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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
a notice of permit applications received
to conduct activities regulated under the
SUMMARY:
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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 October 4, 2013. This
application may be inspected by
interested parties at the Permit Office,
address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Division of Polar Programs, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adrian Dahood, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address or ACApermits@
nsf.gov or (703) 292–7149.
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.
Application Details
1. Applicant
Permit Application: 2014–011
Michael Studinger,
NASA Goddard Flight Center,
Cryospheric Sciences Lab,
Greenbelt MD.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
ASPA Entry; NASA is mapping the
ice in Antarctica using instruments
mounted on airplanes and will continue
to map the ice from satellites. The
instruments must be calibrated by flying
an airplane over ice free ground. The
McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest
ice- and vegetation-free area on Earth,
and these factors, combined with their
proximity to the world’s largest ice
sheet, their relative surface stability and
their range of surface slopes make them
an ideal site for the calibration of
satellite laser altimeters. NASA has
selected a calibration site comprised
mainly of the junction of portions of the
Wright, Victoria, McKelvey and Barwick
Valleys. This is the widest area of the
Dry Valleys along the direction of travel
of the spacecraft’s ground track, and it
contains a range of surface
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characteristics (mainly slope) making it
very suitable for calibrating the laser
altimeters that will be on NASA’s
ICESat–2.
The desired flight lines cross small
portions of the Barwick Valley Antarctic
Specially Protected Area, and the
management prohibits overflight at
altitudes less than 2500 ft. NASA is
seeking a permit to fly through ASPA
123 six times at an altitude of 1500 ft.
or higher. While flying over the ASPA,
NASA will be using airplane mounted
instruments to collect laser, radar,
gravity, and magnetic data and aerial
photography. There is no plan to land
the aircraft in the ASPA and data
collection would not disturb the ground
surface in the ASPA.
Location
ASPA 123 Barwick and Balham
Valleys
Dates
October 26, 2013 to November 30,
2013
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of
Polar Programs.
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Report to Congress on Abnormal
Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2012,
Revision 1; Dissemination of
Information
Section 208 of the Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–
438) defines an abnormal occurrence
(AO) as an unscheduled incident or
event that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) determines to be
significant from the standpoint of public
health or safety. The Federal Reports
Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–68) requires that AOs be
reported to Congress annually. During
Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, 22 events that
occurred at facilities licensed by the
NRC and/or Agreement States were
determined to be AOs.
This report describes four events at
NRC-licensed facilities. The first event
at an NRC-licensed facility was an
occurrence at a commercial nuclear
power plant and the other three events
occurred at NRC-licensed medical
institutions and are medical events as
defined in part 35 of Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR).
The report also describes 18 events at
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Agreement State-licensed facilities.
Agreement States are the 37 States that
currently have entered into formal
agreements with the NRC pursuant to
Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act
(AEA) to regulate certain quantities of
AEA-licensed material at facilities
located within their borders. The first
Agreement State-licensee event
involved radiation exposure to an
embryo/fetus, and the second event
involved an exposure to a radiographer.
The other 16 Agreement State-licensee
events were medical events as defined
in 10 CFR part 35 and occurred at
medical institutions. As required by
Section 208, the discussion for each
event includes the date and place, the
nature and probable consequences, the
cause or causes, and the actions taken
to prevent recurrence. Each event is also
described in NUREG–0090, Volume 35,
‘‘Report to Congress on Abnormal
Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2012,’’ issued
May 2013 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML13149A083). The report was revised
to include editorial corrections and
reissued in August 2013 as NUREG–
0090, Volume 35, Revision 1, ‘‘Report to
Congress on Abnormal Occurrences:
Fiscal Year 2012’’ (ADAMS Accession
No. ML13225A395). This report is
available electronically at the NRC’s
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/.
Three major categories of events are
reported in this document—I. For All
Licensees, II. For Commercial Nuclear
Power Plant Licensees, and III. Events at
Facilities Other Than Nuclear Power
Plants and All Transportation Events.
The full report, which is available on
the NRC’s Web site, provides the
specific criteria for determining when
an event is an AO. It also discusses
‘‘Other Events of Interest,’’ which do not
meet the AO criteria but have been
determined by the Commission to be
included in the report. The event
identification number begins with ‘‘AS’’
for Agreement State AO events and
‘‘NRC’’ for NRC AO events.
