[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53911-53916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16979]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500171989; F-86061, F-16301, AA-65515, F-16302, AA-
61299, F-16304, F-85667, AA-61005]


Public Land Order No. 7929; Partial Revocation of Public Land 
Order Nos. 5169, 5173, 5174, 5178, 5179, 5180, 5184, and 5186, as 
Amended, Modified, and Corrected, and Opening of Additional Lands for 
Selection by Alaska Native Vietnam-Era Veterans; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order partially revokes 8 Public Land Orders (PLOs) 
insofar as they affect approximately 812,956.96 acres of public lands 
reserved for study and classification, as appropriate, by the 
Department of the Interior. This order opens these lands specifically 
to allow for allotment selection by eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-era 
Veterans and possible conveyance under the Alaska Native Vietnam-era 
Veterans Land Allotment Program (Allotment Program) established by the 
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 
2019 (Dingell Act). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) analyzed 
partial revocation of these PLOs and opening of the affected lands for 
allotment selections and possible conveyances in the Alaska Native 
Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program Environmental Assessment 
(Allotment Program EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
signed on April 21, 2022.

DATES: This PLO takes effect on August 9, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Templeton, Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, Mailstop 
#13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504, (907) 271-4214, 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: Sec. 17(d)(1) of Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (ANCSA) states that ``the Secretary is authorized to 
classify or reclassify any public lands [so] withdrawn and to open such 
lands to appropriation under the public land laws in accord with [her] 
classifications.'' The BLM prepared the Allotment Program EA to 
evaluate opening public lands subject to ANCSA section 17(d)(1) 
withdrawals within the Kobuk-Seward Peninsula, Ring of Fire, Bay, 
Bering Sea--Western Interior, and East Alaska planning areas to 
selection of allotments by eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans 
under the Allotment Program. The Allotment Program EA evaluated four 
alternatives, including a no action alternative as well as three action 
alternatives that only differed in the number of acres of land to be 
opened. Alternative B opened approximately 27.8 million acres, 
Alternative C opened approximately 27 million acres, and Alternative D 
opened approximately 25.7 million acres. The Allotment Program EA 
supported a FONSI for one or more Secretarial decisions to open all or 
some of the lands under consideration to allotment selection under the 
Allotment Program.
    On August 15, 2022, PLO No. 7912 implemented Alternative C as 
detailed in the Allotment Program EA and FONSI by partially revoking 15 
PLOs as they affected 27,142,446 acres of public lands and opening the 
lands for selection under the Allotment Program. Alternative C is the 
same as Alternative B in every material aspect with the only difference 
between the alternatives being that Alternative C opened approximately 
800,000 fewer acres of land than Alternative B. This Order has the 
effect of implementing the remainder of Alternative B as detailed in 
the Allotment Program EA and FONSI by revoking in part 8 of the 15 PLOs 
partially revoked by PLO 7912 and opening additional lands to native 
allotment selection and possible conveyance that were not opened by PLO 
No. 7912. The analysis completed pursuant to Sec. 810 of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act included in the Allotment 
Program EA found no significant restriction on subsistence uses due to 
this action.
    PLO Nos. 5169, 5173, and 5174, as amended, modified, or corrected, 
withdrew public lands for selection by Village and Regional 
Corporations under sec. 11(a)(3) of ANCSA, and for classification. PLO 
No. 5178, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands for 
selection by Regional Corporations under sec. 11(a)(3) of ANCSA. PLO 
No. 5179, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands in 
aid of legislation concerning addition to, or creation of, units of the 
National Park, National Forest, Wildlife Refuge, and

