[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25576]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-933-1410-ET; A-033717]


Public Land Order No. 7540; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order No. 2374; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes a public land order insofar as it affects 
approximately 304.18 acres of public lands withdrawn for military 
purposes for the Department of the Air Force at Port Moller Radio Relay 
Site, Alaska. The lands are no longer needed for the purpose for which 
they were withdrawn. This action also allows the conveyance of the 
lands to the State of Alaska, if such lands are otherwise available. 
Any lands described herein that are not conveyed to the State will 
continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of Public Land Order 
No. 5186, as amended, and any other withdrawal or segregation of 
record.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 8, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbie J. Havens, Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99513-7599, 907-271-5477.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and 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. Public Land Order No. 2374, which withdrew public lands for 
military purposes, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 
following described lands:

Seward Meridian

T. 48 S., R. 72 W.,

    Three parcels more particularly described as:

Tract A

    Commencing at U.S.L.M.S. 1147, latitude 55[deg]59'28'' N., 
longitude 160[deg]34'29.374'' W., 1927 N.A.D.;
    Thence S. 73[deg]32'44'' E., 16.040.33 feet to Point ``Site'';
    Thence North 1,000 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence
    East, 1,000 feet;
    South, 2,000 feet;
    West, 2,000 feet;
    North, 2,000 feet;
    East, 1,000 feet to the Point of Beginning.

    The area described contains 91.83 acres.

Tract B

    Commencing at U.S.L.M.S. 1147, latitude 55[deg]59'28'' N., 
longitude 160[deg]34'29.374'' W., 1927 N.A.D.;
    Thence N. 30[deg]18'42'' E., 3,785.54 feet to the Point of 
Beginning, thence
    N. 59[deg]32'30'' W., 750 feet;
    N. 30[deg]27'30'' E., 5,500 feet;
    S. 59[deg]32'30'' E., 1,500 feet;
    S. 30[deg]27'30'' W., 5,500 feet;
    N. 59[deg]32'30'' W., 750 feet to the Point of Beginning.

    The area described contains 189.39 acres.

Tract C

    Commencing at U.S.L.M.S. 1147, latitude 55[deg]59'28'' N., 
longitude 160[deg]34'29.374'' W., 1927 N.A.D.;
    Thence S. 73[deg]32'44'' E., 10,580 feet to the Point of 
Beginning; thence
    N. 83[deg] E., 730 feet;
    S. 7[deg] E., 1,000 feet;
    S. 83[deg] W., 1,000 feet;
    N. 7[deg] W., 1,000 feet;
    N. 83[deg] E., 270 feet to the Point of Beginning.

    The area described contains 22.96 acres.
    The areas described aggregate 304.18 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 lands are otherwise 
available. Any lands not conveyed will continue to be subject to the 
terms and conditions of Public Land Order No. 5186, as amended, and any 
other withdrawal or segregation of record.

    Dated: September 13, 2002.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
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