Notice2022-13457
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
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Published
June 24, 2022
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National Science Foundation
Abstract
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 (ACA). NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37892-37893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13457]
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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.
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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 (ACA). 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 July 25, 2022. 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 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3929092a3b6a1bebaa7a093bda0b5fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b3a383a0b1e0916120f083b15081d551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address, 703-292-4479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541, 45 CFR 671),
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 as requiring special protection.
The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic
Specially Protected Areas.
Application Details
Permit Application: 2023-004
1. Applicant: Dr. Steve Emslie, University of North Carolina,
Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Wilmington, NC 28403
Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take, Harmful Interference,
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA), Import into USA,
Export from USA. The applicant seeks an Antarctic Conservation Act
permit authorizing take and harmful interference associated with
research examining ecological responses in diet and foraging behavior
of the Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) in Antarctica. The applicant
proposes to collect up to 150 ancient and modern penguin tissues per
year at active and abandoned penguin colonies in the Ross Sea region.
Ice-free areas would be surveyed and sampled through excavations 1x1 m
in size, of sediment and rock in penguin colonies, and bones, feathers,
eggshell, and whole carcasses would be salvaged. Excavations would be
placed in areas with little or no vegetation when possible and upon
completion, excavations will be refilled, and disturbed vegetation
replaced. Up to 20 small samples of lichens would also be collected in
ice free areas near penguin colonies. The applicant also proposes to
collect salvaged whole or partial seabird carcasses, up to 10 of each
species per year, of native Antarctic birds found dead on beaches, at
seabird colonies, at McMurdo and Palmer stations, or on any U.S.
Antarctic Program (USAP)
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vessel. The applicant plans to enter ASPA 104--Sabrina Island, Balleny
Islands; ASPA 105--Beaufort Island, McMurdo Sound; ASPA 106--Cape
Hallett, Northern Victoria Land; ASPA 121--Cape Royds, Ross Island;
ASPA 124--Cape Crozier, Ross Island; ASPA 159--Cape Adare, Borchgrevink
Coast; ASPA 165--Edmonson Point, Wood Bay. Access to these locations
would be on an opportunistic basis.
Location: Ice free areas along the Scott and Victoria Land coasts,
Islands in the Ross Sea. McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, USAP vessels.
ASPA 104--Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands; ASPA 105--Beaufort Island,
McMurdo Sound; ASPA 106--Cape Hallett, Northern Victoria Land; ASPA
121--Cape Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 124--Cape Crozier, Ross Island; ASPA
159--Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast; ASPA 165--Edmonson Point, Wood
Bay.
Dates of Permitted Activities: July 25, 2022-December 31, 2025.
Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-13457 Filed 6-23-22; 8:45 am]
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