[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77179-77180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8027]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK960-1410-HY-P]


Alaska Native Claims Acreage Allocation

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of decision allocating additional acreage to regional 
corporations.

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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 
an appealable decision allocating additional acreage to Alaskan Native 
regional corporations will be issued to:

Ahtna, Inc., The Aleut Corporation, Bering Straits Native 
Corporation, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Calista Corporation, 
Chugach Alaska Corporation, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Doyon, Limited, 
Koniag, Inc., NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., and Sealaska 
Corporation.

    Further information and a table showing the acreage computation are 
contained in the Supplementary Information portion of this notice. If 
there is an appeal that affects the allocation to any other region, 
then all other allocations are subject to administrative correction.

DATES: The time limits for filing an appeal are:
    1. Any party claiming a property interest which is adversely 
affected by the decision shall have until January 30, 2006, to file an 
appeal.
    2. Parties receiving service of the decision by certified mail 
shall have 30 days from the date of receipt to file an appeal.
    Parties who do not file an appeal in accordance with the 
requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed to have 
waived their rights.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may be obtained from: Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Resseguie, by phone at 907-271-
5422, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunication device (TTD) may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to 
contact Ms. Resseguie.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 205 of the Alaska Land Transfer 
Acceleration Act of December 10, 2004, Public Law 108-452, 118 Stat. 
3585 (hereafter Sec. 205), amended Sec. 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8), by directing the 
Secretary of the Interior to allocate to the regional corporations an 
additional 200,000 acres of the 2 million acre pool established under 
Sec. 14(h) of ANCSA.
    Each region's respective share of the 200,000 acres has been 
calculated using the final Sec. 14(h) percentiles published in the 
Federal Register, Vol. 42. No. 22, pages 6419 to 6432, February 2, 
1977, and Federal Register, Vol. 43, No. 221, page 53062, November 15, 
1978, subject to the specific limitations included in Sec. 205. The 
table below sets out the computations required by Sec. 205. Column 2 
lists the final percentiles published in the Federal Register; column 3 
shows each region's respective share of the 200,000 acres; and column 4 
shows each region's revised total allocation under section 14(h)(8).

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                                                                                                    Total acres
                                                                    Percentage       Share of        allocated
                      Regional corporation                             share       200,000-acre    under section
                                                                                    allocation       14(h)(8)
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Ahtna...........................................................         1.41538        2,830.76       22,957.54
Aleut...........................................................         4.36431        8,728.62       70,789.37
Arctic Slope....................................................         5.07850       10,157.00       82,373.57
Bering Straits..................................................         8.98443       17,968.86      145,727.99
Bristol Bay.....................................................         7.17430       14,348.60      116,367.57
Calista.........................................................        17.45725       34,914.50      283,157.64
Chugach.........................................................         2.73467        5,469.34       44,356.51
Cook Inlet......................................................         8.15078       16,301.56               *
Doyon...........................................................        12.00348       24,006.96      194,697.16
Koniag..........................................................         4.40716        8,814.32               *
NANA............................................................         6.38041       12,760.82      103,490.63
Sealaska........................................................        21.84883       43,697.66     354,389.33
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*Settled by legislation.


Ramona Chinn,
Deputy State Director, Division of Conveyance Management.
 [FR Doc. E5-8027 Filed 12-28-05; 8:45 am]
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