45 CFR § 670.27 - Specific issuance criteria.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s670.27"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 670.27 - Specific issuance criteria."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "670.27"
section_name: "Specific issuance criteria."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "670"
part_name: "CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 2405, as amended."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 50164, Sept. 21, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "670"
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# 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.