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forth below. Comments from the public
will be used to inform the Task Force’s
consideration of options and
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Responders are invited to provide
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Suzanne H. Plimpton,
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Stacy Murphy,
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Science and Technology Policy.
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Notice of Permit Applications Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978
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Notice of permit applications
received.
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 August 23, 2021. 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:
Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address, 703–292–7420, 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
Permit Application: 2022–002
1. Applicant: Dr. George Watters,
Director, AMLR Program,
Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
National Marine Fisheries Service,
8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla,
CA 92037
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Take, Harmful Interference,
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas, Import into USA. This permit
application pertains to research
activities conducted by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) Antarctic
Marine Living Resources (AMLR)
Program. The U.S. AMLR Program
proposes to take pinniped species in the
Antarctic Peninsula region as part of a
long-term ecosystem monitoring
program established in 1986. Permission
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is requested for take and harmful
interference for Antarctic fur seals
(Arctocephalus gazelle), leopard seals
(Hydrurga leptonyx), Weddell seals
(Leptonychotes weddellii), crabeater
seals (Lobodon carcinophaga), southern
elephant seals (Mirounga leonine) and
Ross seals (Ommatophoca rossii) by
harassment associated with life-history
studies and surveys to census or
estimate abundance and distribution of
pinnipeds. Specific take activities
include capture/handling/release of
animals for studies of attendance
behavior, diving, and at-sea foraging
location, diet, and population dynamics.
Animals will be sedated and
anesthetized during tagging and
sampling procedures. Procedures
include standard measuring of
morphometrics, ultra-sounding,
attaching of instrumentation, blood and
tissue sampling and flipper marking/
tagging. All studies of foraging ecology,
population dynamics, mark-recapture,
census, reproductive success, and
energetics are part of a long-term
monitoring effort coordinated with other
Antarctic treaty nations under the
auspices of Convention for the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources.
The U.S. AMLR Program also
proposes continue studies of the
behavioral ecology and population
biology of the Ade´lie, gentoo, chinstrap
and king penguins, as well as
interactions among these species and
their principal avian predators. Specific
take activities associated with avian
research include capture/handling/
release, attaching of instrumentation,
tagging/banding, weighing/measuring of
individuals, tissue and egg sampling,
diet sampling, placing of nest markers
and censusing. The number of takes per
annum of each avian species will be as
follows: Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis
antarcticus), Ade´lie penguin (Pygoscelis
adeliae), Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis
papua), king penguin (Aptenodytes
patagonicus), brown skua(Catharacta
lonnbergi), south polar skua (Catharacta
maccormicki), giant petrel (macronectes
giganteus), kelp gull (Larus
dominicanus), blue-eyed shag
(Phalacrocorax atriceps), snowy
sheathbill (Chionis alba) and cape petrel
(Daption capensis). Those protocols
related to the CCAMLR Ecosystem
Monitoring Program (CEMP) are
described by CCAMLR
The U.S. AMLR Program requests
permission to continue long-term
studies at the Cape Shirreff and
Copacabana research sites. Additionally,
the Program anticipates conducting
intermittent peninsula-wide pinniped
and seabird surveys. As such, access to
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all ASPAs in the South Shetland Islands
and in the Antarctic Peninsula region is
requested. Entry to sites will be made
via U.S. AMLR charter or NSF vessels,
with immediate access via zodiac
operations. Peninsula-wide pinniped
and seabird surveys may include the use
of unmanned aerial vehicles and
photogrammetry. All species, pinniped
and avian, are subject to harmful
interference due to census (aerial or
ground) and other work described in
this application.
Location: Antarctic Peninsula region,
South Shetland Islands vicinity: Cape
Shirreff, Livingston Island; San Telmo
Islands; Copacabana, western shore of
Admiralty Bay; and Lions Rump, King
George Island.
