Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), 52354-52355 [2011-21296]

Download as PDF 52354 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2011 / Notices of their cloud data from the other customers. In this workshop, we will explore whether, or in what circumstances, this confidence is warranted. How To Apply If you would like to participate in this workshop, please submit (1) a resume or curriculum vita of no more than two pages which highlights your expertise in this area and (2) a one-page paper stating your opinion of the assertion and outlining your key thoughts on the topic. The workshop will accommodate no more than 60 participants, so these brief documents need to make a compelling case for your participation. Applications should be submitted electronically via e-mail to assumptionbusters@nitrd.gov no later than 5 p.m. EST on September 21, 2011. Selection and Notification: The SCORE committee will select an expert group that reflects a broad range of opinions on the assertion. Accepted participants will be notified by e-mail no later than October 1, 2011. We cannot guarantee that we will contact individuals who are not selected, though we will attempt to do so unless the volume of responses is overwhelming. Dated: August 17, 2011. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2011–21350 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Application Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 National Science Foundation. Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has received a waste management permit application for operation of a field research camp located in ASPA #149–Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island by the Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. The application is submitted to NSF pursuant to regulations issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this permit application within September 21, 2011. jlentini on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:16 Aug 19, 2011 Jkt 223001 Permit applications 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: Dr. Polly A. Penhale at the above address or (703) 292–8030. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF’s Antarctic Waste Regulation, 45 CFR part 671, requires all U.S. citizens and entities to obtain a permit for the use or release of a designated pollutant in Antarctica, and for the release of waste in Antarctica. NSF has received a permit application under this Regulation for operation of remote research field camp at ASPA #149 Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island. The camp consists of four structures on the beach between Llano Point and Sphinx Hill which has been in use during the summer since 1977. The camp is used to house researchers (typically 6 people), provide a base of research operations, and allow laboratory studies. Biological investigation of seabirds and pinnipeds is the primary research conducted from the camp. Designated pollutants would be associated with camp operations [typically air emissions and waste water (urine, grey-water, and human solid waste)] and scientific activities (typically research materials). All wastes would be packaged and removed from the site for proper disposal in Chile or the U.S. under approved guidelines prior to the end of each season. In addition, the AMLR Program conducts 30–90 days of vessel operations in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The vessel follows a standardized survey grid, and depending on the focus any given year, additional smaller sections of the region are surveyed. During annual surveys, the Program deploys drifters and expendable bathythermographs (XBT’s) to collect hydrographic data. In addition to drifters and XBT’s, the AMLR Program also deploys and recovers a variety of gear that are not intentionally released into the environment: (1) Conductivity-Temperature-Depth profilers (CTD’s) are lowered to collect water in attached PCV bottles. Due to storms or heavy waves the bottles can be broken and release plastic into the ocean. (2) Fishing nets: (a) Plankton nets come in a variety of configurations and sizes. The Program has lost a net ad frame once every 3–5 years. (B) Commercial bottom trawl nets are PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 deployed every two to three years. Due to the submarine terrain being volcanic, ice scoured and highly variable in makeup, trawls can be lost if the trawl is snagged on boulders or rock outcroppings. (3) Other gears: Towed or undulating instruments (e.g. Continuous plankton recorder, Winged Optical Particle Counters, towed Current profilers) can be lost. In many cases these instruments, if lost are buoyant, and can be recovered. In other cases, the instruments are heavy, and made of mostly metal and sink in the rather deep water surrounding the Antarctic Continent. The permit applicant is: George Watters, Director, US AMLR Program, Southwest Fisheries Service, NOAA, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 Permit application No. 2012 WM–001. Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–21295 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) National Science Foundation. Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95–541. AGENCY: ACTION: 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 Antarctic 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 September 21, 2011. 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: Polly A. Penhale at the above address or (703) 292–7420. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2011 / Notices 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 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: 2012–006 1. Applicant: Jeff Bowman, University of Washington, Box 357940, Seattle, WA 98105–7940. Activity for Which Permit Is Requested Enter an Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant plans to enter the Antarctic Specially Protect Area at Cape Royds, Ross Island (ASPA 121) to collect sea ice and seawater for microbial analysis. Location ASPA 121—Cape Royds, Ross island. Dates August 27, 2011 to November 2, 2011. Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2011–21296 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2010–0278] NUREG–1482, Revision 2, ‘‘Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants, Draft Report for Comment’’ Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Announcement of issuance for public comment, availability. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public comment a document entitled: NUREG– 1482, Revision 2, ‘‘Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants, Draft Report for Comment,’’ and subtitled ‘‘Inservice Testing of Pumps and Valves, and Inservice Examination and Testing of Dynamic Restraints (Snubbers) at Nuclear Power Plants’’. (Note that this document was submitted previously for public comments as draft NUREG–1946. Based on public comments, draft NUREG– 1482 is being updated as Revision 2 and jlentini on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:16 Aug 19, 2011 Jkt 223001 is being issued to incorporate all comments received for draft report NUREG–1946). DATES: Please submit comments by December 20, 2011. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Please include Docket ID NRC–2010–0278 in the subject line of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see ‘‘Submitting Comments and Accessing Information’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any one of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC–2010–0278. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, telephone: 301–492–3668; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. • Fax comments to: RADB at 301– 492–3446. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments and Accessing Information Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, https:// www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not include any information in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed. You can access publicly available documents related to this document using the following methods: • NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly available PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52355 documents at the NRC’s PDR, O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The NUREG– 1482, Revision 2, ‘‘Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants, Draft Report for Comment,’’ and subtitled ‘‘Inservice Testing of Pumps and Valves, and Inservice Examination and Testing of Dynamic Restraints (Snubbers) at Nuclear Power Plants’’ is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML112231412. • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC–2010– 0278. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gurjendra S. Bedi, Division of Component Integrity, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415– 1393, e-mail: Gurjendra.Bedi@nrc.gov. NUREG–1482, Revision 2, ‘‘Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Power Plants, Draft Report for Comment’’ provides updated information on applicable regulations for testing of pumps and valves, and inservice examination and testing of snubbers. The information in NUREG– 1482, ‘‘Guidelines for Inservice Testing at Nuclear Plants,’’ Revision 0, issued April 1995, and Revision 1, issued January 2005, has described these topics in the past. This NUREG report replaces Revision 0 and Revision 1 of NUREG–1482, and is applicable, unless stated otherwise, to all editions and addenda of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code of Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (OM Code), which Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.55a(b) incorporates by reference (76 FR 36232–36279), dated June 21, 2011. Note that the draft NUREG–1482, Revision 2, is a substantial re-write from issuance of draft NUREG–1946 (ADAMS E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2011)]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-21296]


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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 Antarctic 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 September 21, 2011. 
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: Polly A. Penhale at the above address 
or (703) 292-7420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as

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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 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: 2012-006

    1. Applicant: Jeff Bowman, University of Washington, Box 357940, 
Seattle, WA 98105-7940.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    Enter an Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant plans to 
enter the Antarctic Specially Protect Area at Cape Royds, Ross Island 
(ASPA 121) to collect sea ice and seawater for microbial analysis.

Location

    ASPA 121--Cape Royds, Ross island.

Dates

    August 27, 2011 to November 2, 2011.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-21296 Filed 8-19-11; 8:45 am]
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