques on 

Ongul Island, Prins Harald Kyst 

HSM 3 Rock cairn and plaques on 

Proclamation Island, Enderby Land 

HSM 4 Bust and plaque at ‘Pole of 

Inaccessibility’

HSM 5 Rock cairn and plaques at Cape 

Bruce, Mac. Robertson Land 

HSM 6 Rock cairn and canister at 

Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills, 

Princess Elizabeth Land 

HSM 7 Stone and plaque at Mabus 

Point, Queen Mary Land 

HSM 8 Monument sledge and plaque 

at Mabus Point, Queen Mary Land 

HSM 9 Cemetery on Buromskiy Island, 

Queen Mary Land 

HSM 10 Observatory at Bunger Hills, 

Queen Mary Land 

HSM 11 Tractor and plaque at Vostok 

Station 

HSM 14 Ice cave at Inexpressible 

Island, Terra Nova Bay, Scott Coast 

HSM 15 Hut at Cape Royds, Ross 

Island 

HSM 16 Hut at Cape Evans, Ross 

Island 

HSM 17 Cross at Cape Evans, Ross 

Island 

HSM 18 Hut at Hut Point, Ross Island 

HSM 19 Cross at Hut Point, Ross 

Island 

HSM 20 Cross on Observation Hill, 

Ross Island 

HSM 21 Hut at Cape Crozier, Ross 

Island 

HSM 22 Hut at Cape Adare, 

Borchgrevink Coast 

HSM 23 Grave at Cape Adare, 

Borchgrevink Coast 

HSM 24 Rock cairn at Mount Betty, 

Queen Maud Range 

HSM 26 Installations at Barry Island, 

Debenham Islands, Marguerite Bay, 

Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 27 Cairn with plaque at 

Megalestris Hill, Petermann Island, 

Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 28 Cairn, pillar and plaque at 

Port Charcot, Booth Island, Antarctic 

HSM 29 Lighthouse on Lambda Island, 

Melchior Islands, Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 30 Shelter at Paradise Harbour, 

Danco Coast, Antarctic Penninsula 

HSM 32 Monolith on Greenwich 

Island, South Shetland Islands 

HSM 33 Shelter, cross and plaque on 

Greenwich Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

HSM 34 Bust on Greenwich Island, 

South Shetland Islands 

HSM 35 Cross and statute on 

Greenwich Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

HSM 36 Plaque at Potter Cove, King 

George Island, South Shetland Islands 

HSM 37 Statue at Trinity Peninsula, 

Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 38 Hut of Snow Hill Island, 

Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 39 Hut at Hope Bay, Trinity 

Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 40 Bust, grotto, statue, flag mast, 

graveyard and stele at Hope Bay, 

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic 

Peninsula 

HSM 41 Hut and grave at Paulet 

Island, Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 42 Huts, magnetic observatory 

and graveyard at Scotia Bay, Laurie 

Island, South Orkney Islands 

HSM 43 Cross at ‘‘Piedrabuena Bay’’, 

Filchner Ice Front, Weddell Sea 

HSM 44 Plaque at Nivlisen Ice Front, 

Princesse Astrid Kyst, Dronning Maud 

Land 

HSM 45 Plaque at Metchnikoff Point, 

Brabant Island, Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 46 Buildings and installations at 

Port-Martin, Terre Ade ́lie 

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HSM 47 Buildings on I ̆le des Pe ́trels, 

Terre Ade ́lie 

HSM 48 Cross on I ̆le des Pe ́trels, Terre 

Ade ́lie 

HSM 49 Pillar at Bunger Hill, Queen 

Mary Land 

HSM 50 Plaque at Fildes Peninsula, 

King George Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

HSM 51 Grave and cross at Admiralty 

Bay, King George Island, South 

Shetland Islands 

HSM 52 Monolith at Fildes Peninsula, 

King George Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

HSM 53 Monolith and plaques on 

Elephant Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

HSM 54 Bust on Ross Island 

HSM 55 Buildings and artifacts on 

Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, 

Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 56 Remains of hut and environs 

at Waterboat Point, Danco Coast, 

Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 57 Plaque at ‘‘Yankee Bay’’ 

