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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.
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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.
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Notice of Permit Modification Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978
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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
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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
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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.
NEW TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 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.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brad Gutierrez, [email protected],
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.
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