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Wild and Scenic Rivers systems, and to allow for classification of the 
lands. PLO No. 5180, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew 
public lands to allow for classification and for the protection of the 
public interest in these lands. PLO No. 5184, as amended, modified, or 
corrected, withdrew public lands to allow for classification or 
reclassification of some of areas withdrawn by Sec. 11 of ANCSA. PLO 
No. 5186, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands for 
classification and protection of the public interest in lands not 
selected by the State of Alaska.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714, and Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act of 1971, 43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, Public Land Orders No. 5169 
(37 FR 5572), 5173 (37 FR 5575), 5174 (37 FR 5576), 5178 (37 FR 5579), 
5179 (37 FR 5579), 5180 (37 FR 5583), 5184 (37 FR 5588), and 5186 (37 
FR 5589), and any amendments, modifications, or corrections to these 
Orders, are hereby partially revoked to allow for allotment selection 
under the Allotment Program, and for no other purposes, insofar as they 
affect the following described Federal lands in the Kobuk-Seward 
Peninsula, Ring of Fire, Bay, Bering Sea--Western Interior, and East 
Alaska planning areas, excepting any lands within 500 feet of the 
Iditarod National Historic Trail, and any lands within \1/4\ mile of 
cultural resource sites, including lands applied for by regional 
corporations pursuant to ANCSA section 14(h)(1) and known cultural 
resources sites identified in the Allotment Program EA. The exact 
locations of these sites are withheld to limit the risk of harm to the 
cultural resource or site where the resource is located. If an 
applicant is interested in a particular location, they should contact 
the BLM to ensure that their application does not overlap with areas 
excluded from this PLO because of known cultural resource sites or the 
Iditarod National Historic Trail. Subject to these exclusions, the 
lands to be opened are described as follows:

Kobuk--Seward Peninsula Resource Management Plan (RMP)

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska

T. 21 N., R. 13 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 4 and 5.
T. 22 N., R. 13 W., unsurveyed,
    sec. 22, N1/2;
    sec. 27 and secs. 31 thru 34.
T. 2 N., R. 42 W.,
    secs. 21, 26, and 27.
T. 8 S., R. 19 W.,
T. 9 S., R. 21 W.,
    tract A, that portion within sec. 1.
T. 9 S., R. 31 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 19, 20, and 21.
T. 6 S., R. 32 W., unsurveyed,
    sec. 4, that portion within Power Site Classification No. 726;
    sec. 33, S1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, and SE \1/4\;
    sec. 34, W1/2SW1/4.
T. 4 S., R 33 W.,
    tract DD, that portion within sec. 32.
T. 5 S., R. 33 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 5 thru 8, secs. 16 thru 21, and secs. 29 thru 32.
T. 6 S., R. 33 W., unsurveyed.
    Umiat Meridian, Alaska
T. 4 S., R. 42 W.,
    secs. 18, 19, 30, and 31.
T. 3 S., R. 43 W.,
    secs. 13 thru 36.
T. 4 S., R. 43 W.,
    secs. 13 thru 36.
T. 6 S., R. 43 W.,
    sec. 7 and secs. 13 thru 31.
T. 2 S., R. 44 W.,
    secs. 31 thru 36.
T. 3 S., R. 44 W.,
    secs. 9 thru 14 and secs. 23 and 24.
T. 4 S., R. 44 W.,
    secs. 21 thru 28, and secs. 33 thru 36.
T. 5 S., R. 44 W.,
    secs. 1 thru 6.
T. 6 S., R. 44 W.,
T. 6 S., R. 45 W.,
    secs. 1 thru 3 and secs. 7 thru 36.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 174,605.38 acres.

