[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45672-45673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11306]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500176077; F-22179; F-22180]


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 and subsurface estates in certain lands to 
NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation, 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), as 
amended.

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:  Heidi C. Wanner, Supervisory Land Law 
Examiner, BLM Alaska State Office, 907-271-3153 or [email protected]. 
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have

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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 NANA 
Regional Corporation, Inc. The decision approves conveyance of the 
surface and subsurface estates in certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 
U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended.
    The lands are located in the vicinity of Kivalina, Alaska, within 
T. 30 N., R. 29 W., Kateel River Meridian, Alaska, and aggregate 1.45 
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 approved for conveyance.
    The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for 
four consecutive weeks in The Arctic Sounder 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 June 24, 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.

Heidi C. Wanner,
Supervisory Land Law Examiner, Adjudication Section.
[FR Doc. 2024-11306 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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