[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11671]


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[Federal Register: May 13, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-4210-06; AA-40482]

43 CFR Public land order 7042

 

Opening of Land, Under section 24 of the Federal Power Act, in 
the Departmental Order Dated May 14, 1929, as Amended, Which 
Established Powersite Classification No. 221; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, approximately 575 acres of National Forest 
System land withdrawn by a Departmental order which established 
Powersite Classification No. 221 at Baranof Lake. This action will 
permit conveyance of the land to the State of Alaska, if such land is 
otherwise available, and retain the water power rights to the United 
States. Any land described herein that is not conveyed to the State 
will be subject to the terms and conditions of the national forest 
reservation and any other withdrawal of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 13, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sue A. Wolf, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-271-5477.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by section 24 of the Federal Power Act of June 10, 1920, as amended, 16 
U.S.C. 818 (1988), and pursuant to the determination by the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission in DVAK-145, it is ordered as follows:
    1. At 10 a.m. on May 13, 1994, the following described land 
withdrawn by a Departmental Order dated May 14, 1929, which established 
Powersite Classification No. 221, will be opened to permit conveyance 
to the State of Alaska subject to the provisions of section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission in determination DVAK-145, and subject to valid existing 
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, and the requirements of 
applicable law:

Copper River Meridian

Tongass National Forest
    All lands below an altitude of 210 feet above sea level adjacent to 
Baranof Lake and the stream which is its outlet and included in the 
State of Alaska selection application AA-53101 located within:

T. 55 S., R. 66 E., unsurveyed,
    Sec. 24.
T. 55 S., R. 67 E., partly unsurveyed,
    Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, and sec. 30.

    The area described contains approximately 575 acres.

    2. The State of Alaska application for selection made under section 
6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec. 
21 (1988) and under Section 906(e) of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act, 43 U.S.C. 1635(e) (1988), becomes effective 
without further action by the State upon publication of this 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 the Tongass National Forest reservation, Section 24 
of the Federal Power Act, and any other withdrawal of record.

    Dated: April 22, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-11671 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
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