[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28705-28706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7401]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-FR-L036; FF-94614 and FF-94615]


Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for 
Lands Underlying the Nabesna River and the Chisana River in Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has filed applications for recordable 
disclaimers of interest in certain lands underlying the Nabesna River 
and the Chisana River in Alaska by the United States.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications should be 
submitted on or before August 15, 2006. Comments on the BLM Draft 
Summary Report should be submitted on or before July 17, 2006.

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: Jack Frost at 907-271-5531 or you may 
visit the BLM recordable disclaimer of interest Web site at http://www.ak.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 3, 2005, the State of Alaska 
(State) 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 Nabesna River (FF-94614), approximately 85 river miles, and 
Chisana River (FF-94615), approximately 116 river miles. The Nabesna 
and Chisana Rivers are both located within the Tanana River region of 
Alaska. 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 the 
Nabesna and Chisana Rivers are navigable and under the Equal Footing 
Doctrine, Submerged Lands Act of 1953, Alaska Statehood Act, and the 
Submerged Lands Act of 1988, ownership of these submerged lands 
automatically passed from the United States to the State at the time of 
statehood in 1959.
    The State's application for Nabesna River (FF-94614) is for ``all 
submerged lands lying within the bed of the Nabesna River, between the 
ordinary high water lines of the left and right banks, from its origins 
at the Nabesna Glacier within Township 5 North, Ranges 13 and 14 East, 
Copper River Meridian, Alaska, downstream to its confluence with the 
Tanana River in Township 15 North, Range 19 East, Copper River 
Meridian, Alaska.'' The State's application for Chisana River (FF-
94615) is for ``all submerged lands lying within the bed of Chisana 
River between the ordinary high water lines of the left and right banks 
from its origin at the Chisana Glacier within Township 3 North, Range 
17 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska, downstream to its confluence 
with the Tanana River in Township 15 North, Range 19 East, Copper River 
Meridian, Alaska.'' The Chisana River application also includes the 
unnamed channel that connects Mark Creek with the Chisana River in 
Township 14 North, Ranges 19 and 20 East, Copper River Meridian, 
Alaska. The State did not identify any known

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adverse claimant or occupant of the affected lands.
    A final decision on the merits of the applications will not be made 
before August 15, 2006. During the 90-day period, interested parties 
may comment upon the State's applications, FF-94614 and FF-94615, and 
supporting evidence. Interested parties may comment on the evidentiary 
evidence presented in the BLM's Draft Summary Report on or before July 
17, 2006.
    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: February 28, 2006.
Russell D. Blome,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
 [FR Doc. E6-7401 Filed 5-15-06; 8:45 am]
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