Notice2024-05516
Alaska Native Claims Selection
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Published
March 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision replacing its August 3, 2023, decision ("original decision") which approved lands for conveyance to The Aleut Corporation, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The original decision is vacated in its entirety due to an error in land status and is replaced by the new decision. The lands approved for conveyance lie entirely within the Aleutian Islands Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 18967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05516]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AK_FRM_MO4500176108; AA-12223, AA-12225, AA-12237, AA-12241, AA-
12243, AA-12249]
Alaska Native Claims Selection
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of replacement decision approving lands for conveyance.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides
constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision replacing
its August 3, 2023, decision (``original decision'') which approved
lands for conveyance to The Aleut Corporation, pursuant to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The original decision is
vacated in its entirety due to an error in land status and is replaced
by the new decision. The lands approved for conveyance lie entirely
within the Aleutian Islands Unit of the Alaska Maritime National
Wildlife Refuge.
DATES: Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by
the decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the
requirements of 43 CFR part 4 within the time limits set out in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the decision from the Bureau of
Land Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, #13,
Anchorage, AK 99513-7504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Curtiss, Land Law Examiner,
BLM Alaska State Office, 907-271-5066 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfadbcaaadabb6acac9fbdb3b2f1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7c5d4c2c5c3dec4c4f7d5dbda99d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals
in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the original decision was
published on August 3, 2023, in the Federal Register, 88 FR 51342.
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the
BLM will issue an appealable decision to The Aleut Corporation. The
decision approves conveyance of surface and subsurface estates in
certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended.
The lands aggregate 62.49 acres and are located within the Aleutian
Islands Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in the
following townships:
T. 67 S., R. 88 W., Seward Meridian (SM); T. 70 S., R. 108 W., SM;
T. 69 S., R. 109 W., SM; T. 77 S., R. 121 W., SM; T. 78 S., R. 128 W.,
SM;
T. 79 S., R. 128 W., SM; T. 82 S., R. 135 W., SM.
The decision addresses public access easements, if any, to be
reserved to the United States pursuant to sec. 17(b) of ANCSA (43
U.S.C. 1616(b)), in the lands approved for conveyance.
The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for
four consecutive weeks in ``The Bristol Bay Times & The Dutch Harbor
Fisherman'' newspaper.
Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by the
decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the requirements of
43 CFR part 4 within the following time limits:
1. Unknown parties, parties unable to be located after reasonable
efforts have been expended to locate, parties who fail or refuse to
sign their return receipt, and parties who receive a copy of the
decision by regular mail, which is not certified, return receipt
requested, shall have until April 15, 2024 to file an appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the decision by certified mail
shall have 30 days from the date of receipt to file an appeal.
Parties who do not file an appeal in accordance with the
requirements of 43 CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have waived their
rights. Notices of appeal transmitted by facsimile will not be accepted
as timely filed.
Eileen M. Ford,
Chief, Branch of Adjudication.
[FR Doc. 2024-05516 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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