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Notice of Permit Modification Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

Notice of Permit Modification Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permit modification request received and permit issued.

AGENCY:

AGENCY:

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 and permit issued.
DATES: October 30, 2016January 31, 2023.
The permit modification was issued on August 17, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703
2927420; email: ACApermits@nsf.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation NSF, as directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Pub. L. 95541, 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.
NSF issued a permit ACA 2017015
to Leidos Innovations Group on October 30, 2016. The issued permit allows the permit holder entry into Antarctic Specially Protected Areas ASPAs. The following ASPAs containing historic huts from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration: ASPA 155 Cape Evans, Ross Island; ASPA 157 Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross; ASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island and ASPA 159 Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast. The permit allows for educational visits to the historic huts for persons associated with the United States Antarctic Program. The permit holder proposes a permit modification to extend the expiration date of the permit until January 31, 2023.
The Environmental Officer has reviewed the modification request and has determined that the amendment is not a material change to the permit, and it will have a less than a minor or transitory impact.

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National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permit modification request received and permit issued.
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 and permit issued.
DATES: October 30, 2016January 31, 2023.
The permit modification was issued on August 17, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703
2927420; email: ACApermits@nsf.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation NSF, as directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Pub. L. 95541, 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.
Description of Permit Modification Requested: The Foundation issued a permit ACA 2017019 to Leidos Innovations Group on October 30, 2016.
The issued permit allows the applicant entry into five Antarctic Specially Protected Areas ASPAs in the Antarctic Peninsula Region. Entry into protected areas is necessary to support logistic and scientific objectives of the United States Antarctic Program.
Previous modifications to this permit, dated March 9, 2017, October 6, 2017, and January 8, 2020, expanded the list of ASPAs that can be entered and transited under the permit. Currently the permit holder is granted access to 13
ASPAs in the Antarctic Peninsula Region.
Now, the applicant proposes a modification to his permit to extend the expiration date of the permit until January 31, 2023.
The Environmental Officer has reviewed the modification request and has determined that the amendment is not a material change to the permit, and SUMMARY:

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Notice of Permit Modification Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
AGENCY:

National Science Foundation.

Notice of permit modification request received and permit issued.

ACTION:

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 and permit issued.

SUMMARY:

October 30, 2016January 31, 2023.
The permit modification was issued on August 17, 2021.

DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703
2927420; email: ACApermits@nsf.gov.
The National Science Foundation NSF, as directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Pub. L. 95541, 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.
NSF issued a permit ACA 2017014
to Leidos Innovations Group on October 30, 2016. The issued permit allows the permit holder to transit through three marine Antarctic Specially Protected Areas ASPAs ASPA 145 Port Foster, Deception Island South Shetland Islands; ASPA 152 Western Bransfield Strait and ASPA 153 Eastern Dallmann Bay when necessary to support logistics and research operations.
The permit holder proposes a permit modification to extend the expiration date of the permit until January 31, 2013. The Environmental Officer has reviewed the modification request and has determined that the amendment is not a material change to the permit, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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