I. For All Licensees
A. Human Exposure to Radiation From
Licensed Material
During this reporting period, two
events involving Agreement Statelicensees were significant enough to be
reported as AOs. Although one of these
events occurred at a medical facility, it
involved unintended exposure of an
individual who was not the patient.
Therefore, this event belongs under the
Criterion I.A, ‘‘For All Licensees’’
category, as opposed to the Criterion
III.C, ‘‘Medical Licensees’’ category.
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AS12–01 Embryo/Fetus Exposure to
Radiation at Lankenau Hospital in
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Date and Place—October 6, 2011,
Wynnewood, PA.
Nature and Probable Consequences—
Lankenau Hospital (the licensee)
reported that a patient received 2.7
gigabecquerel (GBq) (73.7 millicuries
(mCi)) of iodine-131 for thyroid ablation
therapy. Before the treatment, the
patient informed the licensee that she
was not pregnant, and was administered
a pregnancy test as a routine precaution.
The pregnancy test yielded a negative
result. Therefore, the licensee
administered iodine-131 to the patient.
On October 26, 2011, the patient
became aware that she was pregnant.
The licensee contacted the patient’s
obstetrician/gynecologist and was
informed that an ultrasound confirmed
that she was approximately 10 days
pregnant at the time of the iodine-131
treatment. The NRC contracted a
medical consultant, who estimated a
fetal or embryo dose of 174 mSv (17.4
rem) and stated that embryonic tissue
capable of concentrating iodine-131 is
not formed until 10 to 12 weeks of
gestation; therefore, this tissue had not
yet formed at the time of the treatment.
The medical consultant concluded that
there was a low possibility of
carcinogenesis or malformations.
Cause(s)—The cause of this event was
the inability of the pregnancy test to
provide a positive determination of
pregnancy in close proximity to
conception.
Actions Taken To Prevent Recurrence
Licensee—The licensee assessed the
event and determined that it is
following best practices by ordering a
pregnancy test and relying on its results.
State—The Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection (PA DEP)
conducted a followup inspection to
review this incident and collect
information from the medical consultant
and the licensee to complete this
review. PA DEP has no further action
planned for this event.
AS12–02 Human Exposure to
Radiation at Non-Destructive Inspection
Corporation, in Pasadena, Texas
Date and Place—March 24, 2012,
Pasadena, TX.
Nature and Probable Consequences—
The Non-Destructive Inspection
Corporation (the licensee) reported that
a radiographer received a total effective
dose equivalent (TEDE) of 293.2 mSv
(29.3 rem). The licensee reported that
the drive cable of a radiography camera
containing 2.41 terabecquerels (TBq)
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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 a
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 October 4, 2013.
This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit
Office, address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Dahood, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address or ACApermits@nsf.gov or (703) 292-7149.
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.
Application Details
1. Applicant
Permit Application: 2014-011
Michael Studinger,
NASA Goddard Flight Center,
Cryospheric Sciences Lab,
Greenbelt MD.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
ASPA Entry; NASA is mapping the ice in Antarctica using instruments
mounted on airplanes and will continue to map the ice from satellites.
The instruments must be calibrated by flying an airplane over ice free
ground. The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest ice- and vegetation-
free area on Earth, and these factors, combined with their proximity to
the world's largest ice sheet, their relative surface stability and
their range of surface slopes make them an ideal site for the
calibration of satellite laser altimeters. NASA has selected a
calibration site comprised mainly of the junction of portions of the
Wright, Victoria, McKelvey and Barwick Valleys. This is the widest area
of the Dry Valleys along the direction of travel of the spacecraft's
ground track, and it contains a range of surface
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characteristics (mainly slope) making it very suitable for calibrating
the laser altimeters that will be on NASA's ICESat-2.
The desired flight lines cross small portions of the Barwick Valley
Antarctic Specially Protected Area, and the management prohibits
overflight at altitudes less than 2500 ft. NASA is seeking a permit to
fly through ASPA 123 six times at an altitude of 1500 ft. or higher.
While flying over the ASPA, NASA will be using airplane mounted
instruments to collect laser, radar, gravity, and magnetic data and
aerial photography. There is no plan to land the aircraft in the ASPA
and data collection would not disturb the ground surface in the ASPA.
Location
ASPA 123 Barwick and Balham Valleys
Dates
October 26, 2013 to November 30, 2013
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-21444 Filed 9-3-13; 8:45 am]
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