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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66744-66745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26588]

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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 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 [email protected] 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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Dates

    January 5-June 30, 2015.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-26588 Filed 11-7-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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