[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 57 (Friday, March 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5911]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-EU-L027; FF-094263]


Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for 
Lands Underlying Salcha 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 Salcha River by 
the United States.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications should be 
submitted on or before June 23, 2005. Interested parties may submit 
comments on the BLM Draft Navigability Reports on or before May 24, 
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 
Mike Brown at (907) 271-3602 or you may visit the BLM recordable 
disclaimer of interest Web site at http://www.ak.blm.gov/.

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 Salcha River (FF-
094263). 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 (FF-094263) is for the bed of the Salcha 
River and all interconnecting sloughs between the ordinary high water 
lines of the left and right banks from origins within T. 3 N., R. 19 
E., Fairbanks Meridian (FM), Alaska, downstream approximately 125 miles 
SW to confluence with the Tanana River at T. 5 S., R. 4 E., FM. 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 23, 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 24, 
2005.
    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 
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: March 18, 2005.
Carolyn Spoon,
Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
[FR Doc. 05-5911 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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