Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of

1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to a permit issued under the Antarctic

Conservation of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar

Programs, has amended the waste management permit issued to Adventure

Network International (ANI) under the Antarctic Conservation Act of

1978. The amendment is a modification to an existing permit which is

not a material change to the terms and conditions of the permit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Nadene Kennedy, Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755,

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

22230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 19, 1996, the National Science

Foundation received a request from ANI to issue a new waste management

permit for ANI operations within Dronning Maud Land and the Sor Rondone

and surrounding mountains in Antarctica. The operations proposed, air

transport of clients and members of some national antarctic programs

and support of climbing expeditions, are substantively the same and

supplement those described in the ANI permit 96WM2 for the period of

December 27, 1995 to December 26, 2000. Considering the exemplary

performance of ANI in the administration of the terms and condition of

past permits, the current permit, and the minor nature of the request,

the permit 96WM2 is amended to include the referenced locations of ANI

operations for the pendency of the permit.

Erick Chiang,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Polar Programs.

[FR Doc. 96-22180 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]

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