Ring of Fire RMP

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 13 N., R. 1 E.,
    secs. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, and 22, those portions 
lying within Power Site Classification No. 107.
T. 14 N., R. 2 E.,
    sec. 1, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 15 N., R. 2 E.,
    sec. 36, lot 5.
T. 17 N., R. 2 E.,
    sec. 35, lots 16 and 18.
T. 16 N., R. 3 E.,
    sec. 3, lot 1;
    sec. 4, lots 1, 2, and 4;
    sec. 5, lots 1 thru 4, lot 6, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 6, lots 2 thru 6, lots 8 and 9, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\;
    sec. 9, lots 1 thru 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/
4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
W\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 10, lots 1 thru 5, lot 8, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 14, lot 4, lots 7 thru 12, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 15, lots 3 and 4, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 16, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\, and SE\1/4\;
    sec. 22;
    sec. 23, lots 4, 5, and 6, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
W\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
W\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 24, lots 1, 2, 3, and 6, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\;
    sec. 25, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    secs. 26 and 36.
T. 19 N., R. 3 E.,
    sec. 26, lot 10, that portion within the S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 35, lot 2.
T. 13 N., R. 4 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1, 11, 12, 14, 22, 23, 26, 27, and 34, those portions 
previously within Public Land Order No. 3324, more particularly 
described as \1/4\ mile landward and parallel with the ordinary 
high-water line of the left bank of the Knik River and the westerly 
bank of Lake George.
T. 14 N., R. 4 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 36, that portion previously within Public Land Order No. 
3324, more particularly described as \1/4\ mile landward and 
parallel with the ordinary high-water line of the left bank of the 
Knik River and the westerly bank of Lake George.
T. 15 N., R. 4 E.,
    sec. 1, lots 1 thru 6;
    sec. 2, lots 1 and 2;
    tract 37.
T. 16 N., R. 4 E.,
    sec. 15, lots 6 thru 10;
    sec. 16, lots 5 thru 21;
    sec. 17, lots 4 thru 8;
    sec. 18, lot 1;
    sec. 19, lots 1 thru 4 and lots 7 thru 21;
    sec. 20, lots 1 thru 5 and lots 8 thru 21;
    sec. 21;
    sec. 22, lots 2 thru 7 and lots 10 thru 17;
    sec. 26, lots 2, 5, 6, and 7;
    sec. 27, lots 1, 2, and 3, and lots 5 thru 18;
    sec. 28;
    sec. 29, lots 2 thru 18, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 30, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 31, lots 4, 8, and 9, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\,

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SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/
2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, 
and NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 32, lots 1, 2, and 3, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    sec. 33, lots 1 thru 8, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\;
    sec. 34, lots 3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 18 and 21;
    sec. 35, lots 4, 5, 9, 10, and 11, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 14 N., R. 5 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 17, 19, and 20, and secs. 29 thru 32, 
those portions previously within Public Land Order No. 3324, more 
particularly described as \1/4\ mile landward and parallel with the 
ordinary high-water line of the left bank of the Knik River and the 
westerly bank of Lake George.
T. 15 N., R. 5 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29, 32 and 33, those portions 
previously within Public Land Order No. 3324, more particularly 
described as \1/4\ mile landward and parallel with the ordinary 
high-water line of the left bank of the Knik River and the westerly 
bank of Lake George.
T. 18 N., R. 5 E.,
    sec. 4.
T. 21 N., R. 5 E.,
    secs. 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 19, 20, 30 and 31.
T. 22 N., R. 5 E.,
    secs. 25, 26, 34, 35, and 36.
T. 19 N., R. 6 E.,
    secs. 2, 3, 9, and 16, unsurveyed.
T. 21 N., R. 6 E.,
    secs. 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 31, 32, and 33.
T. 22 N., R. 6 E.,
    sec. 1, secs. 11 thru 14, and secs. 23, 26, 30, 31, and 35.
T. 19 N., R. 7 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 1.
T. 15 N., R. 1 W.,
    sec. 31, lot 6.
T. 19 N., R. 1 W.,
    U.S. Survey No. 5556.
T. 18 N., R. 3 W.,
    sec. 22, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 19 N., R. 4 W.,
    sec. 7, lot 6 and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    sec. 35, SE\1/4\.
T. 20 N., R. 4 W.,
    sec. 17, NE\1/4\ and W\1/2\NW\1/4\;
    sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4 and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 23 N., R. 4 W.,
    sec. 6, lots 2 thru 7, excepting lot 12, U.S. Survey No. 9034.
T. 24 N., R. 4 W.,
    sec. 6, lots 3, 4, and 5, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
excepting lots 10 and 12, U.S. Survey No. 9035;
    sec. 7, lots 1, 2, and 4, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and 
SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, excepting lots 7, 8 and 9, U.S. Survey No. 9035;
    sec. 17, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 20, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 11 W.,
    sec. 18, lots 1 thru 4, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/
2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 5 N., R. 11 W.,
    sec. 19, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
    sec. 24, lot 5;
    sec. 28, NW\1/4\.
T. 2 N., R. 12 W.,
    sec. 21, lot 1, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, that portion of 
S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\ excepting 
Interim Conveyance No. 782, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 3 N., R. 12 W.,
    sec. 15, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
    SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 21, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
    NE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and 
SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 25, lots 1 and 6.
T. 1 N., R. 13 W.,
    sec. 13, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 23, lot 1;
    sec. 24, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 12 N., R. 20 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 5 thru 8, that portion within Power Site Classification 
No. 395.
T. 13. N., R. 20 W.,
    tract B, that portion within Power Site Classification No. 395 
previously excluded from the Tentative Approval for AA-6886 dated 
February 25, 2002.
T. 5 S., R. 14 W.,
    sec. 33, SW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 26 W.,
    sec. 36.

