Notice2025-09535

Alaska Native Claims Selection

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Published
May 28, 2025

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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau

Abstract

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision approving conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA).

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 22511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09535]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[PO#4820000251; Order #02412-014-004-047181.0; A2407-014-004-065516; F-
21870-17; F-19154-50]


Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of 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 approving 
conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands to 
NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation, 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA).

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, Alaska 99513-7504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dina L. Torres, Management and Program 
Analyst, BLM Alaska State Office, 907-271-5699, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a2e3e2538382f390a282627642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c2838233e3e293f0c2e2021622b233a">[email&#160;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: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 
hereby given that the BLM will issue an appealable decision to NANA 
Regional Corporation, Inc. The decision approves conveyance of the 
surface and subsurface estates in certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 
U.S.C. 1601, et seq.). The lands are located in the vicinity of Kobuk 
and Kiana, Alaska, and are described as:

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska

T. 19 N., R. 11 E.,
    Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive;
    Secs. 9 to 16, inclusive;
    Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive;
    Secs. 35 and 36.
    Containing 11,171.59 acres.
T. 19 N., R. 9 W.,
    Secs. 1 to 18, inclusive;
    Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
    Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
    Containing 16,615.73 acres.
    Aggregating 27,787.32 acres.

    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 described above.
    The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for 
four consecutive weeks in the ``Fairbanks Daily-News Miner'' 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 June 27, 2025 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.

Dina L. Torres,
Management and Program Analyst, Division of Lands and Cadastral.
[FR Doc. 2025-09535 Filed 5-27-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4331-10-P


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