[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22616-22617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10014]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAK927000 L54200000 FR0000 LVDIL09L0410; FF-94683]


Notice of Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for 
Lands Underlying the Tanana River in Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has filed an application with the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM) for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest from 
the United States in those lands underlying the Tanana River in 
Interior Alaska. The State asserts that the Tanana River was navigable 
and unreserved at the time of Statehood; therefore title to the 
submerged lands passed to the State at the time of Statehood (1959).

DATES: All comments to this action should be received on or before July 
28, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the State of Alaska's application or the BLM 
Draft Summary Report must be filed with the Chief, Branch of Survey 
Planning and Preparation (AK-927), Division of Cadastral Survey, BLM 
Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, Alaska 
99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Callie Webber, Navigability Section 
Chief, at the above address, (907) 271-3167, or [email protected], or 
visit the BLM Recordable Disclaimer of Interest Web site at http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/rdi.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 10, 2006, the State of Alaska filed 
an application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest pursuant to 
section 315 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act and the 
regulations contained in 43 CFR subpart 1864 for the lands underlying 
the Tanana River (FF-94683). A Recordable Disclaimer of Interest, if 
issued, will confirm that the United States has no valid interest in 
the subject lands. The notice is intended to notify the public of the 
pending application and the State's reasons for supporting it. The 
State asserts that this river was navigable at the time of Statehood, 
and therefore, ownership of the lands underlying the river 
automatically passed from the United States to the State at the time of 
Statehood in 1959, pursuant to the Equal Footing Doctrine, the 
Submerged Lands Act of 1953, the Submerged Lands Act of 1988, the 
Alaska Statehood Act, or any other legally cognizable reason.
    The State's application, FF-94683, is for ``all submerged lands 
lying within the bed of the Tanana River, between the ordinary high 
water lines of the left and right banks from its origins at the 
confluence with the Chisana and the Nabesna Rivers within Section 29 
and 30, Township 15 North, Range 19 East, Copper River Meridian, 
Alaska, flowing generally northwesterly to all points of confluence 
with the Yukon River in Section 23, Township 4 North, Range 22 West, 
Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska.'' The State did not identify any known 
adverse claimant or occupant of the affected lands.
    A final decision on the merits of the application will not be made 
before July 28, 2010. During the 90-day period, interested parties may 
comment on the State's application, FF-94683, and supporting evidence. 
Interested parties may also comment during this time on the BLM's Draft 
Summary Report.
    Comments, including names and street addresses of commenters, will 
be available for public review at the Alaska State Office (see 
ADDRESSES above), during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays.

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    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.
    If the evidence is sufficient to find a determination of 
navigability for title purposes, and the records do not disclose a 
reason not to issue the disclaimer, and there is no valid objection by 
another Federal agency, then the application may be approved.

    Authority: 43 CFR subpart 1864.

Michael H. Schoder,
Deputy State Director, Division of Cadastral Survey.
[FR Doc. 2010-10014 Filed 4-28-10; 8:45 am]
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