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e-CFR Data is current as of February 12, 2009


Title 45: Public Welfare
PART 670—CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS

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Subpart F—Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

§ 670.27   Specific issuance criteria.

Permits authorizing entry into any Antarctic Specially Protected Area designated in §670.29 may only be issued if:

(a) The entry and activities to be engaged in are consistent with an approved management plan, or

(b) A management plan relating to the area has not been approved by the Antarctic Treaty Parties, but

(1) There is a compelling scientific purpose for such entry which cannot be served elsewhere, and

(2) The actions allowed under the permit will not jeopardize the natural ecological system existing in such area.

§ 670.28   Content of permit application.

In addition to the information required in subpart C of this part, an applicant seeking a permit to enter an Antarctic Specially Protected Area shall include the following in the application:

(a) A detailed justification of the need for such entry, including a discussion of alternatives;

(b) Information demonstrating that the proposed action will not jeopardize the unique natural ecological system in that area; and

(c) Where a management plan exists, information demonstrating the consistency of the proposed actions with the management plan.

§ 670.29   Designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, Specially Managed Areas and Historic Sites and Monuments.

(a) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic Treaty Parties for special protection and are hereby designated as Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA). The Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended, prohibits, unless authorized by a permit, any person from entering or engaging in activities within an ASPA. Detailed maps and descriptions of the sites and complete management plans can be obtained from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

ASPA 101  Taylor Rookery, Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica

ASPA 102  Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica

ASPA 103  Ardery Island and Odbert Island, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

ASPA 104  Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands

ASPA 105  Beaufort Island, Ross Sea (see ASPA 124)

ASPA 106  Cape Hallett, Victoria Land

ASPA 107  Emperor Island, Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula (see Measure 1, 2002)

ASPA 108  Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula

ASPA 109  Moe Island, South Orkney Islands

ASPA 110  Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands

ASPA 111  Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands, South Orkney Islands

ASPA 112  Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 113  Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago

ASPA 114  Northern Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands

ASPA 115  Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

ASPA 116  `New College Valley', Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island

ASPA 117  Avian Island, off Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula

ASPA 118  `Cryptogam Ridge', Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land

ASPA 119  Davis Valley and Forlidas Pond, Dufek Massif

ASPA 120  `Pointe-Géologie Archipelego', Terre Adélie

ASPA 121  Cape Royds, Ross Island

ASPA 122  Arrival Heights, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island

ASPA 123  Barwick and Balham Valleys (see Measure 1, 2002), Victoria Land

ASPA 124  Cape Crozier, Ross Island

ASPA 125  Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 126  Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 127  Haswell Island

ASPA 128  Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island

ASPA 129  Rothera Point, Adelaide Island

ASPA 130  `Tramway Ridge', Mount Erebus, Ross Island

ASPA 131  Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land

ASPA 132  Potter Peninsula, `25 de Mayo' (King George) Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 133  Harmony Point, west coast of Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 134  Cierva Point and offshore islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

ASPA 135  North-eastern Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land

ASPA 136  Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land

ASPA 137  Northwest White Island, McMurdo Sound

ASPA 138  Linnaeus Terrace, Asgaard Range, Victoria Land

ASPA 139  Biscoe Point, Anvers Island

ASPA 140  Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 141  `Yukidori Valley', Langhovde, Lützow-Holmbukta

ASPA 142  Svarthamaren, Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, Dronning Maud Land

ASPA 143  Marine Plain, Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land

ASPA 144  `Chile Bay' (Discovery Bay), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 145  Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 146  South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago

ASPA 147  Ablation Valley-Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island

ASPA 148  Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

ASPA 149  Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 150  Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island

ASPA 151  Lions Rump, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 152  Western Bransfield Strait off Low Island, South Shetland Islands

ASPA 153  Eastern Dallmann Bay off Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago

ASPA 154  Botany Bay, Cape Geology, Victoria Land

ASPA 155  Cape Evans, Ross Island

ASPA 156  Lewis Bay, Mount Erebus, Ross Island

ASPA 157  Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island

ASPA 158  Hut Point, Ross Island

ASPA 159  Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast

ASPA 160  Frazier Islands, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica (see Measure 2, 2003)

ASPA 161  Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea

ASPA 162  Mawson's Huts, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, East Antarctica (see Measure 2, 2004)

ASPA 163  Dakshin Gangotri Glacier, Dronning Maud Land

ASPA 164  Scullin and Murray Monoliths, Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica

ASPA 165  Edmonson Point, Wood Bay, Ross Sea

ASPA 166  Port-Martin, Terre Adélie

ASPA 167  Hawker Island, Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica

(b) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic Treaty Parties for special management and are hereby designated as Antarctic Specially Managed Areas (ASMA). Detailed maps and descriptions of the sites and complete management plans can be obtained from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

