[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 41 (Thursday, March 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10408-10409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4075]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-EU-L028; AA-085446]


Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for 
Lands Underlying Kasilof River in Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has filed an application for a recordable 
disclaimer of interest in certain lands underlying the Kasilof River by 
the United States.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications should be 
submitted on or before June 1, 2005. Interested parties may submit to 
comments on the BLM Draft Navigability Reports on or before May 2, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Chief, Branch of Lands and 
Realty, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Callie Webber at (907) 271-3167 or 
Jack Frost at (907) 271-5531 or you may visit the BLM recordable 
disclaimer of interest Web site at http://www.ak.blm.gov/ak930/rdi/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 12, 2004, the State of Alaska filed 
applications for recordable disclaimers of interest pursuant to section 
315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the regulations 
contained in 43 CFR subpart 1864 for lands underlying Kasilof River 
(AA-085446). A recordable disclaimer of interest, if issued, will 
confirm the United States has no valid interest in the subject lands. 
The notice is intended to notify the public of the pending applications 
and the State's grounds for supporting it. The State asserts that this 
river is navigable; therefore, under the Equal Footing Doctrine and 
Submerged Lands Act of 1953, ownership of these lands underlying the 
rivers automatically passed from the United States to the State at the 
time of statehood in 1959.
    The State's application, AA-085446, is for ``all submerged lands 
lying within the bed of the Kasilof River, and all interconnected 
sloughs, between the ordinary high water lines of the left and right 
banks from the boundary of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge at 
Township 2 North, Range 11 West, Sections 5 and 8, Seward Meridian, 
Alaska, downstream to its mouth in Cook Inlet within Townships 3 and 4 
North, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian, 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 
before June 1, 2005. During the 90-day period, interested parties may 
comment upon the State's application, AA-085446, and supporting 
evidence. Interested parties may comment on the evidentiary evidence 
presented in the BLM's Draft Navigability Reports on or before May 2, 
2005.

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    Comments, including names and street addresses of commenters, will 
be available for public review at the Alaska State Office (see 
ADDRESSES 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 
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 businesses will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: February 24, 2005.
Carolyn Spoon,
Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
[FR Doc. 05-4075 Filed 3-2-05; 8:45 am]
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