[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72889-72890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20048]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500180464; AA-93952]


Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of decision identifying easements to be reserved to the 
United States.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides 
constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision to 
Sealaska Corporation. The decision identifies easements for reservation 
to the United States pursuant to sec. 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA).

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: Dina L. Torres, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 907-271-5699, 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 Tele Braille) 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 an appealable decision will be issued by the BLM to 
Sealaska Corporation. The decision identifies easements pursuant to 
sec. 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), 
43 U.S.C. 1616(b), to be reserved to the United States upon issuance of 
the confirmatory patent to Sealaska Corporation. On March 6, 2015, 
Interim Conveyance No. 2416 was issued to Sealaska Corporation pursuant 
to secs. 14(h)(8) and 22(j) of ANCSA, 43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8), 1621(j), 
and sec. 3002 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, enacted December 19, 
2014, Public Law No. 113-291, for lands selected under sec. 14(h)(8) of 
ANCSA and depicted on the maps defined in Sec. 3002(a)(1) of Public Law 
113-291. A copy of the maps can be found in BLM case file AA-93952 and 
at the Juneau Regional Office of the United States Forest Service. 
Section 3002(c)(1) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, authorized the 
Secretary of the Interior to identify and reserve, by two years after 
the date of enactment, or as soon as practical, any easements under 
sec. 17(b) of ANCSA that could have been reserved upon issuance of the 
interim conveyance to Sealaska Corporation.
    The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for 
four consecutive weeks in the ``Juneau Empire'' 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 October 7, 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

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waived their rights. Notices of appeal transmitted by facsimile will 
not be accepted as timely filed.

Dina L. Torres,
Management and Program Analyst, Division of Lands and Cadastral Survey.
[FR Doc. 2024-20048 Filed 9-5-24; 8:45 am]
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