[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7101-7102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02137]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AA-6704-B; 234.LLAK944000.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 estate in certain lands to Ahtna, 
Incorporated, Successor in Interest to Tazlina, Incorporated for the 
Native village of Tazlina, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The subsurface estate in the same lands 
will be conveyed to Ahtna, Incorporated when the surface estate is 
conveyed to Ahtna, Incorporated, Successor in Interest to Tazlina, 
Incorporated.

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 Bureau of 
Land Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, #13, 
Anchorage, AK 99513-7504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew R. Lux, Land Law Examiner, BLM 
Alaska State Office, 907-271-3176, or [email protected]. Individuals in the 
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United 
States should use the relay services offered within their country to 
make international calls to the point of contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 
hereby given that the BLM will issue an appealable decision to Ahtna, 
Incorporated, Successor in Interest to Tazlina, Incorporated. The 
decision approves conveyance of the surface estate in certain lands 
pursuant to ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended. Tazlina, 
Incorporated, the original ANCSA corporation for the Native village of 
Tazlina, merged with Ahtna, Incorporated in 1980 under the authority of 
the Act of January 2, 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1627. The subsurface estate in 
the same lands will be conveyed to Ahtna, Incorporated when the surface 
estate is conveyed to Ahtna, Incorporated, as Successor-in-Interest to 
Tazlina, Incorporated. The lands are located in the vicinity of 
Tazlina, Alaska, and are described as:

Copper River Meridian, Alaska

T. 3 N., R. 2 E.,
    Secs. 2 to 5, inclusive.
    Containing 2,560 acres.
T. 4 N., R. 1 W.,
    Tract C.
    Containing approximately 2,560 acres.
T. 3 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 7;
    Secs. 26, 27, and 28;
    Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.
    Containing 5,091.55 acres.
T. 2 N., R. 3 W.,
    Secs. 4 and 9;
    Secs. 34 and 35.
    Containing 2,560 acres.
T. 3 N., R. 3 W.,
    Secs. 9 to 12, inclusive.
    Containing 2,560 acres.
    Aggregating approximately 15,332 acres.

    The decision addresses public access easements, if any, to be 
reserved to the United States pursuant to Sec. 17(b) of ANCSA (43 
U.S.C. 1616(b)), in the lands described above.
    The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for 
four consecutive weeks in the Anchorage Daily News 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

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have until March 6, 2023 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.

Matthew R. Lux,
Land Law Examiner, Adjudication Section.
[FR Doc. 2023-02137 Filed 2-1-23; 8:45 am]
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