[Federal Register: June 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 121)]
[Notices]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
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
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published
regulations under the Antaric 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 July 25, 2005. This
application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit
Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address
or (703) 292-7405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed
by the Antaric Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), as amended by
the Antaric 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.
The applications received are as follows:
Permit Application No. 2006-015
1. Applicant: Shane B. Kanatous, Southwestern Medical Center,
University of Texas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8573.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Take and Import into the United States. The applicant proposes to
capture up to 10 each of Weddell seal newborn pups, sub adults, and
adults each season to be weighed and to collect muscle samples. The
samples will be returned to the U.S. for further scientific study. The
applicant plans to build on his previous work that characterized the
enzymatic, and ultra-structural adaptations for diving that occur in
the skeletal muscles of newly weaned, juvenile and adult Weddell seals.
Study results will increase understanding of both the ontogeny and
molecular mechanisms by which young seals acquire the physiological
min.). The study will also advance knowledge of the molecular
regulation for the adaptations that enable active skeletal muscle to
function under hypoxic conditions, which has broader application for
human medicine especially in regards to cardiac and pulmonary disease.
Location: McMurdo Sound sea ice.
Dates: October 1, 2005 to February 28, 2008.
Permit Application No. 2006-016
2. Applicant: Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, Antarctic Ecosystem Research
Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Take, Enter an Antarctic Specially Protected Area, and Import into
the United States. THe applicant is continuing a study of the
behavioral and population biology of the Adelie, gentoo, and chinstrap
penguins and the interactions of these species and their principal
avian predators: skuas, gulls, sheathbills, and giant petrels. Up to
500 each of Adelie and gentoo penguin chicks and adults will be banded.
Up to 50 adult penguins per species will have radio-transmitters (Txs),
satellite tags (PTTs), and time-depth recorders (TDRs) attached to
continue the study of the penguins' foraging habits. Up to 40 adult
penguins per species will have their stomachs pumped, and data will be
collected on egg sizes and adult weights for a maximum of 100 nest per
species. In addition, blood, tissue and uropigial gland oil will be
collected for further study.
Location: Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island (ASPA
128) and Lion's Rump, King George Island (ASPA 151).
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Dates: October 1, 2005 to April 1, 2010.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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