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Notice of availability of a draft
Environmental Assessment for proposed
activities in the Arctic.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation gives notice of the
availability of a draft Environmental
Assessment for proposed activities in
the Arctic.
The Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
has prepared an Environmental
Assessment of a Biocomplexity Study of
the Response of Tundra Carbon Balance
to Warming and Drying Across Multiple
Time Scales, 2005–2008. Given the
United States Arctic Program’s mission
to support polar research, the proposed
action is expected to result in
substantial benefits to science. The draft
Environmental Assessment is available
for public review for a 30-day period.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted to Dr. Polly A. Penhale,
National Science Foundation, Office of
Polar Programs, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Suite 755, Arlington, VA 22230.
Telephone: (703) 292–8033. Copies of
the draft Environmental Assessment are
available upon request from Dr.
Penhale, or at the Web site: https://
www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/arc_envir/
tundra_ea.pdf.
This
project will examine how biological and
physical processes interact to control
carbon uptake, storage and release in
Arctic tundra ecosystems using an
experimental approach to manipulate
tundra moisture. Approximately 25% of
the world’s soil organic soil organic
carbon reservoir is stored at high
northern latitudes in permafrost and
seasonally-thawed soils in the Arctic, a
region that is currently undergoing
unprecedented warming and drying, as
well as dramatic changes in human land
use. The objective of this study is to
quantify linkages between soil moisture
and carbon uptake, storage and release
over multiple spatial (microbial to
landscape) and temporal (minutes to
decades) scales. Understanding how
changes in annual and inter-annual
ecosystem productivity interact and
potentially offset the balance and
stability of the Arctic soil carbon
reservoir is of utmost importance to
global climate change science.
The project is focused on a soil
moisture manipulation involving a 60hectare tundra flooding/draining
experiment near Barrow, Alaska on the
Arctic Coastal Plain. The project is
located within the Barrow
Environmental Observatory (BEO). The
BEO is 7,446 acres of land owned by the
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Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) in
a designated Conservation District that
has been zoned as a scientific research
district for long-term, experimental
studies, such as this.
A permit has been acquired by the
project from the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (U.S. ACOE) for the
manipulation of wetland tundra. The
National Science Foundation has
received a Biological Opinion finding of
non-jeopardy through the Section 7
Consultation with U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service required by the
Endangered Species Act regarding the
two threatened species that may be
encountered or displaced by the project,
Steller’s elders and spectacled eiders.
The potential impacts of the project
were considered thoroughly during
project planning and are anticipated to
have no significant impact on the
environment with the implementation
of the associated mitigating measures
defined in environmental assessment
and the U.S. ACOE permit.
Copies of the draft Environmental
Assessment titled, an Environmental
Assessment of a Biocomplexity Study of
the Response of Tundra Carbon Balance
to Warming and Drying Across Multiple
Time Scales, 2005–2008, are available
upon request from: Dr. Polly A. Penhale,
National Science Foundation, Office of
Polar Programs, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Suite 755, Arlington, VA 22230.
Telephone: (301) 292–8033 or at the
agency’s Web site at: https://
www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/arc_envir/
tundra_ea.pdf. The National Science
Foundation invites interested members
of the public to provide written
comments on this draft Environmental
Assessment.
Polly A. Penhale,
Environmental Officer, Office of Polar
Programs, National Science Foundation.
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Contact Person: James Colby, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 292–5331. If you
are attending the meeting and need access to
the NSF please contact the individual listed
above so your name may be added to the
building access list.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice
with respect to the Foundation’s education
and human resources programming.
Agenda:
MAY 11, 2005
Time
Activity
8 a.m ......
8:30 a.m
Assemble in Conference Room.
Introductions, Opening Presentation.
Discussion with Acting Assistant
Director, EHR.
Break.
Programmatic Planning
• Focus on Undergraduate.
• Focus on K–12.
• Focus on Research.
Lunch (TBD).
Updated on Division/Office Activities.
Break.
COV Reports and Discussion.
Focus on Program/Project Evaluation.
Recess.
9 a.m ......
10 a.m ....
10:15 a.m
Noon ......
1:30 p.m
2:30 p.m
2:45 p.m
4 p.m ......
5 p.m ......
MAY 12, 2005
Time
8 a.m ......
8:30 a.m
9:30 a.m
10:15 a.m
10:30 a.m
11:30 a.m
Noon ......
Activity
Assemble in Conference Room.
Discussion w/Arden Bement.
Review of Day 1, Next Steps.
Break.
Next Steps, Continued.
Closing Remarks.
Adjourn.
Dated: April 27, 2005.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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Foundation announces the following
meeting
Name: Advisory Committee for Education
and Human Resources (#1119).
Date/Time: May 11, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. May 12, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Place: Holiday Inn Arlington, 4610 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington and Clarendon
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources; Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,
as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following
meeting
Name: Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources
(1119).
Date/Time: May 11, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 12, 2005; 8:30
a.m. to 12 p.m.
Place: Holiday Inn Arlington, 4610 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington and Clarendon Ballrooms. Arlington VA 22203.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: James Colby, National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 292-5331. If you are
attending the meeting and need access to the NSF please contact the
individual listed above so your name may be added to the building
access list.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice with respect to the
Foundation's education and human resources programming.
Agenda:
May 11, 2005
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Time Activity
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8 a.m............................. Assemble in Conference Room.
8:30 a.m.......................... Introductions, Opening Presentation.
9 a.m............................. Discussion with Acting Assistant
Director, EHR.
10 a.m............................ Break.
10:15 a.m......................... Programmatic Planning
Focus on Undergraduate.
Focus on K-12.
Focus on Research.
Noon.............................. Lunch (TBD).
1:30 p.m.......................... Updated on Division/Office
Activities.
2:30 p.m.......................... Break.
2:45 p.m.......................... COV Reports and Discussion.
4 p.m............................. Focus on Program/Project Evaluation.
5 p.m............................. Recess.
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May 12, 2005
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Time Activity
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8 a.m............................. Assemble in Conference Room.
8:30 a.m.......................... Discussion w/Arden Bement.
9:30 a.m.......................... Review of Day 1, Next Steps.
10:15 a.m......................... Break.
10:30 a.m......................... Next Steps, Continued.
11:30 a.m......................... Closing Remarks.
Noon.............................. Adjourn.
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Dated: April 27, 2005.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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