45 CFR § 670.36 - Specific issuance criteria.

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title: "45 CFR § 670.36 - Specific issuance criteria."
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title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "670.36"
section_name: "Specific issuance criteria."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "670"
part_name: "CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 2405, as amended."
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# 670.36 Specific issuance criteria.

(a) For purposes consistent with the Act, only the following species may be considered for a permit allowing their introduction into Antarctica:

(1) Cultivated plants and their reproductive propagules for controlled use; and

(2) Species of living organisms including viruses, bacteria, yeasts, and fungi, for controlled experimental use.

(b) Living non-indigenous species of birds shall not be introduced into Antarctica.

[86 FR 27988, May 25, 2021]