[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50403-50404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25418]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-931-1430-01; F-92350]


Notice of Proposed Extension of Withdrawal and Transfer of 
Jurisdiction; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration has filed an application 
for the Extension of Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction from the 
U. S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Customs, to the General 
Services Administration for approximately 10 acres of land known as the 
Poker Creek Border Station. The land is withdrawn from all forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws by Public Land Order No. 5645. 
The land will be administered by the General Services Administration, 
and used jointly with the Bureau of Customs and the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service as a border inspection station to aid in the 
enforcement of the Customs and Immigration laws.

DATE: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
December 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to the Alaska 
State Director, BLM Alaska State Office,

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222 West 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbie J. Havens, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 907-271-5477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 28, 1997, the General Services 
Administration filed an application to transfer jurisdiction and extend 
the existing land withdrawal made by Public Land Order No. 5645 for 20 
years, pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976, U.S.C. 1714 (1994). The land is described as 
follows:

Copper River Meridian

    A parcel of land located within the S\1/2\S\1/2\ of sec. 25, T. 
27 N., R. 22 E., more particularly described as:
    Beginning at the intersection of the Alaska-Canada International 
Boundary with the centerline of the road between Boundary, Alaska, 
and Dawson, Yukon, at approximate latitude 64 deg.05.1'' N., 
longitude 141 deg.00'' W.;
    Thence South along the International Boundary 330 feet to corner 
No. 1;
    Thence West 660 feet to corner No. 2;
    Thence North 660 feet to corner No. 3;
    Thence East 660 feet to corner No. 4 on the Alaska-Canada 
International Boundary;
    Thence South on said International Boundary 330 feet to the 
point of beginning.

    The area described contains approximately 10 acres.
    The purpose of the withdrawal is to protect the Poker Creek Border 
Station. The withdrawal segregates the land from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry, under all of the general land laws, including the 
mining laws, as provided by Public Land Order No. 5645. No change is 
proposed in the purpose of the withdrawal.
    For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, or desire a public 
meeting in connection with the proposed withdrawal extension and 
transfer of jurisdiction, may present their views in writing to the 
Alaska State Director of the Bureau of Land Management at the address 
indicated above.
    The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2300.

    Dated: September 19, 1997.
Donald W. Baggs,
Lands and Minerals Group Supervisor, Division of Lands, Minerals, and 
Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-25418 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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