[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 18967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05516]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AK_FRM_MO4500176108; AA-12223, AA-12225, AA-12237, AA-12241, AA-
12243, AA-12249]


Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of replacement 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 replacing 
its August 3, 2023, decision (``original decision'') which approved 
lands for conveyance to The Aleut Corporation, pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The original decision is 
vacated in its entirety due to an error in land status and is replaced 
by the new decision. The lands approved for conveyance lie entirely 
within the Aleutian Islands Unit of the Alaska Maritime National 
Wildlife Refuge.

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: Rebecca Curtiss, Land Law Examiner, 
BLM Alaska State Office, 907-271-5066 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: Notice of the original decision was 
published on August 3, 2023, in the Federal Register, 88 FR 51342.
    As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the 
BLM will issue an appealable decision to The Aleut Corporation. The 
decision approves conveyance of surface and subsurface estates in 
certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended.
    The lands aggregate 62.49 acres and are located within the Aleutian 
Islands Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in the 
following townships:

T. 67 S., R. 88 W., Seward Meridian (SM); T. 70 S., R. 108 W., SM;
T. 69 S., R. 109 W., SM; T. 77 S., R. 121 W., SM; T. 78 S., R. 128 W., 
SM;
T. 79 S., R. 128 W., SM; T. 82 S., R. 135 W., SM.

    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 approved for conveyance.
    The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for 
four consecutive weeks in ``The Bristol Bay Times & The Dutch Harbor 
Fisherman'' 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 April 15, 2024 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 M. Ford,
Chief, Branch of Adjudication.
[FR Doc. 2024-05516 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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