ASPA 108, Green Island, Berthelot
Islands, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 112, Coppermine Peninsula,
Robert Island
ASPA 113, Litchfield Island, Arthur
Harbor, Palmer Archipelago
ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula, King
George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 126, Byers Peninsula, Livingston
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 128, Western Shore of Admiralty
Bay, King George Island
ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula, King
George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 133, Harmony Point, Nelson
Island, South Shetland Island
ASPA 134, Cierva Point offshore
islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic
Peninsula
ASPA 139, Biscoe Point, Anvers Island
ASPA 140, Shores of Port Foster,
Deception Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 144, Chile Bay
ASPA 145, Port Foster, Deception
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 146, South Bay, Doumer Island,
Palmer Archipelago
ASPA 148, Mount Flora, Hope Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 149, Cape Shirreff, Livingston
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay,
King George Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 151, Lions Rump, King George
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 152, Western Bransfield Strait,
Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 153, East Dallmann Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 171, Narebski Point, Barton
Peninsula, King George Island
Dates of Permitted Activities: October
1, 2021–July 31, 2026.
Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
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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 August 23, 2021.
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: Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address, 703-292-7420, or [email protected].
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
Permit Application: 2022-002
1. Applicant: Dr. George Watters, Director, AMLR Program, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8901 La
Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037
Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Take, Harmful Interference,
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, Import into USA. This permit
application pertains to research activities conducted by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Antarctic Marine Living
Resources (AMLR) Program. The U.S. AMLR Program proposes to take
pinniped species in the Antarctic Peninsula region as part of a long-
term ecosystem monitoring program established in 1986. Permission
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is requested for take and harmful interference for Antarctic fur seals
(Arctocephalus gazelle), leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx), Weddell
seals (Leptonychotes weddellii), crabeater seals (Lobodon
carcinophaga), southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonine) and Ross
seals (Ommatophoca rossii) by harassment associated with life-history
studies and surveys to census or estimate abundance and distribution of
pinnipeds. Specific take activities include capture/handling/release of
animals for studies of attendance behavior, diving, and at-sea foraging
location, diet, and population dynamics. Animals will be sedated and
anesthetized during tagging and sampling procedures. Procedures include
standard measuring of morphometrics, ultra-sounding, attaching of
instrumentation, blood and tissue sampling and flipper marking/tagging.
All studies of foraging ecology, population dynamics, mark-recapture,
census, reproductive success, and energetics are part of a long-term
monitoring effort coordinated with other Antarctic treaty nations under
the auspices of Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources.
The U.S. AMLR Program also proposes continue studies of the
behavioral ecology and population biology of the Ad[eacute]lie, gentoo,
chinstrap and king penguins, as well as interactions among these
species and their principal avian predators. Specific take activities
associated with avian research include capture/handling/release,
attaching of instrumentation, tagging/banding, weighing/measuring of
individuals, tissue and egg sampling, diet sampling, placing of nest
markers and censusing. The number of takes per annum of each avian
species will be as follows: Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus),
Ad[eacute]lie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis
papua), king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), brown skua(Catharacta
lonnbergi), south polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki), giant petrel
(macronectes giganteus), kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), blue-eyed shag
(Phalacrocorax atriceps), snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba) and cape
petrel (Daption capensis). Those protocols related to the CCAMLR
Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) are described by CCAMLR
The U.S. AMLR Program requests permission to continue long-term
studies at the Cape Shirreff and Copacabana research sites.
Additionally, the Program anticipates conducting intermittent
peninsula-wide pinniped and seabird surveys. As such, access to all
ASPAs in the South Shetland Islands and in the Antarctic Peninsula
region is requested. Entry to sites will be made via U.S. AMLR charter
or NSF vessels, with immediate access via zodiac operations. Peninsula-
wide pinniped and seabird surveys may include the use of unmanned
aerial vehicles and photogrammetry. All species, pinniped and avian,
are subject to harmful interference due to census (aerial or ground)
and other work described in this application.
Location: Antarctic Peninsula region, South Shetland Islands
vicinity: Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island; San Telmo Islands;
Copacabana, western shore of Admiralty Bay; and Lions Rump, King George
Island.
ASPA 108, Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 112, Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island
ASPA 113, Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago
ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 126, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 128, Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island
ASPA 132, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 133, Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Island
ASPA 134, Cierva Point offshore islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic
Peninsula
ASPA 139, Biscoe Point, Anvers Island
ASPA 140, Shores of Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 144, Chile Bay
ASPA 145, Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 146, South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago
ASPA 148, Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 149, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 150, Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island, South
Shetland Islands
ASPA 151, Lions Rump, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 152, Western Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 153, East Dallmann Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 171, Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula, King George Island
Dates of Permitted Activities: October 1, 2021-July 31, 2026.
Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
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