[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19410]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1410-01; AA-81880]


Order Providing for Opening of Land Subject to Section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, approximately 61 acres of public land reserved 
for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Connelly Lake 
Hydroelectric Project No. 11715-000 (formerly known as the Upper 
Chilkoot Hydroelectric Project No. 11319-001). This action will permit 
conveyance of the land to the State of Alaska, if such land is 
otherwise available.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 29, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By virtue of the authority vested in the 
Secretary of the Interior by the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as 
amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 (1994), and pursuant to the determination by the 
FERC in DVAK-153-000, it is ordered as follows:
    Subject to valid existing rights, existing withdrawals, or other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law, at 8:00 
a.m., on July 29, 1999, the following described public land is hereby 
opened to allow for conveyance of the land to the State of Alaska, 
subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal Power Act:
    The FERC Power Project No. 11715 (Connelly Lake Hydroelectric 
Project (AA-81880)) located within secs. 22, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36, T. 
28 S., R. 57 E., and secs. 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 22, 23, 25, and 26, T. 
29 S., R. 58 E., Copper River Meridian. The area affected by this order 
contains approximately 61 acres.
    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 order in 
the Federal Register, if such land is otherwise available.
    The land described herein will continue to be subject to the 
provisions of the FERC Power Project No. 11715, pursuant to the 
authority set forth in Section 24 of the Federal Power Act, as amended, 
16 U.S.C. 818 (1994).

    Dated: July 15, 1999.
Susan J. Lavin,
Acting Supervisor, Lands and Minerals Group, Division of Lands, 
Minerals, and Resources.
[FR Doc. 99-19410 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]
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