[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54002-54003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23452]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-932-5420-EU-L024; AA-085086, AA-085087, AA-085088, & AA-085089]


Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for 
Lands Underlying Eight Rivers and Nine Lakes in Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has submitted four applications for 
recordable disclaimer of interest pursuant to section 315 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the regulations contained in 
43 CFR part 1864. A recordable disclaimer of interest, if issued, will 
confirm the United States has no valid interest in the subject lands. 
This notice is intended to notify the public of the pending 
applications and the State's grounds supporting it.

DATES: Comments on these pending applications should be submitted by 
December 15, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Chief, Branch of Lands and 
Realty, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, No. 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Haskins, Branch of Lands and 
Realty at 907-271-3351 or visit the

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recordable disclaimer of interest Web site at http://www.ak.blm.gov/ak930/realty/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 18, 2003, the State of Alaska filed 
applications for recordable disclaimer of interest for lands underlying 
eight rivers and nine lakes, aggregating 400 miles in length. The State 
asserts the rivers and lakes listed below are navigable and under the 
Equal Footing Doctrine and Submerged Lands Act of 1953, ownership of 
these submerged lands automatically passed from the United States to 
the State at the time of statehood in 1959.
    The applications are for lands underlying the Tazlina River and 
Tazlina Lake, Klutina River and Klutina Lake located in the Copper 
River region, Kvichak River and Lake Iliamna located in Southwest 
Alaska, and Wood River and the lake and river system, including 
Aleknagik, Nerka, Little Togiak, Beverley, Kulik, and Mikchalk Lakes, 
and interconnecting rivers including Wood, Agulowak, Agulukpak, Wind, 
and Peace Rivers. The Wood River and the lake and river system are 
located in the Wood-Tikchik State Park in Southwest Alaska. The State 
did not identify any known adverse claimant or occupant of the affected 
lands.
    A final decision on the merits of the applications will not be made 
until December 15, 2003. During the 90-day period, interested parties 
may submit comments on the State's applications, BLM Serial Numbers AA-
085086 (Tazlina River and Tazlina Lake), AA-085087 (Klutina River and 
Klutina Lake), AA-085088 (Kvichak River and Lake Iliamna), and AA-
085089 (Wood River and Lakes System).
    Comments, including names and street addresses of commenters, will 
be available for public review at the Alaska State Office (see address 
above), during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to hold your name or address from public 
review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you 
must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. Such 
requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions 
from organizations or business will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: August 18, 2003.
Mike Haskins,
Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
[FR Doc. 03-23452 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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