[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24336-24337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11337]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[F-20520; 18X.LLAK.944000.L14100000.HY0000.P]


Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides 
constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision approving 
conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands to 
Kukulget, Inc., and Sivuqaq, Inc., both Alaska Native corporations, 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, as amended 
(ANCSA).

DATES: Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by 
the decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the 
requirements of 43 CFR part 4 within the time limits set out in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the decision from the BLM, Alaska 
State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-
7504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Eileen Bryant, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 907-271-5715 or [email protected]. The BLM Alaska State Office 
may also be contacted via a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 
(TDD) through the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. The relay 
service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 
or question with the BLM. The BLM will reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 
hereby given that the BLM will issue an appealable decision to 
Kukulget, Inc., and Sivuqaq, Inc. The decision approves conveyance of 
the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands pursuant to the 
ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.). The lands are located on St. Lawrence 
Island, Alaska, and are described as:

Lots 4 and 5, U.S. Survey No. 4340, Alaska.
    Containing 424.35 acres.


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    The grant of the lands described above shall be to Kukulget, 
Inc., and Sivuqaq, Inc., as tenants in common in the following 
proportions:
    Kukulget, Inc., an undivided 415/842 interest, and Sivuqaq, 
Inc., an undivided 427/842 interest.

    The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for 
four consecutive weeks in the Nome Nugget newspaper.
    Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by the 
decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the requirements of 
43 CFR part 4 within the following time limits:
    1. Unknown parties, parties unable to be located after reasonable 
efforts have been expended to locate, parties who fail or refuse to 
sign their return receipt, and parties who receive a copy of the 
decision by regular mail which is not certified, return receipt 
requested, shall have until June 25, 2018 to file an appeal.
    2. Parties receiving service of the decision by certified mail 
shall have 30-days from the date of receipt to file an appeal.
    Parties who do not file an appeal in accordance with the 
requirements of 43 CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have waived their 
rights. Notices of appeal transmitted by facsimile will not be accepted 
as timely filed.

Eileen Bryant,
Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Adjudication Section.
[FR Doc. 2018-11337 Filed 5-24-18; 8:45 am]
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