[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7478-7479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3603]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1410-00; FF-14954]


Public Land Order No. 7313; Withdrawal of Public Lands for 
Wainwright Village Selection; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 9,151 acres of public lands 
from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including 
the mining and mineral leasing laws, pursuant to Section 22(j)(2) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Approximately 8,513 acres of 
the lands are located within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. 
This action also reserves the lands for selection by the Olgoonik 
Corporation, the village corporation for Wainwright. This withdrawal is 
for a period of 120 days; however, any lands selected shall remain 
withdrawn by the order until they are conveyed. Any lands described 
herein that are not selected by the corporation will remain subject to 
the terms and conditions of any withdrawal or segregation of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley J. Macke, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-
271-5049.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 22(j)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 
U.S.C. 1621(j)(2) (1994), and in accordance with Section 12 of the 
Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections Act of 1992, 43 U.S.C. 1634(f) 
(1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands, a portion of which are located within the boundaries of the 
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, are hereby withdrawn from all forms 
of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining and 
mineral leasing laws, and are hereby reserved for selection under 
Section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1611 
(1994), by the Olgoonik Corporation, the village corporation for 
Wainwright:

Umiat Meridian

T. 16 N., R. 29 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Secs. 1 to 12, inclusive.
T. 14 N., R. 30 W., (Surveyed)
    Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; and secs. 9 to 12, inclusive.
T. 4 S., R. 11 W., (Partially Surveyed)
    Sec. 30, S\1/2\.
T. 4 S., R. 12 W., (Partially Surveyed)
    Sec. 25, S\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 9,151 acres.

    2. Prior to conveyance of any of the lands withdrawn by this order, 
the lands shall be subject to administration by the Secretary of the 
Interior under applicable laws and regulations, and his authority to 
make contracts and to grant leases, permits, rights-of-way, or 
easements shall not be impaired by this withdrawal.
    3. This order constitutes final withdrawal action by the Secretary 
of the Interior under Section 22(j)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1621(j)(2) (1994), to make lands available 
for selection by the Olgoonik Corporation, to fulfill the entitlement 
of the village of Wainwright under Section 12 and Section 14(a) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1611 and 1613 (1994).
    4. This withdrawal will terminate 120 days from the effective date 
of this order; provided, any lands selected shall remain withdrawn 
pursuant to this order until conveyed. Any lands described in this 
order, not selected by the corporation, will be subject to the terms 
and conditions of any other withdrawal or segregation of record.
    5. It has been determined that this action is not expected to have 
any significant effect on the subsistence uses and needs pursuant to 
Section 810(c) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 
16 U.S.C. 3120(c) (1994), and this action is exempted from the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 note (1994), by 
Section 910 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 43 
U.S.C. 1638 (1994).


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    Dated: February 4, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-3603 Filed 2-12-98; 8:45 am]
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