[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 31 (Thursday, February 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 10131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03384]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[212.LLAK941000 L14100000.ET0000; F-86061, F-16298, F-16299, F-16301, 
AA-61299, F-16304, F-85667, AA-61005, F-86064, F-85702, AA-66614]


Extension of the Opening Order in Public Land Order No. 7899, 
Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Amended opening order.

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SUMMARY: For orderly management of the public lands subject to Public 
Land Order (PLO) 7899, published on Jan. 19, 2021, the lands described 
therein shall not be opened until a date 60 days after the publication 
of this Amended Opening Order.

DATES: This Order takes effect on February 18, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David V. Mushovic, Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, Mailstop 
#13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504; telephone: 907-271-4682; or email: 
[email protected]. People who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
to contact Mr. Mushovic during normal business hours. The FRS is 
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or 
question. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the orderly administration of the public 
lands and in accordance with 43 CFR 2091.6, this Order amends the 
opening order contained in Paragraph 3 of PLO 7899 (86 FR 5236) as 
follows:
    At 8 a.m. Alaska Time on April 19, 2021, the lands described in 
paragraph 1 of PLO 7899, (86 FR 5236) shall be open to all forms of 
appropriation under the general public land laws, including location 
and entry under the mining laws, leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act 
of February 25, 1920, as amended, subject to valid existing rights, the 
provisions of existing withdrawals, other segregations of record, and 
the requirements of applicable law. All valid applications received at 
or prior to 8 a.m. Alaska Time on April 19, 2021, shall be considered 
as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall 
be considered in the order of filing. Appropriation of any of the lands 
referenced in Paragraph 1 of PLO 7899, (86 FR 5236) under the general 
mining laws prior to the date and time of revocation remain 
unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, including attempted 
adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38, shall vest no rights against the 
United States. State law governs acts required to establish a location 
and to initiate a right of possession where not in conflict with 
Federal law. The BLM will not intervene in disputes between rival 
locators over possessory rights since Congress has provided for such 
determinations in local courts.

Laura Daniel-Davis,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of 
the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-03384 Filed 2-17-21; 8:45 am]
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