[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 36 (Thursday, February 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3521]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-1310-PG; F-85600]


Designation of Addition to Special Areas in National Petroleum 
Reserve-Alaska; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice provides official publication of an addition to 
the designated Special Areas located within the National Petroleum 
Reserve-Alaska. The designation of the Kasegaluk Lagoon Special Area is 
pursuant to the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976, and in 
accordance with the Record of Decision for the Northwest National 
Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental 
Impact Statement (IAP/EIS).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Kleven, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Northern Field Office, 907-474-2302. Mail may be sent to the BLM 
Alaska State Office (AK930) 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99513-7599.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1977 and 1999, to assure protection of 
significant subsistence, recreational, fish and wildlife, historical 
and scenic values, the Secretary of the Interior designated several 
Special Areas located within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. In 
2003, the BLM prepared the IAP/EIS for an 8.8 million-acre area within 
the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to determine the appropriate 
multiple-use management consistent with existing statutory direction 
which encourages oil and gas leasing while protecting important surface 
resources and uses. In order to meet these management responsibilities, 
the BLM recommended, in the Preferred Alternative of the IAP/EIS, the 
designation of the Kasegaluk Lagoon Special Area. On January 22, 2004, 
the Secretary of the Interior signed the Record of Decision (ROD) 
approving the Preferred Alternative, with minor modifications, and 
designated the following described lands as the Kasegaluk Lagoon 
Special Area pursuant to Section 104(b) of the Naval Petroleum Reserves 
Production Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6501 (2000):

Umiat Meridian

    The area includes the Kasegaluk Lagoon and extending inland 1 
mile which is located within:

T. 12 N., R. 34 W.
    Tps. 11 and 12 N., Rs. 35 & 36 W.
    Tps. 10 and 11 N., Rs. 37 & 38 W.
    Tps. 9, 10, and 11 N., Rs. 39 W.

    The boundary of the Kasegaluk Lagoon Special Area is generally 
depicted on Map 1. Northwest National Petroleum Reserve of the ROD 
dated January 22, 2004, and identified in detail on the map entitled 
``Kasegaluk Lagoon Special Area'', dated August 16, 2004. Copies of the 
maps are filed in BLM case file F-85600 available for public inspection 
at the Public Information Center, Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th 
Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513, or the Northern Field Office, 1150 
University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99703.

    Dated: September 8, 2004.
Henri Bisson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 05-3521 Filed 2-23-05; 8:45 am]
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