(Yankee Harbour), MacFarlane Strait, 

Greenwich Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

HSM 59 Cairn on Half Moon Beach, 

Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, 

South Shetland Islands 

HSM 60 Plaque and cairn at ‘‘Penguins 

Bay’’, Seymour Island, James Ross 

Island archipelago 

HSM 61 ‘‘Base A’’ at Port Lockroy, 

Goudier Island, off Wiencke Island, 

Antarctic Peninsula 

HSM 62 ‘‘Base F (Wordie House)’’ on 

Winter Island, Argentine Islands 

HSM 63 ‘‘Base Y’’ on Horseshoe 

Island, Marguerite Bay, western 

Graham Land 

HSM 64 ‘‘Base E’’ on Stonington 

Island, Marguerite Bay, western 

Graham Land 

HSM 65 Message post on Foyn Island, 

Possession Islands 

HSM 66 Cairn at Scott Nunataks, 

Alexandra Mountains 

HSM 67 Rock shelter ‘‘Granite House’’ 

at Cape Geology, Granite Harbour 

HSM 68 Depot at Hells Gate Moraine, 

Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay 

HSM 69 Message post at Cape Crozier, 

Ross Island 

HSM 70 Message post at Cape 

Wadworth, Coulman Island 

HSM 71 Whaling station at Whalers 

Bay, Deception Island 

HSM 72 Cairn on Tryne Islands, 

Vestfold Hills 

HSM 73 Memorial Cross, Lewis Bay, 

Ross Island 

HSM 74 Wreckage of sailing ship, 

Elephant Island, South Shetland 

Islands 

HSM 75 ‘‘A Hut’’, Pram Point, Ross 

Island 

HSM 76 Ruins of base ‘‘Pedro Aguirre 

Cerda’’, Pendulum Cove, Deception 

Island 

HSM 77 Cape Denison, 

Commonwealth Bay, George V Land 

HSM 78 Memorial Plaque at India 

Point, Humboldt Mountains, 

Wohlthat Massif, central Dronning 

Maud Land 

HSM 79 Lilie Marleen Hut, Mt. 

Dockery, Everett Range, Northern 

Victoria Land 

HSM 80 Amundsen’s Tent 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 2 and 31 

[FAC 2005–06; FAR Cases 2004–018 and 

2004–006; Correction] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Technical Amendments 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Technical amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency 

Acquisition Council and the Defense 

Acquisition Regulations Council are 

issuing amendments to the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to correct 

references included in FAC 2005–06, 

FAR cases 2004–018, Information 

Technology Security (Item I), and 2004– 

006, Accounting for Unallowable Costs 

(Item IX), which were published in the 

Federal Register at 70 FR 57449 and 

57463, September 30, 2005. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 14, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

FAR Secretariat, Room 4035, GS 

Building, Washington, DC, 20405, (202) 

501–4755, for information pertaining to 

status or publication schedules. Please 

cite FAC 2005–06 Correction, Technical 

Amendments. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 2 and 

31 

Government procurement. 

Dated: November 4, 2005. 

Gerald Zaffos, 

Director, Contract Policy Division. 

Federal Acquisition Circular 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 

2005-06 Correction is issued under the 

authority of the Secretary of Defense, 

the Administrator of General Services, 

and the Administrator for the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

and other directive material contained 

in FAC 2005-06 Correction are effective 

November 14, 2005. 

Dated: November 4, 2005. 

Domenic C. Cipicchio, 

Acting Director, Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy. 

Dated: November 4, 2005. 

Roger Waldron, 

Acting Senior Procurement Executive, Office 

of the Chief Acquisition Officer, General 

Services Administration. 

Dated: November 1, 2005. 

Tom Luedtke, 

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

■ Therefore, DoD, GSA, and NASA 

amend 48 CFR parts 2 and 31 as set 

forth below: 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

parts 2 and 31 continues to read as 

follows: 

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. 

chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c). 

PART 2—DEFINITIONS OF WORDS 

AND TERMS 

2.101 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend section 2.101 in paragraph 

(b) by removing the definition 

‘‘Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) 

information’’. 

PART 31—CONTRACT COST 

PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES 

31.201–6 [Amended] 

■ 3. Amend section 31.201–6 by 

revising the introductory text of 

paragraph (c)(2) to read as follows: 

31.201–6 Accounting for unallowable 

costs. 

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(c) * * * 

(2) Statistical sampling is an 

acceptable practice for contractors to 

follow in accounting for and presenting 

unallowable costs provided the 

following criteria in paragraphs (c)(2)(i),