[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 215 (Monday, November 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 68783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28710]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAK-963000[ndas x h]L1410000-KB0000; AA-40482]


Order Providing for Opening of Lands Subject to Section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice opens lands for selection by the State of Alaska 
(State), subject to Section 24 of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The 
lands include approximately 1,355 acres of National Forest System lands 
withdrawn for Power Site Classification No. 221 by the Secretarial 
Order dated May 14, 1929, and approximately 948 acres of public land 
withdrawn for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Power 
Project No. 13234. This action will permit conveyance of the land to 
the State, if such land is otherwise available, and retain the power 
rights to the United States. Any land described herein that is not 
conveyed to the State will remain subject to the terms and conditions 
of the Tongass National Forest reservation and any other withdrawal of 
record.

DATES: Effective Date: November 7, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert L. Lloyd, Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513; (907) 271-4682. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-(800) 877-8339 to contact the 
above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the 
above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State has requested the land withdrawn 
for Power Site Classification No. 221, and FERC Power Project No. 
13234, to be opened to State selection subject to Section 24 of the 
FPA. Upon publication of this notice, the land will be made available 
for conveyance to the State pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Alaska 
Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec. 21 and Section 
906(e) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 43 
U.S.C. 1635(e).
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 24 of the FPA of June 10, 1920, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818, 
and pursuant to the determination by the FERC in DVAK-130-001, and 
according to the regulations under 43 CFR 2091.5-4(b), notice is hereby 
given that:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights at 10 a.m. Alaska Time on 
November 7, 2011, the following described National Forest System land 
is hereby opened for selection by the State under the Alaska Statehood 
Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec. 21, subject to the provisions 
of Section 24 of the FPA as specified by the FERC in determination 
DVAK-130-001, to permit conveyance to the State, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, and the 
requirements of applicable law:

Copper River Meridian

    All land below an altitude of 1,000 feet above sea level 
adjacent to Takatz Lake on Baranof Island and the stream which is 
its outlet into Chatham Strait, and included in the State's 
selection application AA-40277 located within:

T. 54 S., R. 66 E., partially surveyed,
    Secs. 35 and 36.
T. 55 S., R. 66 E., partially surveyed,
    secs. 2 to 5, inclusive, and sec. 10.

    The area described contains approximately 1,355 acres.

    2. The State's selection applications made under Section 6(a) of 
the Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec. 21, and 
under Section 906(e) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act, 43 U.S.C. 1635(e), become effective without further action by the 
State on November 7, 2011, if such land is otherwise available. Land 
not conveyed to the State will remain subject to the terms and 
conditions of the Tongass National Forest reservation, Section 24 of 
the FPA, and any other withdrawal of record.

    Authority: 43 CFR 2091.5-4(b).

Julia Dougan,
Acting Alaska State Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-28710 Filed 11-4-11; 8:45 am]
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