[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29035]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1410-00; AA-2788, AA-66499]


Public Land Order No. 7367; Revocation of Geological Survey Order 
Dated July 10, 1957, and Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 
5603; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes in its entirety a Geological Survey order 
which withdrew approximately 4,300 acres of public land for Bureau of 
Land Management Powersite Classification No. 439 and partially revokes 
a public land order which withdrew lands in aid of legislation. The 
land is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was withdrawn. 
This action also allows the conveyance of the land to the State of 
Alaska, if such land is otherwise available. Any land described herein 
that is not conveyed to the State will be subject to Public Land Order 
No. 5180, or Public Land Order No. 5186, both as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbie J. Havens, 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 204 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976, 43 
U.S.C. 1714 (1994), and by Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1) (1994), it is ordered as follows:
    1. The Geological Survey Order dated July 10, 1957, which withdrew 
land for Powersite Classification No. 439 in the Chilkoot Lake and 
River area, and Public Land Order No. 5603, which withdrew land in aid 
of legislation, are hereby revoked insofar as they affect the following 
described land:

Copper River Meridian

    All lands adjacent to Chilkoot Lake below the 200 foot contour 
and to a point on the Chilkoot River one-fourth mile downstream from 
the outlet of Chilkoot Lake located within:

T. 28 S., R. 57 E., unsurveyed,
    Secs. 22, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36.
T. 29 S., R. 58 E., partly unsurveyed,
    Secs. 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14,15, and
    Secs. 22 to 26, inclusive.
T. 29 S., R. 59 E., unsurveyed,
    Secs. 19 and 30.

    The area described contains approximately 4,300 acres.

    2. The State of Alaska application for selection made under Section 
6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec. 
21 (1994), and under Section 906(e) of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act, 43 U.S.C. 1635(e) (1994), 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.
    3. Land not conveyed to the State will be subject to the terms and 
conditions of Public Land Order No. 5180, or Public Land Order No. 
5186, both as amended, and any other withdrawal of record.

    Dated: October 9, 1998.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-29035 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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