49858 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2017 / Notices 

Preservation and Access/Challenge 

Grants. 

Public Programs. 

Research Programs. 

The plenary session of the National 

Council on the Humanities will convene 

on November 17, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in 

the Conference Center at Constitution 

Center. The agenda for the morning 

session (open to the public) will be as 

follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Acting Chairman’s Remarks 

2. Assistant Chairman for Programs’ 

Remarks 

3. Presentation 

4. Congressional Affairs Report 

5. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters 

a. Digital Humanities 

b. Education Programs 

c. Federal/State Partnership 

d. Preservation and Access 

e. Challenge Grants 

f. Public Programs 

g. Research Programs 

The remainder of the plenary session 

will be for consideration of specific 

applications and therefore will be 

closed to the public. 

As identified above, portions of the 

meeting of the National Council on the 

Humanities will be closed to the public 

pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4), 

552b(c)(6) and 552b(c)(9)(b) of Title 5 

U.S.C., as amended. The closed sessions 

will include review of personal and/or 

proprietary financial and commercial 

information given in confidence to the 

agency by grant applicants, and 

discussion of certain information, the 

premature disclosure of which could 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination pursuant to the 

authority granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings dated 

April 15, 2016. 

Please note that individuals planning 

to attend the public sessions of the 

meeting are subject to security screening 

procedures. If you wish to attend any of 

the public sessions, please inform NEH 

as soon as possible by contacting Ms. 

Katherine Griffin at (202) 606–8322 or 

kgriffin@neh.gov. Please also provide 

advance notice of any special needs or 

accommodations, including for a sign 

language interpreter. 

Dated: October 24, 2017. 

Elizabeth Voyatzis, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23416 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

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. 

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 

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 November 27, 2017. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–8030, or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), 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: 2018–024 

1. Applicant: Joseph A. Covi, University 

of North Carolina at Wilmington, 

Department of Biology and Marine 

Biology, Wilmington, NC 28403. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. The application proposes to enter 

four Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 

(ASPAs) on King George Island, South 

Shetland Islands, Antarctica for the 

purposes of collecting small sediment 

samples from freshwater lakes and 

ephemeral ponds. The applicant would 

enter ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula; 

ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula; ASPA 150, 

Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay; and ASPA 

171 Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula. 

The applicant plans to access the 

ASPAs by boat and on foot. Up to six 

sediment samples will be collected near 

the shoreline or from an inflatable boat 

from each of up to eight lakes and eight 

ephemeral ponds in total. Sediment core 

samples may be taken through holes 

drilled in the ice cover, as applicable. 

The applicant and agents will adhere to 

the management plans for each of the 

ASPAs that they propose to enter. 

Location 

King George Island, South Shetland 

Islands, Antarctica; ASPA 125, Fildes 

Peninsula; ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula; 

ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay; 

and ASPA 171 Narebski Point, Barton 

Peninsula. 

Dates of Permitted Activities 

January 23, 2018–March 1, 2019. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23361 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

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. 

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 

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 November 27, 2017. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 


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