[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5586]


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[Federal Register: March 10, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
43 CFR Public Land Order 7033

[AK-932-4210-06; F-030474]

 

Partial Revocation of Powersite Classification No. 443, as 
Modified, for Selection of Land by the State of Alaska; AK

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a Powersite Classification, insofar as it 
effects approximately 25,634 acres of land withdrawn for power purposes 
at Teklanika River. The land is no longer needed for the purpose for 
which it was withdrawn. This action also opens approximately 19,734 
acres of land for selection by the State of Alaska, if such land is 
otherwise available. Any land described herein that is not conveyed to 
the State will be subject to the terms and conditions of any withdrawal 
of record. The remaining approximate 5,900 acres of land will continue 
to be withdrawn as part of the Denali National Park and Preserve 
pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sue A. Wolf, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-17-5477.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1988), and by section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act 43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1)(1988), it is ordered as 
follows:
    1. Powersite Classification No. 443, as modified, which withdrew 
land for power purposes in the Teklanika River area, is hereby revoked 
insofar as it affects the following described land:

Fairbanks Meridian

    Beginning at a point on the Teklanika River latitude 
63 deg.58'08'' N., longitude 149 deg.31'48'' W. All lands upstream 
from this point below the 2,000 foot contour located in:
    a. Those portions of Tps. 12 and 13 S., Rs. 9 and 10 W., 
(surveyed), which lie outside of the Denali National Park and 
Preserve. The area described contains approximately 19,734 acres.
    b. Those portions of Tps. 11 S., Rs. 9, 10, and 11 W.; and Tp. 
13 S., R. 10 W., (partially surveyed), which lie within the Denali 
National Park and Preserve.
    The area described contains approximately 5,900 acres.
    The total area described contains approximately 25,634 acres.

    2. Subject to valid existing rights, the land described in section 
1(a) above is hereby opened for selection by the State of Alaska under 
the Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec. 21 
(1988) or section 906(b) of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act, 43 U.S.C. 1635(b)(1988).
    3. The State of Alaska applications for selection made under 
section 906(e) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 
43 U.S.C. 1635(e)(1988), for the land described in 1(a) above, become 
effective without further action by the State upon publication of the 
public land order in the Federal Register, if such land is otherwise 
available. Land not conveyed to the State will be subject to the terms 
and conditions of any withdrawal of record.
    4. The land described in paragraph 1(b) above will remain withdrawn 
as part of the Denali National Park and Preserve, pursuant to Section 
206 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 
410(hh-5)(1988).

    Dated: March 2, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-5586 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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