Notice2025-14289
Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for Lands Owned by University of Alaska, Silver Fox Mine; Serial No. AKAK106592264
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Published
July 29, 2025
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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The University of Alaska (UA) has filed an application for a recordable disclaimer of interest (RDI) application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the lands described in Mineral Survey No. 2407. The lands are also known as Silver Fox Mine. The lands were patented to UA on December 27, 1984, with a reversionary interest to the United States. UA seeks to remove the reversionary interest and a perceived cloud on title.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35712-35713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14289]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[PO #4820000251; G-Invoicing Number: O2412-014-004-047181.0]
Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for Lands
Owned by University of Alaska, Silver Fox Mine; Serial No.
AKAK106592264
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: The University of Alaska (UA) has filed an application for a
recordable disclaimer of interest (RDI) application with the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) for the lands described in Mineral Survey No.
2407. The lands are also known as Silver Fox Mine. The lands were
patented to UA on December 27, 1984, with a reversionary interest to
the United States. UA seeks to remove the reversionary interest and a
perceived cloud on title.
DATES: All comments to this section should be received on or before
October 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may provide comments on the RDI application or the BLM's
``Silver Fox Mine Summary Report'', both located at <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/RDI/tanana">https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/RDI/tanana</a> by mail, email, or in-person. Mail comments to: Bureau of Land
Management ATTN: Bettie Shelby, Branch Chief and Deputy Authorized
Officer (AK-941), Division of Lands and Cadastral, 222 West 7th Avenue
#13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513; email comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87e5f4efe2ebe5fec7e5ebeaa9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d2f3e2528212f340d2f2120632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>; or
hand-deliver comments during normal business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.) to the BLM Public Information Center, 222 West 7th Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska 99513.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bettie Shelby, Acting Branch Chief and
Deputy Authorized Officer (AK-941), at
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222 W 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513; 907-271-5596;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86e4f5eee3eae4ffc6e4eaeba8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a4859424f4648536a484647044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>; or visit the BLM's Recordable Disclaimer of Interest
website at <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/RDI">https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/RDI</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 for contacting
Ms. Wallace. 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: UA, an instrumentality of the State of
Alaska, filed an RDI application with the BLM on April 26, 2021,
pursuant to 43 CFR part 1860, subpart 1864. The application pertains to
the lands described in Mineral Survey No. 2407, officially filed on May
6, 1983, and patented to UA (patent number 50-85-0070) on December 27,
1984, with a reversionary interest to the United States. The legal land
description is as follows:
That portion of Mineral Survey No. 2407, Alaska, situated in
Sections 8 and 9, Township 2 North, Range 1 East, Fairbanks Meridian,
Alaska.
The area contains 59.59 acres.
UA contends there is a cloud on title due to discrepancies between
stipulations in the Educational Mining Act of 1982, patent number 50-
85-0070, and subsequent statutes. The discrepancies resulted in
restrictions to UA's use of the described lands. The BLM agrees the
discrepancies noted disregard the express direction of Congress to
convey all right, title, and interest of the lands described to UA and
limits UA's use of the land. If granted, the RDI application will
remove the reversionary interest of the United States and the perceived
cloud on the title.
An RDI is a legal document through which the BLM disclaims the
United States' interest in or ownership of specified lands, but the
disclaimer does not grant, convey, transfer, or renounce any title or
interest in the lands, nor does it release any tax, judgment, or lien.
This notice of application is to inform the public of the pending
application and the UA's supporting evidence, as well as to provide the
opportunity to comment or provide additional information to the BLM.
The BLM will not make a final decision on the merits of UA's
application before October 27, 2025. During this 90-day period
interested parties may comment on the university's application, AKFF-
097727, and supporting evidence. In the same period interested parties
may also comment on the BLM's ``Silver Fox Mine Summary Report''
available on the RDI website (see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section).
Copies of the university's application, supporting evidence, the
BLM Summary Report, and comments (including names and street addresses
of commenters) will be available for public review at the Alaska State
Office, Public Room, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513,
during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excepting holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personally identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personally identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask the BLM in your comment to withhold your personally identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 43 CFR 1864.0-3 and 43 U.S.C. 1745.
Chelsea Kreiner,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Lands, Realty, and Cadastral.
[FR Doc. 2025-14289 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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