[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27108]


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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.

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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 17, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#216062605144534c485552614f52470f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f0e0c0e3f2a3d22263b3c0f213c2961282039">[email protected]</span></a> 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 a requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.

Application Details

Permit Application: 2015-014

1. Applicant

Drs. Vasilii V. Petrenko and Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, 
CA.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    ASPA entry. Applicants wish to drill into the subglacial portion of 
the ASPA, from 100 to 150m in depth, to extract ice cores to 
investigate the extent of cosmic ray produced [Delta]\14\C in glacial 
ice. No drilling fluids would be used so as to prevent endangering the 
biological values protected by the ASPA.

Location

    ASPA 152, Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, McMurdo Dry 
Valleys, Victoria Land.

Dates

    January 1-31, 2015.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-27108 Filed 11-14-14; 8:45 am]
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