ASMA 1  Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

ASMA 2  McMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land

ASMA 3  Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land

ASMA 4  Deception Island, South Shetland Islands

ASMA 5  Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole

ASMA 6  Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

(c) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic Treaty Parties as historic sites or monuments (HSM). The Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended, prohibits any damage, removal or destruction of a historic site or monument listed pursuant to Annex V to the Protocol. Descriptions of the sites or monuments can be obtained from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

HSM 1  Flag mast at South Pole

HSM 2  Rock cairn and plaques on Ongul Island, Prins Harald Kyst

HSM 3  Rock cairn and plaque on Proclamation Island, Enderby Land

HSM  4 Bust and plaque at `Pole of Inaccessibility'

HSM 5  Rock cairn and plaque at Cape Bruce, Mac. Robertson Land

HSM 6  Rock cairn and canister at Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land

HSM 7  Stone and plaque at Mabus Point, Queen Mary Land

HSM 8  Monument sledge and plaque at Mabus Point, Queen Mary Land

HSM 9  Cemetery on Buromskiy Island, Queen Mary Land

HSM 10  Observatory at Bunger Hills, Queen Mary Land

HSM 11  Tractor and plaque at Vostok Station

HSM 14  Ice cave at Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay, Scott Coast

HSM 15  Hut at Cape Royds, Ross Island

HSM 16  Hut at Cape Evans, Ross Island

HSM 17  Cross at Cape Evans, Ross Island

HSM 18  Hut at Hut Point, Ross Island

HSM 19  Cross at Hut Point, Ross Island

HSM 20  Cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island

HSM 21  Hut at Cape Crozier, Ross Island

HSM 22  Hut at Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast

HSM 23  Grave at Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast

HSM 24  Rock cairn at Mount Betty, Queen Maud Range

HSM 26  Installations at Barry Island, Debenham Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 27  Cairn with plaque at Megalestris Hill, Petermann Island, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 28  Cairn, pillar and plaque at Port Charcot, Booth Island, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 29  Lighthouse on Lambda Island, Melchior Islands, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 30  Shelter at Paradise Harbour, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 32  Monolith on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 33  Shelter, cross and plaque on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 34  Bust on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 35  Cross and statue on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 36  Plaque at Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 37  Statue at Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 38  Hut of Snow Hill Island, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 39  Hut at Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 40  Bust, grotto, statue, flag mast, graveyard and stele at Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 41  Hut and grave at Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 42  Huts, magnetic observatory and graveyard at Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands

HSM 43  Cross at `Piedrabuena Bay', Filchner Ice Front, Weddell Sea

HSM 44  Plaque at Nivlisen Ice Front, Princesse Astrid Kyst, Dronning Maud Land

HSM 45  Plaque at Metchnikoff Point, Brabant Island, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 46  Buildings and installations at Port-Martin, Terre Adélie

HSM 47  Building on le des Pétrels, Terre Adélie

HSM 48  Cross on le des Pétrels, Terre Adélie

HSM 49  Pillar at Bunger Hill, Queen Mary Land

HSM 50  Plaque at Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 51  Grave and cross at Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 52  Monolith at Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 53  Monolith and plaques on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 54  Bust on Ross Island

HSM 55  Buildings and artifacts on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 56  Remains of hut and environs at Waterboat Point, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 57  Plaque at “Yankee Bay” (Yankee Harbour), MacFarlane Strait, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 59  Cairn on Half Moon Beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 60  Plaque and cairn at 'Penguins Bay', Seymour Island, James Ross Island archipelago

HSM 61  `Base A' at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, off Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula

HSM 62  `Base F (Wordie House)' on Winter Island, Argentine Islands

HSM 63  `Base Y' on Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land

HSM 64  `Base E' on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land

HSM 65  Message post on Foyn Island, Possession Islands

HSM 66  Cairn at Scott Nunataks, Alexandra Mountains

HSM 67  Rock shelter `Granite House' at Cape Geology, Granite Harbour

HSM 68  Depot at Hells Gate Moraine, Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay

HSM 69  Message post at Cape Crozier, Ross Island

HSM 70  Message post at Cape Wadworth, Coulman Island

HSM 71  Whaling station at Whalers Bay, Deception Island

HSM 72  Cairn on Tryne Islands, Vestfold Hills

HSM 73  Memorial Cross, Lewis Bay, Ross Island

HSM 74  Wreckage of sailing ship, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands

HSM 75  `A Hut', Pram Point, Ross Island

HSM 76  Ruins of base `Pedro Aguirre Cerda', Pendulum Cove, Deception Island

HSM 77  Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land

HSM 78  Memorial Plaque at India Point, Humboldt Mountains, Wohlthat Massif, central Dronning Maud Land

HSM 79  Lilie Marleen Hut, Mt. Dockery, Everett Range, Northern Victoria Land

HSM 80  Amundsen's Tent

HSM 81  Rocher du Débarquement (Landing Rock)

HSM 82  Monument to the Antarctic Treaty and Plaque

[73 FR 14940, Mar. 20, 2008]

§ 670.30   [Reserved]

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