Copper River Meridian, Alaska

T. 77 S., R. 91 E., unsurveyed,
    lots 2 and 3, U.S. Survey No. 3525.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 47,895.51 acres.

Bay RMP

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 4 N., R. 31 W.,
    tract A, that portion within secs. 32 and 33.
T. 5 S., R. 26 W.,
    secs. 25 thru 28 and secs. 31 and 36.
T. 3 S., R. 31 W.,
    sec. 26.
T. 10 S., R. 32 W.,
    tract A, that portion within sec. 5.
T. 10 S., R. 42 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 and 2 and secs. 11 thru 14.
T. 17 S., R. 44 W.,
    secs. 3 and 4.
T. 16 S., R. 45 W.,
    secs. 7, 18, 19, 28, 29, and 30.
T. 17 S., R. 45 W.,
    sec. 1;
    sec. 22, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\ and N\1/2\S\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 23, NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    sec. 24, S\1/2\N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    sec. 25, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\;
    lots 3, 4, and 9, U.S. Survey No. 4688.
T. 5 S., R. 46 W.,
    secs. 8, 16, and 17.
T. 18 S., R. 47 W.,
    secs. 2 thru 6 and secs. 10 and 11.
T. 18 S., R. 48 W.,
    sec. 1.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 22,679.10 acres.

Bering Sea--Western Interior RMP

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska

T. 12 S., R. 23 W.,
    secs. 28 thru 33, unsurveyed.
T. 12 S., R. 27 W., unsurveyed.

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska

T. 27 S., R. 12 E.,
    Tract A, that portion within Air Navigation Site No. 140, 
Mineral Survey No. 2394, and Mineral Survey No. 2395.
T. 24 S., R. 22 E., unsurveyed.

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 25 N., R. 22 W.,
    U.S. Survey No. 14206.
T. 26 N., R. 22 W.,
    U.S. Survey No. 14206.
T. 29 N., R. 35 W.,
    tracts A thru F.
T. 30 N., R. 35 W.,
    sec. 11.
T. 33 N., R. 35 W.,
    secs. 5 and 6.
T. 20 N., R. 37 W., unsurveyed,
    sec. 16, that portion within regional selection application AA-
10414 excluded from Tentative Approval 2008-0159, Serial No. AA-
76403, dated July 18, 2008, except for U.S. Survey No. 14317.
T. 18 N., R. 38 W.,
    secs. 29 thru 32.
T. 15 N., R. 51 W.,
    sec. 9, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, excepting U.S. Survey No. 14319;
    sec. 15, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\, excepting U.S. Survey No. 14319;
    sec. 16, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, excepting U.S. Survey 
No. 14319;
    U.S. Survey No. 14319.
T. 16 N., R. 51 W.,
    sec. 19.
T. 18 N., R. 51 W.,
    secs. 25 thru 36.
T. 13 N., R. 59 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 3, 4, 9, and 10;
    sec. 15, excepting U.S. Survey No. 5238;
    sec. 16;
    sec. 21, excepting U.S. Survey No. 5238 and U.S. Survey No. 
14187;
    sec. 22, excepting U.S. Survey No. 5238;
    sec. 27;
    sec. 28, excepting U.S. Survey No. 14187;
    U.S. Survey No. 14187.
T. 20 N., R. 69 W.,

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    sec. 6.
    The areas described aggregate approximately 88,127.26 acres.

