[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47067-47068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16492]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-FR-L040; FF-94671 and FF-94672]


Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for 
Lands Underlying Little Scottie Creek and Scottie Creek in 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 those 
lands underlying Little Scottie Creek and Scottie Creek, located in the 
Tanana River region in Interior, Alaska. The State asserts that Scottie 
Creek and Little Scottie Creek 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). A portion of these lands are 
within the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications should be 
submitted on or before November 20, 2007. The Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) has prepared two Draft Summary Reports, one for each water body. 
Comments on the Draft Summary Reports should be submitted on or before 
October 22, 2007. The State's applications and the BLM Draft Summary 
Reports will be posted on the

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BLM-Alaska Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.html.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications or the BLM 
Draft Summary Reports should be sent to the Chief, Branch of Survey 
Planning and Preparation (AK-927), Division of Cadastral Survey, BLM 
Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Frost at (907) 271-5531 or [email protected] or visit the BLM-Alaska Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 26, 2006, the State of Alaska 
(State) filed two 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 those lands 
underlying Little Scottie Creek (FF-94671) and Scottie Creek (FF-
94672). 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 them. The State asserts that Little 
Scottie Creek and Scottie Creek are navigable and unreserved; 
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 applied for lands are within the exterior boundary of 
the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
    A final decision on the merits of the applications will not be made 
before November 20, 2007. During the ninety (90) day notice period, 
interested parties may comment upon the State's applications for Little 
Scottie Creek (FF-94671) and Scottie Creek (FF-94672) and supporting 
evidence. Interested parties may also comment on the evidence presented 
in the BLM Draft Summary Reports within sixty (60) days of the date of 
this notice. The State's applications and the BLM Draft Summary Reports 
will be posted on the BLM-Alaska Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.html.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of the 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 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 information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a)).

Craig Frichtl,
Chief, Branch of Survey Planning and Preparation.
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