Notice of Antarctic Meteorite Collection, Documentation, and Curation Plan Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 46192-46193 [2018-19823]

Download as PDF 46192 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 177 / Wednesday, September 12, 2018 / Notices NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice (18–067)] NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel; Meeting National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. DATES: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m., Central Time. ADDRESSES: NASA Johnson Space Center, Building 1, Room 966, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Evette Whatley, Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Administrative Officer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–4733, or email at evette.whatley@nasa.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will hold its Fourth Quarterly Meeting for 2018. This discussion is pursuant to carrying out its statutory duties for which the Panel reviews, identifies, evaluates, and advises on those program activities, systems, procedures, and management activities that can contribute to program risk. Priority is given to those programs that involve the safety of human flight. The agenda will include: • Updates on the Exploration Systems Development • Updates on the Commercial Crew Program • Updates on the International Space Station Program The meeting will be open to the public up to the seating capacity of the room. Seating will be on a first-come basis. This meeting is also available telephonically. Any interested person may call the USA toll free conference call number (888) 566–6575; pass code 3391926. Attendees will be required to sign a visitor’s register and to comply with NASA security requirements, including the presentation of a valid picture ID, before receiving an access badge. Any member of the public desiring to attend the ASAP 2018 Fourth Quarterly Meeting at the Johnson Space Center must provide their full name and company affiliation (if applicable) to Ms. Stephanie Castillo at stephanie.m.castillo@nasa.gov or by fax 281–483–2200 or telephone 281–483– daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:41 Sep 11, 2018 Jkt 244001 3341 by October 1, 2018. Foreign Nationals attending the meeting will be required to provide a copy of their passport and visa, in addition to providing the following information by September 18, 2018: Full name; gender; date/place of birth; citizenship; visa information (number, type, expiration date); passport information (number, country, expiration date); employer/ affiliation information (name of institution, address, country, telephone); and title/position of attendee. Additional information may be requested. Permanent Residents should provide this information: Green card number and expiration date. 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[FR Doc. 2018–19803 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the following meeting: Name and Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure (25150). Date and Time: October 2, 2018; 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; October 3, 2018; 8:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room E3430, Alexandria, VA 22314. Type of Meeting: Open. PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Contact Person: Amy Friedlander, CISE, Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: 703– 292–8970. Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above. Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on the impact of its policies, programs and activities in the ACI community. To provide advice to the Director/NSF on issues related to long-range planning. Agenda: Updates on NSF wide ACI activities. Dated: September 6, 2018. Crystal Robinson, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2018–19782 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Antarctic Meteorite Collection, Documentation, and Curation Plan Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 National Science Foundation. Notice of Antarctic Meteorite Collection, Documentation, and Curation Plan Received. AGENCY: ACTION: On March 31, 2003, the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a final rule that authorized the collection of meteorites in Antarctica for scientific purposes only. In addition, the regulations provide requirements for appropriate collection, handling, documentation, and curation of Antarctic meteorites to preserve their scientific value. These regulations implement the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, and Article 7 of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. The NSF is required to publish notice of the availability of Meteorite Collection, Documentation, and Curation Plans received under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice. DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this plan by September 27, 2018. This plan may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12SEN1.SGM 12SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 177 / Wednesday, September 12, 2018 / Notices the above address, 703–292–8030, or ACApermits@nsf.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An Antarctic meteorite collection, documentation, and curation plan has been received from Ralph Harvey and James Karner of Case Western University. Notice of Permit Modification Request. ACTION: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2018–19823 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Sunshine Act Meetings; National Science Board The National Science Board, pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR part 614), the National Science Foundation Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5), and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice of RESCHEDULING a meeting for the transaction of National Science Board business. FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 83 FR 43710, published on August 27, 2018. The teleconference meeting was originally scheduled for Thursday, August 30, 2018, from 3:00– 4:00 p.m. EDT. FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF POSTPONEMENT: 83 FR 44675, published on August 30, 2018. This closed teleconference meeting of the National Science Board has been rescheduled and will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, from 4:00–5:00 p.m. EDT. NEW TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brad Gutierrez, bgutierr@nsf.gov, 703– 292–7000. Please refer to the National Science Board website for additional information. Meeting information and schedule updates (time, place, subject matter, and status of meeting) may be found at https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/ meetings/notices.jsp#sunshine. Chris Blair, Executive Assistant, National Science Board Office. [FR Doc. 2018–19927 Filed 9–10–18; 4:15 pm] daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Modification Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 AGENCY: National Science Foundation. