Notice2024-19447
Public Land Order No. 7947; Rescission of Public Land Order Nos. 7899, 7900, 7901, 7902, and 7903; Alaska.
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Published
August 29, 2024
Effective
August 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
This Order rescinds Public Land Order Nos. 7899 (see 86 FR 5236), and 7900, 7901, 7902, and 7903 (unpublished), which purported to revoke Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) 17(d)(1) withdrawals affecting approximately 28 million acres of public lands within the Bay, Bering Sea-Western Interior, East Alaska, Kobuk-Seward Peninsula, and Ring of Fire planning areas.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19447]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500181601; F-86061, F-16298, F-16299, F-16301, AA-61299,
F-16304, F-85667, AA-61005, F-85702, AA-66614, AA-65515, AA-65516, AA-
65513, AA-61301, AA-65514, F-16302]
Public Land Order No. 7947; Rescission of Public Land Order Nos.
7899, 7900, 7901, 7902, and 7903; Alaska.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This Order rescinds Public Land Order Nos. 7899 (see 86 FR
5236), and 7900, 7901, 7902, and 7903 (unpublished), which purported to
revoke Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) 17(d)(1) withdrawals
affecting approximately 28 million acres of public lands within the
Bay, Bering Sea-Western Interior, East Alaska, Kobuk-Seward Peninsula,
and Ring of Fire planning areas.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on August 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Templeton, Realty Specialist,
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh
Avenue, Mailstop #13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504, (907) 271-4214, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bad8cedfd7cad6dfced5d4fad8d6d794ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99fbedfcf4e9f5fcedf6f7d9fbf5f4b7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in the United States who are deaf,
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(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services
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of contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department identified certain procedural
and legal defects in the decision-making processes for PLO Nos. 7899
(see 86 FR 5236), 7900, 7901, 7902, and 7903 (unpublished)
(collectively, ``the PLOs''), including insufficient analysis under the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), failure to comply with
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and
failure to secure consent from the Department of Defense (DOD) with
regard to lands under DOD administration as required by section 204(i)
of FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 1714(i)). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
since analyzed the impacts of revoking the ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals
and opening the lands as stated in the five PLOs in the ANSCA 17(d)(1)
Withdrawals Final Environmental Impact Statement under NEPA (see 89 FR
55654), consulted on the action under the NHPA, and sought consent from
agencies managing overlapping withdrawals pursuant to section 204(i) of
FLPMA. The Secretary has determined, after the BLM documented
compliance with those laws, that revocation would not protect the
public interest and has therefore selected the No Action Alternative as
set forth in a Record of Decision signed on August 23, 2024. This Order
rescinds as improperly issued the five PLOs that would partially revoke
the ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals across five planning areas.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.,
including, but not limited to, the withdrawal revocation authority
provided by section 204 of that Act, 43 U.S.C. 1714, and other
authority, including her authority to correct legal errors of the
Department, it is ordered as follows:
Subject to valid existing rights, Public Land Order Nos. 7899 (86
FR 5236), 7900, 7901, 7902, and 7903 are hereby rescinded as improperly
issued; therefore, the ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals remain in place to
protect the public interest in important resource values insofar as
they affect the Federal lands described in PLO Nos. 7899-7903 in the
Bay, Bering Sea-Western Interior, East Alaska, Kobuk-Seward Peninsula,
and Ring of Fire planning areas. The areas described aggregate a total
of approximately 28,000,000 acres.
Deb Haaland,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2024-19447 Filed 8-28-24; 8:45 am]
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