[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 121 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34713-34714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12153]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-FR-L037; FF-094608--F-094612]


Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for 
Lands Underlying the Kantishna River, Birch Creek, Muddy River, Lake 
Minchumina, Deep Creek, and Jim Lake; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska (State) has filed applications for 
Recordable Disclaimers of Interest from the United States in certain 
lands underlying waterbodies within the Kantishna River, Birch Creek (a 
portion thereof), Muddy River, Lake Minchumina, Deep Creek, and Jim 
Lake in the Tanana River Subregion, Alaska. The State asserts that the 
water bodies were navigable, and unreserved at the time of statehood; 
therefore, title to the submerged lands passed to the State at the time 
of statehood (1959). Some of the lands included in the applications are 
within the boundary of the Denali National Preserve, created by the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of December 2, 1980.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications should be 
submitted on or before September 24, 2007. The Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) Draft Summary Report will be posted on the BLM-Alaska 
website within this notice period. Once posted, interested parties will 
have sixty (60) days to comment on the findings: http://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.html.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications or the BLM 
Draft Summary Report 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: Mike Brown at (907) 271-3602 or visit 
the BLM-Alaska Web site http://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 29, 2005, the State of Alaska 
(State) filed five (5) separate 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 certain waterbodies within the Kantishna River-Lake 
Minchumina System: Jim Lake (FF-09608); Deep Creek (FF-094609); Muddy 
River (FF-094610); Lake Minchumina (FF-094611); and the Kantishna River 
and a portion of Birch Creek (FF-094612). These waterbodies are located 
within the Tanana River Subregion, 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 water bodies are navigable; 
therefore, under the Equal Footing Doctrine and Submerged Lands Act of 
1953, ownership of these lands automatically passed from the United 
States to the State at the time of statehood in 1959. The State did not 
identify any known adverse claimant or occupant of the affected lands. 
A portion of the lands included in the applications are within the 
boundary of the Denali National Preserve, created by the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act of December 2, 1980.
    A final decision on the merits of the applications will not be made 
before September 24, 2007. During the ninety (90) day notice period, 
interested parties may comment upon the State's applications (FF-094608 
to FF-094612), and supporting evidence. Interested parties may also 
comment on the evidence presented in the BLM Draft Summary Report 
within sixty (60) days of its availability. The BLM Draft Summary 
Report will be posted on the BLM-Alaska Web site within the ninety (90) 
day notice period: http://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.html.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of commentors, 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 Federal holidays. Before including your address, 
phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information 
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold 
your personal identifying

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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a))

    Dated: May 4, 2007.
Jack Frost,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
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