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:41 Sep 11, 2018 Jkt 244001 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice of a requested permit modification. DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this permit application by October 12, 2018. Permit applications may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at the above address, 703–292–8030, 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 establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. 1. Description of Permit Modification Requested: NSF issued a permit (ACA 2018–012) to Jay J. Rotella on October 16, 2017. The issued permit allows the permit holder to continue long-term studies of Weddell seal populations in Erebus Bay and the McMurdo Sound region to evaluate how temporal variation in the marine environment affects individual life histories and population dynamics of a long-lived mammal. These studies may require the permit holder and agents to enter into six ASPAs in the area. Research involves capture and release of up to 675 Weddell seal pups at one to four days after birth for flipper tagging per year. A recent modification to this permit, dated November 22, 2017, permitted the permit holder to increase the total take of Weddell seal pups for flipper tagging from 675 to 1000. Now the permit holder proposes a modification to the permit to increase the number of takes allocated to certain permitted activities to reflect the same increases authorized earlier this year in SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46193 NMFS Permit No. 21158–02. The take increases from those allowed under the ACA permit, as originally issued, would be as follows: Increase from 515 to 800 pups, flipper tagged once; increase from 10 to 20 pups, flipper tagged twice; increase from 285 to 385 adults, flipper tagged once; increase from 1325 to 1800 adults, harassment takes (4 per animal); increase from 675 to 910 pups, harassment takes (4 per animal); increase from 10 to 35 adults, salvage parts and vibrissae samples (3 per animal). These proposed changes would set the total number of takes of Weddell seal pups for flipper tagging to 970. The permit holder has also requested that a documentary film crew be allowed to accompany and film the permit holder and agents as they conduct the permitted activities this season. Location: Erebus Bay, McMurdo Sound; ASPA 137, North-West White Island, McMurdo Sound; ASPA 155, Cape Evans; ASPA 121, Cape Royds; ASPA 157, Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 158, Hut Point, Ross Island; ASPA 161, Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea. Dates of Permitted Activities: October 1, 2018—September 30, 2022. 2. Description of Permit Modification Requested: The Foundation issued a permit (ACA 2018–013) to Linnea Pearson on October 16, 2017. The issued permit allows the permit holder to handle Weddell seal pups per year for the purposes of studying the thermoregulatory strategies by which the pups maintain euthermia in air and in water and examine the development of diving capability as the animals prepare for independent foraging. Each of the ten seal pups, separated into two cohorts of five each, were to be handled at four time points between one and eight weeks of age. Flipper-mounted ime/depth recorder tags were to be attached to 1-week-old seal pups and removed from the pups at 7–8 weeks of age. At the 3-week time point, accelerometer tags were to be attached to the dorsal pelage of the pups and then removed at 7–8 weeks of age. VHF radio transmitters were allowed to be attached to the seal pups dorsal, caudal pelage after molting. The collection of a single whisker by plucking from each seal pup was allowed at 7–8 weeks of age. Protocols not requiring sedation (mass, morphometrics, core and surface temperatures, metabolic rates) and protocols requiring anesthesia (body composition, biopsies, blood volume analysis) were to be conducted on the first cohort of five pups at all four time points. The sedative midazolam was to be used alone on 1-week-old pups in the first cohort, while a combination of E:\FR\FM\12SEN1.SGM 12SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19823]


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Notice of Antarctic Meteorite Collection, Documentation, and 
Curation Plan Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Antarctic Meteorite Collection, Documentation, and 
Curation Plan Received.

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SUMMARY: On March 31, 2003, the National Science Foundation (NSF) 
issued a final rule that authorized the collection of meteorites in 
Antarctica for scientific purposes only. In addition, the regulations 
provide requirements for appropriate collection, handling, 
documentation, and curation of Antarctic meteorites to preserve their 
scientific value. These regulations implement the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, as amended by the Antarctic Science, Tourism 
and Conservation Act of 1996, and Article 7 of the Protocol on 
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. The NSF is required 
to publish notice of the availability of Meteorite Collection, 
Documentation, and Curation Plans received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this plan by September 27, 2018. This plan may 
be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of 
Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at

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the above address, 703-292-8030, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An Antarctic meteorite collection, 
documentation, and curation plan has been received from Ralph Harvey 
and James Karner of Case Western University.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2018-19823 Filed 9-11-18; 8:45 am]
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