Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 2014 / Notices 66743 

Dated: October 8, 2014. 

Joseph S. Piacentini, 

Director, Office of Policy and Research, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration. 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: (14–109)] 

NASA Advisory Council; Science 

Committee; Astrophysics 

Subcommittee; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA) announces a meeting of the 

Astrophysics Subcommittee of the 

NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This 

Subcommittee reports to the Science 

Committee of the NAC. The meeting 

will be held for the purpose of 

soliciting, from the scientific 

community and other persons, scientific 

and technical information relevant to 

program planning. 

DATES: Friday, November 14, 2014, 

11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Local Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Ann Delo, Science Mission Directorate, 

NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 

20546, (202) 358–0750, fax (202) 358– 

2779, or ann.b.delo@nasa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting will be open to the public 

telephonically and by WebEx. Any 

interested person may call the USA toll 

free conference call number 866–844– 

9416, Passcode APS, to participate in 

this meeting by telephone. The WebEx 

link is https://nasa.webex.com/, 

meeting number 999–351–851, 

Password APS@NOV14. 

The agenda for the meeting includes 

the following topics: 

—Astrophysics Division Update 

—Astrophysics Implementation Plan 

—James Webb Space Telescope 

Observing Policy 

—Program Analysis Group Updates 

It is imperative that the meeting be 

held on this date to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. Due to administrative 

error, this advisory committee meeting 

notice is being published with less than 

15 calendar day advance publication 

requirement. Exceptional circumstances 

warrant proceeding with the meeting. 

Subcommittee members were informed 

of the meeting date several months ago, 

and have made firm schedule 

commitments for this meeting. To 

mitigate the late publication, the Agency 

will issue a NASA Solicitation and 

Proposal Integrated Review and 

Evaluation System (NSPIRES) 

announcement to members of the 

scientific community. In addition, 

corrective action is being taken by the 

Agency to prevent future late meeting 

notices. 

Patricia D. Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

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SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

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NASA Advisory Council; Science 

Committee; Planetary Protection 

Subcommittee; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA) announces a meeting of the 

Planetary Protection Subcommittee 

(PPS) of the NASA Advisory Council 

(NAC). This Subcommittee reports to 

the Science Committee of the NAC. The 

meeting will be held for the purpose of 

soliciting, from the scientific 

community and other persons, scientific 

and technical information relevant to 

program planning. 

DATES: Monday, November 17, 2014, 

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Tuesday, 

November 18, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m., Local Time. 

ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, 300 E 

Street SW., Room 6H41, Washington, 

DC 20546. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Ann Delo, Science Mission Directorate, 

NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 

20546, (202) 358–0750, fax (202) 358– 

2779. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public up 

to the capacity of the room. The meeting 

will also be available telephonically and 

by WebEx. Any interested person may 

call the USA toll free conference call 

number 844–467–6272, passcode 

229669, to participate in this meeting by 

telephone. The WebEx link is https://

nasa.webex.com/, the meeting number 

on November 17, 2014, is 994–009–643, 

passcode PPS11172014#; the meeting 

telephone conference number on 

November 18, 2014, is 844–467–6272, 

passcode 229669. The WebEx link is 

https://nasa.webex.com/, the meeting 

number on November 18, 2014 is 997– 

419–246, passcode PPS11182014#. 

The agenda for the meeting includes 

the following topics: 

—Update on NASA Planetary Protection 

Activities and Committee on Space 

Research (COSPAR) 

—Mars 2020 Level I requirements 

—Evolvable Mars 

—Rosetta 

—Europa status planning 

—Other related items 

Attendees will be requested to sign a 

register and to comply with NASA 

Headquarters security requirements, 

including the presentation of a valid 

picture ID before receiving access to 

NASA Headquarters. Foreign nationals 

attending this meeting will be required 

to provide a copy of their passport and 

visa in addition to providing the 

following information no less than 10 

working days prior to the meeting: Full 

name; gender; date/place of birth; 

citizenship; passport information 

(number, country, telephone); visa 

information (number, type, expiration 

date); employer/affiliation information 

(name of institution, address, country, 

telephone); title/position of attendee. To 

expedite admittance, attendees with 

U.S. citizenship and Permanent 

Residents (green card holders) can 

provide full name and citizenship status 

3 working days in advance by 

contacting Ann Delo via email at 

ann.b.delo@nasa.gov or by fax at (202) 