East Alaska RMP

Copper River Meridian, Alaska

T. 8 N., R. 1 E.,
    secs. 1 thru 24 and secs. 28 thru 33.
T. 9 N., R. 2 E.,
    secs. 7, 18, and 27.
T. 9 N., R. 3 E.,
    sec. 23;
    sec. 26, lots 1 thru 4, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and W\1/2\;
    sec. 35, lots 2 thru 19, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\.
T. 10 N., R. 3 E.,
    secs. 3 and 24.
T. 11 N., R. 4 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 3, 4, 5, 8, 17, 20, 29, and 32.
T. 12 N., R. 4 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 27, 28, 33, and 34, excepting U.S. Survey No. 14338;
    U.S. Survey No. 14338.
T. 11 N., R. 5 E.,
    U.S. Survey No. 11038.
T. 14 N., R. 7 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 9, 14, 15, and 16, secs. 21 thru 26, and secs. 35 and 36.
T. 11 N., R. 8 E.,
    secs. 1, 2, 11, and 12, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 13, excepting U.S. Survey No. 6738, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 14, lots 1 thru 4, N\1/2\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and that portion lying southerly of the left bank of 
the Slana River, excepting U.S. Survey No. 6738, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 15, lot 1, N\1/2\, SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SE\1/
4\, partly unsurveyed;
    secs. 16 and 17, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 19, lots 1 and 2, N\1/2\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, excepting U.S. Survey No. 7109, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 20, lots 1 thru 4, N\1/2\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/4\, 
excepting U.S. Survey Nos. 7109 and 11235, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 21, lots 1 thru 8, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and that portion lying southerly of the left bank of 
the Slana River, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 22, lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, and 11, N\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
N\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/
2\NW\1/4\, and that portion lying southerly of the left bank of the 
Slana River, excepting U.S. Survey No. 3343 A, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 23, lots 1 thru 5, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and that 
portion lying southerly of the left bank of the Slana River, 
excepting U.S. Survey Nos. 3343 A and 6738, partly unsurveyed;
    sec. 28, lot 1;
    sec. 29, lots 1, 2, and 3, lots 6 thru 9, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, and that portion 
lying southerly of the left bank of the Slana River and outside the 
boundary of the Wrangell--St. Elias National Preserve, partly 
unsurveyed;
    sec. 30, lots 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\NW\1/4\;
T. 12 N., R. 8 E.,
    sec. 36.
T. 14 N., R. 8 E.,
    secs. 31, 35, and 36.
T. 12 N., R. 9 E.,
    secs. 1, 2, 5, 8, 17, 29, and 31;
    sec. 32, lot 2;
    tracts B thru J;
    lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 4659.
T. 14 N., R. 9 E.,
    sec. 27;
    tract C.
T. 10 N., R. 10 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1, 2, and 3;
    secs. 4 and 9, those portions lying outside the boundary of the 
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park;
    secs. 10 thru 14;
    secs. 15, 16, 22, 23, and 24, those portions lying outside the 
boundary of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
T. 11 N., R. 10 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 thru 29;
    sec. 30, excepting U.S. Survey Nos. 5294 and 14336;
    sec. 31, excepting U.S. Survey No. 14336;
    secs. 32 thru 36;
    U.S. Survey No. 14336.
T. 11 N., R. 11 E., unsurveyed.
T. 4 N., R. 1 W.,
    sec. 19, lots 34, 35, 117, and 118, and lots 120 thru 124.
T. 7 N., R. 1 W.,
    sec. 1;
    sec. 2, lots 1 thru 6, S1/2NE1/4, S1/2NW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4;
