Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 1520-1521 [2019-00879]

Download as PDF amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 1520 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 23 / Monday, February 4, 2019 / Notices Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 18000W, Alexandria, VA 22314, or by email to splimpto@nsf.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Plimpton on (703) 292–7556 or send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including federal holidays). 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Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,500. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 542 hours. Frequency of Responses: On occasion. Dated: January 30, 2019. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2019–00834 Filed 2–1–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 National Science Foundation. Notice of Permit Applications Received. 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 in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received. SUMMARY: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this permit application by March 6, 2019. This application 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, 45 CFR 670), 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. DATES: Application Details 1. Applicant: Permit Application: 2019–017. Robert Sanders, Department of Biology, Temple University, 1900 N 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Introduce Non-indigenous Species into Antarctica. The applicant would use cultures of the bacteria as a food source during a study of Antarctic mixotrophic phytoplankton aboard the research vessel Laurence M. Gould. The bacterial culture is a non-pathogenic marine species (Photobacterium angustum) obtained from American Type Culture Collection. This bacterial E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 23 / Monday, February 4, 2019 / Notices species would be used as it has been shown to have the ability to incorporate a thymidine substitute that can be used to identify which phytoplankton have ingested the bacteria. The feeding experiments would be conducted in sealed plastic containers kept isolated from the environment. At the conclusion of the experiments, any sample or culture remaining, including filtered seawater, would be destroyed by autoclaving on the ship. Supplies and equipment would be sterilized at the end of each experiment by autoclaving or using ethanol. The applicant and permit agents are experienced in using sterile techniques and in maintaining safe practices with microbial cultures. Location: West Antarctic Peninsula region. Dates of Permitted Activities: April 10–May 31, 2019. 2. Applicant: Permit Application: 2019–018. Daniel P. Zitterbart, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543–1050. Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take. The permit applicant proposes to place short-term deployment tags on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) for the purposes of studying their foraging ecology. The applicant would deploy digital acoustic recording tags (DTAGs) onto humpback whales to record the three-dimensional movement of the animals, and the presence of feeding lunges. DTAGs contain a 3-axis accelerometer and magnetometer that record the pitch, yaw, and heading of the whale at a high sampling rate (> 50 Hz), as well as a pressure sensor that records the depth of the animal. A FastLoc® (Wildtrack Telemetry Systems Ltd) GPS tag will also be attached to the DTAG, allowing the position of the whale to be recorded throughout the deployment. To deploy the tag, a zodiac will be used to approach the whale, with the tag lowered onto the back of the whale using a carbon-fibre pole. Effort will be made to tag animals that are determined to be in transit or resting, and not currently feeding. The tags would be released from the whales after several hours and would be retrieved by the researchers. The applicant proposes to tag up to five adult or sub-adult humpack whales during the permit period (no calves would be tagged). Up to 70 additional whales, all ages, would potentially be approached and disturbed during the tagging efforts. The applicant and agents would also conduct water and oceanographic sampling, as well as deploy an echosounder and hydrophone, in order to study the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 247001 availability of prey and oceanographic conditions during whale foraging. The study would be conducted during an expedition aboard a tour vessel operated by Polar Latitudes, Inc. Location: West Antarctic Peninsula region. Dates of Permitted Activities: March 1–20, 2019. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2019–00879 Filed 2–1–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to participate in the teleconference should contact Ms. Jamerson using the contact information below or may register for the GoToWebinar at https:// register.gotowebinar.com/register/306 2144677756975362 for the February 26, 2019, meeting. Contact Information: Kellee Jamerson, email: Kellee.Jamerson@nrc.gov, telephone: (301) 415–7408. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: 1521 meeting. Dr. Palestro will conduct the meeting in a manner that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. The following procedures apply to public participation in the meeting: 1. Persons who wish to provide a written statement should submit an electronic copy to Ms. Jamerson at the contact information listed above. All submittals must be received by February 21, 2019, 3 business days prior to the February 26, 2019, meeting, and must pertain to the topic on the agenda for the meeting. 2. Questions and comments from members of the public will be permitted during the meeting at the discretion of the Chairman. 3. The draft transcript and meeting summary will be available on ACMUI’s website https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ doc-collections/acmui/meetings/ 2019.html on or about April 9, 2019. This meeting will be held in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (primarily Section 161a); the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR part 7. Dated: January 30, 2019. Russell E. Chazell, Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2019–00908 Filed 2–1–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2019–0001] Sunshine Act Meetings Weeks of February 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 2019. PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and Closed. 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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1520-1521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00879]


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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.

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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 in 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 March 6, 2019. This 
application 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, 45 CFR 670), 
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.

Application Details

    1. Applicant: Permit Application: 2019-017. Robert Sanders, 
Department of Biology, Temple University, 1900 N 12th Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19122.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Introduce Non-indigenous 
Species into Antarctica. The applicant would use cultures of the 
bacteria as a food source during a study of Antarctic mixotrophic 
phytoplankton aboard the research vessel Laurence M. Gould. The 
bacterial culture is a non-pathogenic marine species (Photobacterium 
angustum) obtained from American Type Culture Collection. This 
bacterial

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species would be used as it has been shown to have the ability to 
incorporate a thymidine substitute that can be used to identify which 
phytoplankton have ingested the bacteria. The feeding experiments would 
be conducted in sealed plastic containers kept isolated from the 
environment. At the conclusion of the experiments, any sample or 
culture remaining, including filtered seawater, would be destroyed by 
autoclaving on the ship. Supplies and equipment would be sterilized at 
the end of each experiment by autoclaving or using ethanol. The 
applicant and permit agents are experienced in using sterile techniques 
and in maintaining safe practices with microbial cultures.
    Location: West Antarctic Peninsula region.
    Dates of Permitted Activities: April 10-May 31, 2019.
    2. Applicant: Permit Application: 2019-018. Daniel P. Zitterbart, 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, 
MA 02543-1050.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take. The permit applicant 
proposes to place short-term deployment tags on humpback whales 
(Megaptera novaeangliae) for the purposes of studying their foraging 
ecology. The applicant would deploy digital acoustic recording tags 
(DTAGs) onto humpback whales to record the three-dimensional movement 
of the animals, and the presence of feeding lunges. DTAGs contain a 3-
axis accelerometer and magnetometer that record the pitch, yaw, and 
heading of the whale at a high sampling rate (> 50 Hz), as well as a 
pressure sensor that records the depth of the animal. A FastLoc[supreg] 
(Wildtrack Telemetry Systems Ltd) GPS tag will also be attached to the 
DTAG, allowing the position of the whale to be recorded throughout the 
deployment. To deploy the tag, a zodiac will be used to approach the 
whale, with the tag lowered onto the back of the whale using a carbon-
fibre pole. Effort will be made to tag animals that are determined to 
be in transit or resting, and not currently feeding. The tags would be 
released from the whales after several hours and would be retrieved by 
the researchers. The applicant proposes to tag up to five adult or sub-
adult humpack whales during the permit period (no calves would be 
tagged). Up to 70 additional whales, all ages, would potentially be 
approached and disturbed during the tagging efforts. The applicant and 
agents would also conduct water and oceanographic sampling, as well as 
deploy an echosounder and hydrophone, in order to study the 
availability of prey and oceanographic conditions during whale 
foraging. The study would be conducted during an expedition aboard a 
tour vessel operated by Polar Latitudes, Inc.
    Location: West Antarctic Peninsula region.
    Dates of Permitted Activities: March 1-20, 2019.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2019-00879 Filed 2-1-19; 8:45 am]
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