Notice2021-11791
Notice of Application for Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting for the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Alaska
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Published
June 7, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw 4,560 acres of National Forest System land for the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. The USFS requests the withdrawal as the receding Mendenhall Glacier leaves additional lands unprotected by the existing withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 829. This Notice segregates these lands for up to two years from location and entry under United States mining laws and leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The land will remain open to other uses at the discretion of the Authorized Officer.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 107 (Monday, June 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30329-30330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11791]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Application for Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public
Meeting for the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) filed an application with the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the
Interior withdraw 4,560 acres of National Forest System land for the
Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. The USFS requests the withdrawal as
the receding Mendenhall Glacier leaves additional lands unprotected by
the existing withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 829.
This Notice segregates these lands for up to two years from location
and entry under United States mining laws and leasing under the mineral
leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The land will remain
open to other uses at the discretion of the Authorized Officer.
DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by
September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting requests should be mailed to the
BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage,
Alaska 99513-7504. The BLM will not consider comments received via
telephone calls.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Kreiner, BLM Alaska State
Office, 907-271-4205, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e3d352c3b37303b2c1e3c323370393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0b3bba2b5b9beb5a290b2bcbdfeb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual. The
FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or
question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 2019, the USFS filed an
application for the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw the following
National Forest System land from location and entry under the United
States mining laws and leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject
to valid existing rights:
Copper River Meridian, Alaska
Tongass National Forest
T. 39 S., Rs. 65 and 66 E., more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at Corner No. 2, U.S. Survey No. 1536, Alaska.
THENCE, along the record courses of PLO 829, N 18[deg] 30' W, a
distance of 160 chains;
THENCE, N 55[deg] 00' E, a distance of 100 chains, to the POINT OF
BEGINNING of the Mendenhall Withdrawal;
THENCE, N 26[deg] 00' E, a distance of 110 chains;
THENCE, N 78[deg] 30' E, a distance of 260 chains;
THENCE, S 8[deg] 30' E, a distance of 133 chains;
THENCE, S 33[deg] 00' W, a distance of 90 chains;
THENCE, S 77[deg] 00' W, a distance of 101 <plus-minus> chains, to
the boundary of PLO 829;
THENCE, along said boundary on the following courses, N 20[deg] 00'
W, a distance of 24 <plus-minus> chains;
THENCE, N 45[deg] 00' W, a distance of 80 chains;
THENCE, West, a distance of 110 chains, to the POINT OF BEGINNING of
the Mendenhall Withdrawal, containing 4,560 <plus-minus> acres.
The use of a rights-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative
agreement would not provide adequate protection for the existing and
planned development over a large area from impacts related to location
and development of mining claims or mineral leasing activities.
The land for this withdrawal adjoins PLO 829, dated May 10, 1952,
for the Tongass National Forest Mendenhall Lake Scenic and Winter
Sports Area. Water is critical to this withdrawal for both recreation
and visual purposes. The Mendenhall Glacier and Mendenhall Lake are the
focal point and basis for the USFS recreation development and
facilities at this site. The USFS is requesting the Secretary to
include in the withdrawal area both the glacier and lake which is
coming into exposure with the retreating glacier.
All persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or objections
in connection with the proposed withdrawal may present their views in
writing to the BLM. Records relating to the application may be examined
by contacting the BLM Alaska State Office at the address above.
The Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting
is in connection with this withdrawal. All persons who desire a public
meeting for the purpose of being heard on the withdrawal must submit a
written request to the BLM Alaska State Director within 90 days from
the date of publication of this Notice. Upon determination by the
authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, a
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notice of the time and place will be published in the Federal Register
and at least one local newspaper before the scheduled date of the
meeting.
Comments, including name and street address of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BLM Alaska State Office at the
address in the ADDRESSES section above during regular business hours,
08:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment including your personal identifying
information may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so. For a period of two years from the date of publication
of this Notice in the Federal Register, the land specified above will
be segregated from location and entry under United States mining laws
and leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing
rights, unless the application is denied or canceled, or the withdrawal
is approved prior to that date.
Although the land will be segregated from location and entry under
United States mining laws and leasing under the mineral leasing laws,
subject to valid existing rights, the land will continue to be managed
in accordance with the various acts that govern occupancy and use of
National Forest System lands. The authorized officer may, at his or her
discretion, permit temporary uses of the land during this period of
segregation that do not interfere with the use of the land intended by
the USFS.
The withdrawal application will be processed in accordance with the
regulations set-forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1.
Chad Padgett,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2021-11791 Filed 6-4-21; 8:45 am]
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