Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 88273-88274 [2016-29322]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2016 / Notices II. Method of Collection NASA FAR Supplement clauses for patent rights and new technology encourage the contractor to use an electronic form and provide a hyperlink to the electronic New Technology Reporting Web (eNTRe) site https:// invention.nasa.gov. This Web site has been set up to help NASA employees and parties under NASA funding agreements (i.e., contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and subcontracts) to report new technology information directly, via a secure Internet connection, to NASA. III. Data Title: NFS 1827—Patents, Data, and Copyrights. OMB Number: 2700–0052. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,240. Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours average. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,395. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $94,093. IV. 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Frances Teel, NASA PRA Clearance Officer. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2016–29264 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 AGENCY: National Science Foundation. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Dec 06, 2016 Jkt 241001 Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95–541. ACTION: 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 January 6, 2017. 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: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at the above address or ACApermits@ nsf.gov. SUMMARY: 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 a requiring special protection. The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Application Details Permit Application: 2017–033 1. Applicant: Joseph Wilson, Penguin Films Ltd, 1 St Augustine’s Lane, Bristol BS1 5DE United Kingdom. Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take. The applicant proposes to film killer whales (Orcinus orca) and minke whales (Balaenoptera bonarensis) in McMurdo Sound and the Ross Sea in Antarctica. Filming will be done via helicopter using long-range telephoto lenses and from the sea ice edge via an underwater camera. For the helicopter-based filming, the applicant proposes to fly at altitudes no lower than 600 vertical feet and plans to film the whales at an angle, from the side. The applicant plans to target and potentially disturb up to 60 whales over PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 88273 the course of one season of filming. The applicant has also applied for a commercial or education photography permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). Location: McMurdo Sound and Ross Sea, Antarctica. Dates: January 1—February 15, 2017. Nadene G. Kennedy, Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2016–29321 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 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 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 January 6, 2017. 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: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at the above address or ACApermits@ nsf.gov. 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 a requiring special protection. The regulations SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 88274 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 7, 2016 / Notices establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. Application Details Permit Application: 2017–034 1. Applicant: Dr. David W. Johnston, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516. Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take; Harmful Interference; Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA). The applicant proposes to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for photogrammetry and aerial surveys of whales and seabirds in the Antarctic Peninsula region between Charcot Island and the North Gerlache Strait, including ASPA No. 117, Avian Island, Marguerite Bay. The applicant plans to use both fixed-wing and multicopter small UAS at altitudes of 50—300 feet above the target species. Average flight times are expected to range from 12 to 35 minutes. The UAS pilots have experience appropriate for the proposed activities. The species subject to take or harmful interference as result of the proposed activity include: humpback whales (n=100 per year), minke whales (n=100 per year), Adelie penguins (n=2000 per year), Gentoo penguins (n=2000 per year), chinstrap penguins (n=500 per year), brown skua (n=50 per year), south polar skua (n=50 per year), giant petrel (n=50 per year), kelp gull (n=100 per year), blue-eyed shag (n=100 per year), snowy sheathbill (n=50 per year). The applicant currently holds a Marine Mammal Protection Act permit (14809–02) that allows for the take of the whale species in the Southern Ocean by photogrammetry and photoidentification. Location: Antarctic Peninsula region; Torgersen Island; ASPA No. 117, Avian Island, Marguerite Bay. Dates: January 5, 2017—March 31, 2019. Nadene G. Kennedy, Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2016–29322 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–416; NRC–2016–0236] License Renewal for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Dec 06, 2016 Jkt 241001 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF–29 to Entergy Company (Entergy or the licensee), the operator of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (GGNS). Renewed facility operating license No. NPF–29 authorizes operation of GGNS by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 4,408 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the GGNS renewed license and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC’s decision to renew facility operating license No. NPF–29. DATES: The license renewal of facility operating license No. NPF–29 was effective on December 1, 2016. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–0236 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2016–0236. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emmanuel Sayoc, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301–415–4084; email: Emmanuel.Sayoc@nrc.gov. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF–29 to Entergy Company, the operator of GGNS. Renewed facility operating license No. NPF–29 authorizes operation of GGNS by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 4,408 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the GGNS renewed license and technical specifications. The NRC’s ROD that supports the NRC’s decision to renew facility operating license No. NPF–29 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16243A024. As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) for GGNS, Supplement 50 to NUREG– 1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1,’’ dated November 30, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14328A171), the NRC has considered a range of reasonable alternatives that included natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC), supercritical pulverized coal, combination of wind, solar, and NGCC, and the no action alternative. The ROD and FSEIS document the NRC decision for the environmental review that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for GGNS are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 is a boiling water reactor located 20 miles southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The application for the renewed license, ‘‘License Renewal Application, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1,’’ dated October 28, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated through October 3, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11308A052), complied with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC’s regulations. As required by the Act and the NRC’s regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the license. A public notice of the proposed issuance of the renewed license and an opportunity for a hearing was published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2011 (76 FR 80980). For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Entergy Company, license renewal application for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, dated October 28, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated through October 3, 2016; (2) the NRC’s safety evaluation report published on October 18, 2016 (ADAMS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88273-88274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29322]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978

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 January 6, 2017. 
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: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 
the above address or ACApermits@nsf.gov.

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 a requiring special protection. The 
regulations

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establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially 
Protected Areas.

Application Details

Permit Application: 2017-034

1. Applicant: Dr. David W. Johnston, Duke University Marine Laboratory, 
Beaufort, NC 28516.

    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take; Harmful Interference; 
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA). The applicant proposes 
to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for photogrammetry and aerial 
surveys of whales and seabirds in the Antarctic Peninsula region 
between Charcot Island and the North Gerlache Strait, including ASPA 
No. 117, Avian Island, Marguerite Bay. The applicant plans to use both 
fixed-wing and multicopter small UAS at altitudes of 50--300 feet above 
the target species. Average flight times are expected to range from 12 
to 35 minutes. The UAS pilots have experience appropriate for the 
proposed activities. The species subject to take or harmful 
interference as result of the proposed activity include: humpback 
whales (n=100 per year), minke whales (n=100 per year), Adelie penguins 
(n=2000 per year), Gentoo penguins (n=2000 per year), chinstrap 
penguins (n=500 per year), brown skua (n=50 per year), south polar skua 
(n=50 per year), giant petrel (n=50 per year), kelp gull (n=100 per 
year), blue-eyed shag (n=100 per year), snowy sheathbill (n=50 per 
year). The applicant currently holds a Marine Mammal Protection Act 
permit (14809-02) that allows for the take of the whale species in the 
Southern Ocean by photogrammetry and photo-identification.
    Location: Antarctic Peninsula region; Torgersen Island; ASPA No. 
117, Avian Island, Marguerite Bay.
    Dates: January 5, 2017--March 31, 2019.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-29322 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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