Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
| Citation | 88 FR 55081 |
| Published date | 14 August 2023 |
| Record Number | 2023-17358 |
| Court | National Science Foundation |
| Section | Notices |
55081
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 155 / Monday, August 14, 2023 / Notices
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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.
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 September 13, 2023. 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 or
ACApermits@nsf.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at
the above address, 703–292–4479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
National Science Foundation, as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR
671), 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 as requiring
special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to
designate Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas.
Application Details
Permit Application: 2024–006
1. Applicant: Megan Cimino, University
of California at Santa Cruz, 1156
High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064.
Activity for Which Permit is
Requested: Take, Harmful Interference,
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas (ASPAs), and Import into USA.
The applicant would conduct research
as part of the Palmer Station Long-Term
Ecological Research Program (Palmer
LTER) relating variability in seabird
ecology to changes in the physical and
biological environment, especially sea
ice, snow conditions and the availability
of prey. The research would comprise
two complimentary components at
summer breeding colonies of seabirds
and in their pelagic marine foraging
environment. The applicant would
continue long term-research efforts to
assess how annual environmental
variability affects seabird diets, breeding
success, growth rates, survival and
recruitment, behavior, population
trends, foraging success and seasonal
dispersal. The applicant would engage
in take by capture and release in order
to (1) census populations and mark
breeding territories; (2) capture, mark,
band and/or weigh adults, chicks and
eggs; (3) obtain diet samples by stomach
lavage, by screening contents of
terrestrial sediment traps and/or by
collecting regurgitated or defecated prey
items; (4) place biologging devices on
individuals; (5) place instrumented
artificial eggs under incubating
individuals; (6) obtain tissue samples
from adults and chicks (e.g., preen gland
oil, blood, feathers, egg yolk, toenails);
(7) collect addled/infertile eggs no
longer being incubated; (8) use GPS/GIS
technologies to update existing breeding
habitat maps; (9) salvage dead
specimens for educational purposes;
and (10) collect fecal samples using
cloacal swabs. The applicant would use
all/some of the above methods on the
following species: Adelie Penguin,
Chinstrap Penguin, Gentoo Penguin,
Brown Skua, South Polar Skua,
Southern Giant Petrel, Blue-Eyed Shag,
Kelp Gull, Snowy Sheathbill. All
seabirds involved in this research would
be released unharmed. Up to four time-
lapse cameras attached to poles on
square bases anchored by rocks would
be deployed to monitor penguin
occupation patterns. To conduct the
research, the applicant would enter the
following Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas: ASPA 107, Dion Islands; ASPA
113, Litchfield Island; ASPA 115,
Lagotellerie Island; ASPA 117, Avian
Island; ASPA 139, Biscoe Point; ASPA
170, Charcot Island; and ASPA 176
Rosenthal Islands.
Location: Palmer Station area,
Antarctic Peninsula; ASPA 107, Dion
Islands; ASPA 113, Litchfield Island;
ASPA 115, Lagotellerie Island; ASPA
117, Avian Island; ASPA 139, Biscoe
Point; ASPA 170, Charcot Island; and
ASPA 176 Rosenthal Islands.
Dates of Permitted Activities: October
1, 2023—September 30, 2028.
Kimiko S. Bowens-Knox,
Program Analyst, Office of Polar Programs.
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