[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14461-14462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7290]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1410-00; AA-6649 and AA-6689]


Public Land Order No. 7380; Withdrawal of Public Lands for Atka 
Village Selection and Pauloff Harbor Village Selection; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 26,579.51 acres of public 
lands located within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge or 
the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, 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 reserves 13,968.61 acres of the 
lands for selection by the Atxam Corporation, the village corporation 
for

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Atka, and reserves 12,610.90 acres of the lands for selection by the 
Sanak Corporation, the village corporation for Pauloff Harbor. 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shall remain withdrawn by the order until they are conveyed.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 corporations will remain 
withdrawn as part of the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge or 
the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, pursuant to the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and will be subject to the 
terms and conditions of any withdrawal of record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbie J. Havens, Bureau of Land 
Management, 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), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands located within the Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuge or the Alaska 
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, are hereby withdrawn from all forms 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:
    (a) The selection of the remaining entitlement under section 12 of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1611 (1994), by the 
Atxam Corporation, village corporation for Atka:

Seward Meridian

T. 52 S., R. 72 W.,
    Secs. 15 to 34, inclusive.
T. 75 S., R. 121 W.,
    Secs. 28, 33, 34, and 35.
T. 76 S., R. 121 W.,
    Secs. 3 and 4.
T. 93 S., R. 177 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Sec. 8.
T. 93 S., R. 179 W., (Unsurveyed)
    Sec. 28.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 13,968.61 acres.

    (b) The selection of the remaining entitlement under section 12 of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1611 (1994), by the 
Sanak Corporation, village corporation for Pauloff Harbor:

Seward Meridian

T. 53 S., R. 68 W.,
    Secs. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 20, and 21.
T. 52 S., R. 70 W.,
    Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive.
T. 52 S., R. 71 W.,
    Secs. 9, 10, 13 to 16, inclusive;
    Secs. 21 to 24, inclusive; and
    Secs. 26 to 32, inclusive.
T. 53 S., R. 73 W.,
    Secs. 33 and 34.

    The areas described aggregate 12,610.90 acres.

    The areas described in (a) and (b) above aggregate a total of 
approximately 26,579.51 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 Atxam Corporation, to fulfill the entitlement of 
the village for Atka, and to make lands available for selection by the 
Sanak Corporation, to fulfill the entitlement of the village for 
Pauloff Harbor, 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 shall remain withdrawn as part of 
the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge or the Alaska Maritime 
National Wildlife Refuge, pursuant to sections 302(1), 303(1) and 
304(c) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 
U.S.C. 668(dd) (1994); and 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 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: March 12, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-7290 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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