[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7823-7824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3857]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
(AK-932-1410-00; AA-6676)


Public Land Order No. 7316; Withdrawal of Public Land for 
Koliganek Village Selection; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 1,920 acres of public land 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. This action also reserves the land for 
selection by the Koliganek Natives, Limited, the village corporation 
for Koliganek. This withdrawal is for a period of 120 days; however, 
any land selected shall remain withdrawn by the order until it is 
conveyed. Any land described herein that is not selected by the 
corporation will remain subject to the terms and conditions of any 
withdrawal or segregation of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley J. Macke, 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 22(j)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 
U.S.C. 1621(j)(2) (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
land is hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and is 
hereby reserved for selection under Section 12 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1611 (1994), by the Koliganek Natives, 
Limited, the village corporation for Koliganek:

Seward Meridian

T. 5 S., R. 46 W.,
    secs. 8, 16, and 17.

The area described contains 1,920 acres.

    2. Prior to conveyance of any of the land withdrawn by this order, 
the land shall be subject to administration by the

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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 land available for 
selection by the Koliganek Natives, Limited, to fulfill the entitlement 
of the village of Koliganek 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 land selected shall remain withdrawn 
pursuant to this order until it is conveyed. Any land 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).

    Dated: February 4, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-3857 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]
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