Notice of Permit Emergency Provision Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), 19127 [2014-07668]
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2014.
David Michaels,
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Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts
Dated: April 2, 2014.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations,
National Endowment for the Arts.
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The National Endowment for
the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
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U.S.C. 3506(c)(A)]. This program helps
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reporting burden (time and financial
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instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
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comments concerning the proposed
information collection on arts
participation in the U.S. A copy of the
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this notice.
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• Evaluate whether the proposed
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ADDRESSES: Mail comments to: Sunil
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Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Room 616, Washington, DC 20506–
0001, telephone (202) 682–5424 (this is
not a toll-free number), fax (202) 682–
5677 or send them via email to
research@arts.gov.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Emergency Provision
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541)
National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permit emergency
provision for hazardous waste stored in
Antarctica at McMurdo Station for more
than 15 months due to an emergency, as
specified by § 671.17.
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the lines from the ship to the ice pier
parted and the ice pier fractured into
multiple pieces. A short lull in the
storm on 7 February provided the ship
the opportunity to safely pull away from
the ice pier. The storm brought an
increasing number of icebergs to the
area and in the interest of safety, the
ship proceeded north away from
McMurdo Station. Once the storm had
subsided, the broken ice pier was found
to be unfit for further operations and all
containers (including those containing
the packaged hazardous waste) which
had not been previously loaded onto the
cargo ship remained on station. The
packaged waste material has been
secured until removal during the 2014–
2015 season.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Polly A. Penhale at (703) 292–7420.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of
Polar Programs.
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AGENCY:
The Program of Environment
Safety and Health in the Division of
Polar Programs in accordance with
§ 671.17, is giving notice that an
emergency relating to considerations of
human health and safety and ship safety
caused hazardous waste to be stored at
McMurdo Station for more than 15
months.
Hazardous waste in the form of
batteries (1,600 lbs), biomedical waste
from the clinic (4,500 lbs), chemical
waste (31,000 lbs), compressed gases
(2,000 lbs), hazardous debris (18,000
lbs), glycol (65,500 lbs), PCBs from
cleanup of historic activities (1,100 lbs),
petroleum products (132,600 lbs),
radioactive material from scientific
research (1,200 lbs) and solvents/paints
(3,200 lbs) was segregated and packaged
for removal from McMurdo Station at
the end of the 2013–2014 season and
was to be removed from the station in
February 2014.
On 6 February 2014, cargo operations
to load the containers containing the
segregated and packaged waste from the
ice pier onto the M/V Maersk Illinois
were suspended due to safety issues.
Conditions of very high winds (30 knots
sustained and up to 50 knot gusts) and
severe wave action made operations on
the ice pier dangerous. Throughout the
course of the two day storm, several of
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Aerotest Operations, Inc. (Aerotest
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Emergency Provision Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permit emergency provision for hazardous waste stored
in Antarctica at McMurdo Station for more than 15 months due to an
emergency, as specified by Sec. 671.17.
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SUMMARY: The Program of Environment Safety and Health in the Division
of Polar Programs in accordance with Sec. 671.17, is giving notice
that an emergency relating to considerations of human health and safety
and ship safety caused hazardous waste to be stored at McMurdo Station
for more than 15 months.
Hazardous waste in the form of batteries (1,600 lbs), biomedical
waste from the clinic (4,500 lbs), chemical waste (31,000 lbs),
compressed gases (2,000 lbs), hazardous debris (18,000 lbs), glycol
(65,500 lbs), PCBs from cleanup of historic activities (1,100 lbs),
petroleum products (132,600 lbs), radioactive material from scientific
research (1,200 lbs) and solvents/paints (3,200 lbs) was segregated and
packaged for removal from McMurdo Station at the end of the 2013-2014
season and was to be removed from the station in February 2014.
On 6 February 2014, cargo operations to load the containers
containing the segregated and packaged waste from the ice pier onto the
M/V Maersk Illinois were suspended due to safety issues. Conditions of
very high winds (30 knots sustained and up to 50 knot gusts) and severe
wave action made operations on the ice pier dangerous. Throughout the
course of the two day storm, several of the lines from the ship to the
ice pier parted and the ice pier fractured into multiple pieces. A
short lull in the storm on 7 February provided the ship the opportunity
to safely pull away from the ice pier. The storm brought an increasing
number of icebergs to the area and in the interest of safety, the ship
proceeded north away from McMurdo Station. Once the storm had subsided,
the broken ice pier was found to be unfit for further operations and
all containers (including those containing the packaged hazardous
waste) which had not been previously loaded onto the cargo ship
remained on station. The packaged waste material has been secured until
removal during the 2014-2015 season.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Polly A. Penhale at (703) 292-
7420.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
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