    sec. 12, lot 1, NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, S1/
2SW1/4, and SE1/4;
    secs. 13, 24, 25, and 36;
    tract B, those portions within secs. 5 and 6, and secs. 16 thru 
20.
T. 8 N., R. 1 W.,
    secs. 22 and 27.
T. 4 N., R. 2 W.,
    sec. 30, lots 6 and 7;
    lots 1 and 2, U.S. Survey No. 10676.
T. 5 N., R. 2 W.,
    secs. 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36.
T. 7 N., R. 2 W.,
    secs. 1 thru 11, secs. 14 thru 24, and secs. 27 thru 34.
T. 9 N., R. 2 W., partly unsurveyed,
    tract C;
    tract D, that portion within sec. 7, secs. 16 thru 21, and secs. 
28 thru 33.
T. 12 N., R. 2 W., partly unsurveyed,
    tract A, that portion within Public Land Order No. 225;
    tracts C and D.
T. 13 N., R. 2 W., partly unsurveyed,
    tract A, those portions in secs. 1 and 2 within Public Land 
Order No. 225, those portions within secs. 3 thru 10, those portions 
in secs. 11, 12, and 14 within Public Land Order No. 225, those 
portions within secs. 15 thru 22, that portion in sec. 23 within 
Public Land Order No. 225, that portion within sec. 26, that portion 
in sec. 27 within Public Land Order No. 225, those portions of secs. 
28 thru 31, that portion in sec. 32 within Public Land Order No. 
225, that portion within sec. 33, and that portion in sec. 34 within 
Public Land Order No. 225;
    tract B, those portions within secs. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 34, 
excepting U.S. Survey No. 14433, that portion in sec. 35 within 
Public Land Order No. 225, and that portion within sec. 36.
T. 14 N., R. 2 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 31 thru 34;
    sec. 35, that portion within Public Land Order 225;
    sec. 36, excepting lots 2 and 3, U.S. Survey No. 2705, lots 2 
and 3, U.S. Survey No. 2705A, U.S. Survey No. 2706, U.S. Survey No. 
2706A, U.S. Survey No. 2707, U.S. Survey No. 2707A, U.S. Survey No. 
2717, U.S. Survey No. 2717A, and U.S. Survey No. 4182;
    lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 2705A;
    lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 2706A;
    U.S. Survey No. 2707A;
    lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 2717A.
T. 3 N., R. 3 W.,
    secs. 13 thru 16, secs. 20 thru 29, and secs. 32 thru 36.
T. 4 N., R. 3 W.,
    secs. 1 thru 10.
T. 6 N., R. 3 W.,
    sec. 12, lot 1.
T. 7 N., R. 3 W.,
    secs. 2, 3, and 4, and secs. 6 thru 10.
T. 12 N., R. 3 W., partly unsurveyed,
    sec. 3, SW1/4, W1/2SE1/4, and SE1/4SE1/4;
    secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17.
T. 13 N., R. 5 W., partly unsurveyed,
    tract A, that portion within secs. 2, 3, 10, 11, and 12;
    tracts E and F;
    U.S. Survey No. 14337.
T. 4 N., R. 8 W.,
    tract A, those portions within secs. 2 and 3, within regional 
selection application AA-11124, excepting U.S. Survey No. 13862, and 
sec. 23 within regional selection application AA-11124, all excluded 
from TA 1982-0107.
T. 10 N., R. 10 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11, those portions within Power Site 
Classification No. 443.
T. 8 S., R. 1 W., unsurveyed,
    sec. 10, W1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4, 
and SE1/4;
    sec. 11, N1/2NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, SE1/4SW1/4, and SE1/
4;
    sec. 12, E1/2NE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4, and S1/2SE1/4;
    sec. 13, S1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, and SE1/4;
    sec. 14, NE1/4NE1/4, S1/2SW1/4, and SE1/4;
    sec. 15, NE1/4 and SW1/4;
    sec. 16, W1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, NW1/4, and S1/2SE1/4;
    sec. 17, NE1/4NE1/4 and NW1/4;
    sec. 18, E1/2SW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4, and SE1/4.
T. 2 S., R. 4 W., unsurveyed,
    sec. 31.
T. 3 S., R. 4 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 6, 17, and 20.
T. 1 S., R. 7 W.,
    secs. 20, 21, and 28.
T. 1 S., R. 2 E.,
    secs. 28 thru 30;
    sec. 31, lots 1 thru 4, NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, and E1/2SW1/4;

