[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 8523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4181]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-040-1430-EQ; AA-081878]


Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) 
Act Classification; R&PP Lease of Public Lands; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The following public lands along the Anvik River in western 
Alaska have been examined and found suitable for classification and 
opening under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

Seward Meridian

Alaska

T. 31 N., R. 61 W.
    NW1/4NE1/4NE1/4, Section 34
    SW1/4NW1/4NW1/4, Section 35
    Containing 2.00 acres more or less.

    This action is a motion by the Bureau of Land Management to make 
available lands identified in the Management Framework Plan dated 
November 1981 for the Southwest Planning area available for the 
erection of structures used to enhance fisheries resources. Due to the 
remote location of these lands this activity may have potential for 
research expansion. Lease of these lands for public purpose use would 
be in the public and Federal government interest. Detailed information 
concerning this action is available for review at the office of the 
Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage Field Office, 6881 Abbott Loop 
Road, Anchorage, Alaska.
    Lease of these lands will be subject to the following terms, 
conditions, and reservations:
    1. Provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and to all 
applicable regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
    2. All valid existing rights documented on the official public land 
records at the time of lease issuance.
    3. All minerals shall be reserved to the United States, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals.
    4. Any other reservations that the authorized officer determines 
appropriate to ensure public access and proper management of Federal 
lands and interests therein.
    Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the lands 
will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public 
land laws, including the general mining laws, except for lease or 
conveyance under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and leasing 
under the mineral leasing law. For a period of 45 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, interested parties 
may submit comments regarding the proposed classification of the lands 
to the Anchorage Field Manager. In the absence of any adverse comments, 
the classification will be effective 60 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Bonds, Anchorage Field Office, 
6881 Abbott Loop Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99507, (907) 267-1239.

    Dated: December 17, 2002.
Clinton E. Hanson,
Acting Anchorage Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-4181 Filed 2-20-03; 8:45 am]
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