358–2779. It is imperative that the 

meeting be held on these dates to 

accommodate the scheduling priorities 

of the key participants. Due to 

administrative error, this advisory 

committee meeting notice is being 

published with less than 15 calendar 

day advance publication requirement. 

Exceptional circumstances warrant 

proceeding with the meeting. 

Subcommittee members were informed 

of the meeting date several months ago, 

and have made firm schedule 

commitments and travel arrangements 

for this meeting. To mitigate the late 

publication, the Agency will issue a 

NASA Solicitation and Proposal 

Integrated Review and Evaluation 

System (NSPIRES) announcement to 

members of the scientific community. In 

addition, corrective action is being 


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taken by the Agency to prevent future 

late meeting notices. 

Patricia D. Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

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SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

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NASA Applied Sciences Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA) announces a meeting of the 

Applied Sciences Advisory Committee. 

The meeting will be held for the 

purpose of soliciting, from the scientific 

community and other persons, scientific 

and technical information relevant to 

program planning. 

DATES: Thursday December 11, 2014, 

8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Friday, 

December 12, 2014, 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m., Local Time. 

ADDRESSES: Hotel Adagio, 550 Geary St., 

Ensemble Meeting Room, San Francisco, 

CA 94102. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Peter Meister, Science Mission 

Directorate, NASA Headquarters, 

Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–1557, 

fax (202) 358–4118, or peter.g.meister@

nasa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public up 

to the capacity of the room. This 

meeting will also be available 

telephonically and by WebEx. Any 

interested person may call the USA toll 

free conference number 844–467–4685, 

pass code 635480, to participate in the 

meeting by telephone. The WebEx link 

is https://nasa.webex.com, the meeting 

number on December 11 is 394 528 198, 

and password @December11; the 

meeting number on December 12 is 398 

060 535 and password @December12. 

The agenda for the meeting includes the 

following topics: 

—Review of Program Strategy 

—Decadal Survey Preparation 

—Data Latency Issues 

It is imperative that the meeting be 

held on these dates to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. Attendees will be 

requested to sign a register. 

Patricia D. Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

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Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permits issued Under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 

Public Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li 

Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, 

Division of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 

Or by email: ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 30, 2014 the National 

Science Foundation published a notice 

in the Federal Register of a permit 

application received. The permit was 

issued on October 31, 2014 to: 

Lockheed Martin Corporation—Permit 

No. 2015–010 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of 

Polar Programs. 

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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. 

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 December 10, 2014. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Division of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li 

Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address or ACApermits@

nsf.gov or (703) 292–7149. 

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 requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

1. Applicant Permit Application: 

2015–013; Dr. Sarah Eppley, Portland 

State University, Department of Biology, 

P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

ASPA, Import into USA. Mosses are 

known ecosystem engineers in the 

Arctic tundra, while little is known 

about Antarctic mosses in organizing 

communities or shaping ecosystem 

processes, and how individual moss 

types influence Antarctic ecology. The 

applicants propose to collect moss and 

soil samples from ASPAs to investigate 

how climate warming will affect 

Antarctic moss terrestrial ecosystems. 

Moss samples will be taken using a 

metal 2 cubic centimeter coring device, 

and soil samples will be collected at up 

to 3 cm deep. Up to 180 samples total 

from each of 6 different species and 30 

samples total from two other species 

will be taken, along with up to 400 total 

soil samples. These samples will be 

imported back to Portland State 

University. 

Location 

ASPAs 125 (Fildes Peninsula), 126 

(Byers Peninsula), 140 (Crater Lake), 150 

(Ardly Island). 


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