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    secs. 32 and 33;
    sec. 34, N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2SE1/4, and N1/2N1/2SW1/4SE1/4.
T. 2 S., R. 3 E.,
    secs. 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22;
    sec. 25, lots 2 thru 7 and S1/2NE1/4;
    secs. 26 and 27;
    Lot 12, U.S. Survey No. 3579.
T. 2 S., R. 4 E.,
    sec. 20, lot 7;
    sec. 27, lots 11, 12, and 14, SE1/4NW1/4, and N1/2SW1/4SW1/4;
    sec. 29, lots 1 thru 13, S1/2NE1/4, and S1/2NW1/4;
    sec. 30, lots 1 thru 20, NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4, S1/2SW1/4NE1/4, S1/
2SE1/4NE1/4, and SE1/4NW1/4;
    secs. 31 and 32;
    sec. 33, lots 2 and 3, and lots 5 thru 15;
    sec. 34, lot 1, lots 17 thru 29, and lot 31;
    sec. 35, lot 14, excepting IC Nos. 947 and 948;
    tract B, U.S. Survey No. 3334;
    lots 3, 4, and 5, U.S. Survey No. 11761, excepting IC Nos. 947 
and 948.

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska

T. 19 S., R. 1 W., unsurveyed,
    U.S. Survey No. 14473.
T. 18 S., R. 3 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 29, 35 and 36.
T. 19 S., R. 3 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 and 2, excepting lots 1 thru 4, U.S. Survey No. 3523, 
and lot 1, U.S. Survey No. 4317;
    sec. 10;
    sec. 11, excepting, lots 2 and 3, U.S. Survey No. 3523, and lots 
1 and 3, U.S. Survey No. 4317;
    secs. 12, 14, and 15;
    lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 4317.
T. 18 S., R. 4 W., unsurveyed,
    U.S. Survey No. 14472.
    Tps. 16 and 20 S., R. 5 W., unsurveyed.
T. 15 S., R. 6 W.,
    secs. 3 and 10;
    sec. 15, NE1/4, SW1/4, and S1/2SE1/4.
T. 17 S., R. 6 W.,
    sec. 33.
T. 18 S., R. 6 W.,
    secs. 11, 19, and 20.
    Tps. 19 and 20 S., R. 6 W., unsurveyed.
T. 17 S., R. 7 W.,
    lot 6, U.S. Survey No. 5596.
T. 18 S., R. 7 W.,
    sec. 3, lot 2, that portion excluded from the Interim Conveyance 
No. 443 as Native Allotment F-15557;
    sec. 16, excepting U.S. Survey No. 13992;
    secs. 17 and 30;
    lot 39, U.S. Survey No. 3229.
T. 20 S., R. 7 W., unsurveyed.
T. 18 S. R. 8 W.,
    sec. 1, lots 1 thru 3;
    secs. 12, 25, 35, and 36.
T. 19 S. R. 8 W.,
    sec. 9.
T. 20 S., R. 8 W., unsurveyed.
T. 19 S., R. 9 W.,
    secs. 3, 10, 20, 24, 25, 34 and 35.
T. 20 S., R. 1 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 4, that portion within regional selection AA-11125 Parcel 
K;
    sec. 21;
    sec. 23, those portions within regional selections AA-11127, AA-
58729, AA-58730, and AA-58731;
    sec. 24, those portions within regional selections AA-11127, AA-
58728, AA-58732, AA-58733, AA-58734, and AA-58735;
    lots 1, 3, and 5, U.S. Survey No. 14342.
T. 21 S., R. 1 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 10, that portion within Public Land Order No. 1536;
    secs. 25, 26, 35, and 36.
T. 22 S., R. 1 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 and 12.
T. 20 S., R. 2 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 11, 12, and 13, excepting M.S. Nos. 2494, 2495, and 2496.
T. 21 S., R. 2 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 30, S1/2SW1/4NW1/4, S1/2SE1/4NW1/4, and SW1/4;
    secs. 31 and 32.
T. 22 S., R. 2 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 5 thru 8;
    sec. 30, those portions within regional selections AA-11125 
Parcel V and AA-11127 Parcel V.
T. 21 S., R. 6 E., unsurveyed,
    lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 4242.
T. 21 S., R. 7 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 6 thru 8, those portions lying southerly and westerly of 
the centerline of the Denali Highway;
    sec. 14, that portion lying southerly of the centerline of the 
Denali Highway, excepting U.S. Survey Number 14511;
    sec. 17, that portion lying westerly of the centerline of the 
Denali Highway;
    secs. 18 and 19;
    sec. 20, that portion lying southerly and westerly of the 
centerline of the Denali Highway;
    sec. 23, that portion lying southerly and easterly of the 
centerline of the Denali Highway;
    sec. 24, excepting U.S. Survey Nos. 12147 and 14511;
    secs. 25 thru 36.
T. 21 S., R. 8 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 16, 17 and 18, those portions lying southerly of the 
centerline of the Denali Highway;
    sec. 19;
    secs. 20 thru 27, those portions lying southerly of the 
centerline of the Denali Highway;
    secs. 28 thru 36.
T. 21 S., R. 9 E., partly unsurveyed,
    sec. 32, N1/2, NE1/4SW1/4, W1/2SW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4, those 
portions lying southerly of the centerline of the Denali Highway;
    tract A, that portion lying southerly of the centerline of the 
