[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19637-19638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07607]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AA-6661-E, AA-6661-H, AA-6661-I, AA-6661-A2; 212-LLAK944200-L14100000-
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Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of modified decision approving lands for conveyance.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management hereby provides constructive 
notice that it will issue an appealable decision modifying its 
September 9, 2015 decision (``original decision'') which approved lands 
for conveyance to Eklutna, Inc., pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act of 1971. The original decision will be modified to make 
changes to public access easements to be reserved to the United States, 
to navigability information, and to make a technical correction. Notice 
of the original decision was published in the Federal Register on 
September 9, 2015.

DATES: Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by 
the modifications 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 either or both decisions from the 
Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh 
Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christy Favorite, BLM Alaska State 
Office, at 907-271-5595, or

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[email protected]. The BLM Alaska State Office may also be contacted via 
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 decision approving lands for conveyance to 
Eklutna, Inc., for the Native village of Eklutna, pursuant to the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), notice of which 
was published in the Federal Register on September 9, 2015, 80 FR 
54319, will be modified in accordance with the Settlement Agreement 
entered into by and between the State of Alaska, Eklutna, Inc., and the 
United States on April 11, 2017, as amended on April 22, 2020. The 
modifications will be made by issuance of a decision setting out the 
following changes:
    1. Adding three (3) easements not listed in the decision of 
September 9, 2015, to those to be reserved to the United States 
pursuant to Sec. 17(b) of ANCSA in the subsequent conveyance document;
    2. Redescribing four (4) easements listed in the decision of 
September 9, 2015, to be reserved to the United States pursuant to Sec. 
17(b) of ANCSA in the subsequent conveyance document;
    3. Updating the navigability language to reflect the Bureau of Land 
Management's June 2017 determination that the Knik River is navigable; 
and
    4. Making a technical correction to the interests and requirements 
to which the subsequent conveyance of lands will be made subject.
    Notice of the modified decision will also be published once a week, 
for four consecutive weeks, in the Anchorage Daily News.
    Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by the 
changes made in the modified 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 May 14, 2021 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.
    Except as modified, the decision of September 9, 2015, notice of 
which was given on September 9, 2015, is final.

Carolyn Favorite,
Senior Technical Specialist, Division of Lands and Cadastral.
[FR Doc. 2021-07607 Filed 4-13-21; 8:45 am]
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