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Nadene G. Kennedy at the above
address or (703) 292–7405.
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.
The applications received are as
follows:
Permit Application No. 2006–009.
1. Applicant: Samuel S. Bowser,
Wadsworth Center, New York State,
Department of health, P.O. Box 509,
Albany, NY 12202–0509.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Introduce non-indigenous
species into Antarctica. The applicant
plans to use brine shrimp hatchings
(Artemia sp.) as food for foraminiferan
protests. Specimens of foraminifera will
be incubated with Artemia for 24–48
hours in isolated culture chambers, and
the number of prey captured by the
foraminifera will be assessed by direct
observation using a stereomicroscope.
The purpose of the study is to determine
the phylogenetic extent of metazoan
carnivory by basal foraminiferan
protests. The samples will be
chemically sterilized before disposal
with hazmat.
Location: Crary Science and
Engineering Center, McMurdo Station,
and Explorers Cove field camp, New
Harbor.
Dates: October 1, 2005 to December
31, 2006.
Permit Application No. 2006–020.
2. Applicant: David Ainley, HT Harvey
& Associates, 3150 Almaden
Expressway, Suite 145, San Jose, CA
95118.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially
Protected Area. The applicant plans to
enter Cape Crozier (ASPA #124), Cape
Royds (ASPA #121), Beaufort Island
(ASPA #105), and Cape Bird to conduct
studies of Adelie penguins. The
applicant plans to capture up to 2,800
Adelie chicks, fledglings, and adults for
weighing, measuring, tagging with RFID
taps or flipper bands, applying and
removing special instruments (TDRs,
SPOT satellite tags, GLS tags) to study
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their foraging efforts and colony
productivity. This is an international
collaborative investigation of geographic
structuring, founding of new colonies,
and population change of Adelie
penguins nesting on Ross Island and
Beaufor Island.
Location: Cape Crozier (ASPA #123),
Cape Royds (ASPA #121), Beaufort
Island (ASPA #105), and Cape Bird.
Dates: November 1, 2005 to February
15, 2010.
Permit Application No. 2006–011.
3. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington,
Raytheon Technical Services
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S.
Tucson Way, Centennial CO 80112–
3938.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Take. The applicant plans to
hered, relocate or remove seals,
penguins or other seabirds from station
operational areas for the protection of
the animals and safety of station
personnel and equipment.
Location: Palmer Station, Anvers
Island, Antarctic Peninsula.
Dates: May 1, 2005 to August 31,
2010.
Permit Application No. 2006–005.
4. Applicant: Rae Natalie Prosser
Goodall, Sarmiento 44, 9410 Ushuaia,
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Take. The applicant plans to
salvage bones of dead animals (seals,
penguins, dolphins, whales or seabirds)
opportunistically found on the beaches
in the Antarctic Peninsula Region.
Salvaged materials will be cleaned,
numbered and deposited in a collection
housed in the Museo Actushun de Aves
y Mamiferos Marinos Australes at
Harberton Station, Tierra del Fuego. The
skeletons from Antarctic waters are
especially useful in a comparison study
with skeletal collections from
southernmost South America.
Specimens are also available to other
scientists for study.
Location: Antarctic Peninsula, South
Shetland Islands and adjacent islands.
Dates: October 1, 2005 to September
30, 2010.
Permit Application No. 2006–006.
5. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington,
Raytheon Technical Services
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S.
Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112–
3938.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Enter Antarctica Specially
Protected Area. The applicant plans to
enter Cape Crozier (ASPA #124) to
complete remediation of an old camp
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site that burned at the site years ago.
Recent snow melt has revealed
additional debris that needs to be
removed. The applicant plans to remove
the debris in early October to avoid the
arrival of the penguins.
Location: Cape Crozier (ASPA #124).
Dates: October 1, 2005 to September
30, 2010.
Permit Application No. 2006–012.
6. Applicant: Thomas W. Yelvington,
Raytheon Technical Services
Company LLC, Polar Services, 7400 S.
Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112–
3938.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially
Protected Area. The applicant plans to
enter Cape Royds (ASPA #121) for the
purpose of conducting an
environmental audit of the Long Term
Ecological Research Camp and project
site near Pony Lake at Cape Royds. The
audit process provides the necessary
data for evaluating how closely
management practices are being
followed consistent with the Master
Permit and that any existing mitigating
measures listed in the Environmental
Impact Assessment documents are
implemented in the field.
Location: Cape Royds (ASPA #121).
Dates: October 1, 2005 to September
30, 2010.
Permit Application No. 2006–013.
7. Applicant: Douglas R. MacAyeal,
Department of Geophysical Sciences,
University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially
Protected Area. The applicant currently
operates an automatic ‘‘Web cam’’ on
the cliff of iceberg B15k that looks down
at the Beaufort Island Emperor penguin
colony. The applicant proposes to enter
Beaufort Island (ASPA #105) should the
Web cam fall off its perch and needs
recovery.
Location: Beaufort Island (ASPA
#105).
Dates: October 15, 2005 to November
25, 2005.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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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 ......
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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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ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft Environmental Assessment for
proposed activities in the Arctic.
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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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
60-hectare 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 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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