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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

 43 CFR Public Land Order 7105

[AK-932-1430-01; A-060246, AA-58848]

 

Partial Revocation of Geological Survey Order Dated August 29, 
1955, Which Established Powersite Classification No. 436, and Public 
Land Order Nos. 3953 and 4056; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes one Geological Survey order and two public 
land orders insofar as they affect approximately 11,300 acres of public 
land withdrawn for power purposes at Bradley Lake. The land is no 
longer needed for the purposes for which it was withdrawn. This action 
also allows the conveyance of approximately 7,300 acres of the land to 
the State of Alaska, if such land is otherwise available. Approximately 
4,000 acres of the lands will continue to be withdrawn as part of the 
Kenai Wilderness and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, or the Kenai 
Fjords National Park, pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act of 1980. Any land made available, but not conveyed to 
the State, is opened and will be subject to the terms and conditions of 
Public Land Order No. 5180, as amended, or any other withdrawal of 
record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 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 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. (a) The Geological Survey Order dated August 29, 1955, which 
established Powersite Classification No. 436, is hereby revoked 
insofar as it affects the following described land outside of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Power Project No. 8221:

Seward Meridian

    Located within Tps. 5 and 6 S., R. 8 W., and Tps. 4 and 5 S., 
Rs. 9 and 10 W., more particularly described as:
    All land within \1/4\ mile of Bradley River from its mouth to 
Bradley Lake;
    All land within \1/4\ mile of North Fork Bradley River from its 
confluence with Bradley River for a distance of 2 miles upstream;
    All land within \1/4\ mile of Battle Creek from its mouth to the 
1,200 foot elevation pass leading to Bradley Lake;
    All land adjacent to Bradley Lake which lies at an elevation of 
less than 1,300 feet above mean sea level; and
    All land within \1/2\ mile of Nuka River from its source at toe 
of Bradley Glacier to a point 1 mile downstream therefrom.
    1. (b) Public Land Order Nos. 3953 and 4056, which withdrew and 
reserved land under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers, 
Department of the Army, for the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project, 
are hereby revoked insofar as they affect the following described 
land:

Seward Meridian

T. 4 S., R. 9 W.,
    Secs. 29 through 33, inclusive.
T. 4 S., R. 10 W.,
    Secs. 25, 35, and 36.
T. 5 S., R. 8 W.,
    Secs. 19, 20, 29, 30, and 31.
T. 5 S., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 3;
    Secs. 5 through 11, inclusive;
    Secs. 13 through 19, inclusive;
    Secs. 22 through 26, inclusive;
    Sec. 36.
T. 5 S., R. 10 W.,
    Secs. 1, 2, and 3;
    Secs. 9 through 15, inclusive;
    Sec. 24.
T. 6 S., R. 8 W.,
    Secs. 5 through 9, inclusive;
    Secs. 16, 17, and 18;
    Secs. 20 and 21.

    Excluded from the land described in the three orders above, is 
all land within the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission Power Project No. 8221, containing approximately 5,900 
acres.
    The total area affected, less the exclusion, contains 
approximately 11,300 acres.
    2. The State of Alaska applications for selection made under 
Section 6(b) 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), 
become 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 is 
opened and will be subject to Public Land Order No. 5180, as 
amended, or any other withdrawal of record.
    3. Any of the lands described in this order that are part of the 
Kenai Fjords National Park, pursuant to Section 201(5) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 410(hh) (1988); 
the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, pursuant to Section 303(4) of 
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 
668(dd) (1988); or the Kenai Wilderness, pursuant to Section 702(7) 
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 
1132 (1988), will continue to be withdrawn from all forms of entry, 
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws.

    Dated: November 28, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-30201 Filed 12-7-94; 8:45 am]
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