Denali Highway, excepting U.S. Survey No. 4425;
    tract B, that portion encompassed by PLO No. 1490 and that 
portion lying southerly of the centerline of the Denali Highway.
T. 21 S., R. 10 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 25 and 31, and secs. 33 thru 36, those portions lying 
southerly of the centerline of the Denali Highway.
T. 22 S., R. 11 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 25 and 36.
    Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 32 N., R.1 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 11 thru 15;
    sec. 16, excepting U.S. Survey No. 4917;
    secs. 20 thru 29 and secs. 35 and 36.
T. 33 N., R. 1 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 13 and 24.
T. 32 N., R. 2 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 19;
    sec. 20, excepting U.S. Survey No. 4918;
    sec. 21 and secs. 28 thru 31.
T. 33 N., R. 2 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 16 thru 21 and sec. 29.
T. 29 N., R. 3 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 thru 3 and secs. 9 thru 36.
T. 30 N., R. 4 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 11 thru 14, secs. 23 thru 26, and secs. 35 and 36.
T. 31 N., R. 7 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 2, that portion within Power Site Classification No. 443 on 
the left bank of the Susitna River;
    sec. 3, that portion lying north of the left bank of the Susitna 
River;
    sec. 12, that portion within Power Site Classification No. 443 
lying north of the left bank of the Susitna River.
T. 32 N., R. 7 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 32, that portion within Power Site Classification No. 443 
lying north of the left bank of the Susitna River.
T. 30 N., R. 9 E., unsurveyed,
    sec. 1, that portion within Power Site Classification No. 443.
T. 29 N., R. 11 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 thru 7 and secs. 9, 10, and 16, those portions lying 
within Power Site Classification No. 443.
T. 30 N., R. 11 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 25, 26, 34, 35, and 36, those portions lying within Power 
Site Classification No. 443.
T. 30 N., R. 12 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 3 and 4;
    sec. 8, that portion lying within Power Site Classification No. 
443;
    secs. 9, 10, 15, and 16;
    secs. 17 thru 24 and secs. 29 thru 32, those portions within 
Power Site Classification No. 443.
T. 31 N., R. 12 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 thru 4, secs. 9, 10, 11, 16, 21, and 28, those portions 
within Power Site Classification No. 443;
    sec. 33.
T. 32 N., R. 12 E., unsurveyed,
    secs. 1 and 2, secs. 8 thru 11, and secs. 13 thru 16, those 
portions within Power Site Classification No. 443;
    secs. 24 and 25;
    secs. 26, 33, 34, and 35, those portions within Power Site 
Classification No. 443;
    sec. 36.
T. 31 N., R. 1 W., unsurveyed,
    secs. 28 thru 33.
T. 33 N., R. 1 W., unsurveyed.
    secs. 33 and 34.

    The areas described aggregate approximately 479,649.71 acres.
    The areas described aggregate a total of approximately 
812,956.96 acres.
    2. At 8 a.m. Alaska time on September 8, 2023, the lands 
described in Paragraph 1 shall be open to allotment selection under 
the Allotment Program, subject to valid existing rights. All valid 
allotment applications received at or prior to 8 a.m. Alaska time on 
September 8, 2023, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at 
that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in 
accordance with 43 CFR 2569.502.

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    3. No lands are opened by this order for any purpose other than 
allotment selection and possible conveyance under the Allotment 
Program.
    4. No lands are opened by this order that are within 500 feet of 
the Iditarod National Historic Trail, or within \1/4\ mile of 
cultural resource sites, including lands applied for by regional 
corporations pursuant to ANCSA section 14(h)(1) and known cultural 
resources sites identified in the Allotment Program EA. The exact 
locations of these sites are withheld to limit the risk of harm to 
the cultural resource or site where the resource is located. If an 
applicant is interested in a particular location, they should 
contact the BLM in order to ensure that their application does not 
overlap with areas excluded from this PLO as a result of known 
cultural resource sites or the Iditarod National Historic Trail.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714.)

Deb Haaland,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2023-16979 Filed 8-8-23; 8:45 am]
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