[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 5048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2165]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[F-14951-A; LLAK965000-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: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue an appealable decision 
to Tununrmiut Rinit Corporation. The decision approves the surface 
estate in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.). The lands 
approved for conveyance lie partially within a national wildlife refuge 
in existence on the date ANCSA was enacted, December 18, 1971. As 
provided by ANCSA, the subsurface estate in the lands lying outside the 
refuge will be conveyed to Calista Corporation when the surface estate 
is conveyed to Tununrmiut Rinit Corporation. The subsurface estate in 
the lands lying within the refuge is not available for conveyance to 
Calista Corporation and will be reserved to the United States at the 
time of conveyance. The lands are in the vicinity of Tununak, Alaska, 
and are described as:

LANDS WITHIN THE Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

(PUBLIC LAND ORDER4584 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 7770), NOW KNOWN AS

THE

YUKON DELTA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Surface estate to be conveyed to Tununrmiut Rinit Corporation; 
subsurface estate to be reserved to the United States

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T.4 N., R. 90 W.,
    Secs. 11 and 14.
    Containing 160 acres.

LANDS OUTSIDE THE Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE REFUGE

(PUBLIC LAND ORDER4584 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 7770), NOW KNOWN AS

THE

YUKON DELTA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Surface estate to be conveyed to Tununrmiut Rinit Corporation; 
subsurface estate to be conveyed to Calista Corporation

T. 7 N., R. 89 W.,
    Sec. 5.
    Containing 159.96 acres.
    Aggregating 319.96 acres.

    Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the 
Delta Discovery.

DATES: Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by 
the decision may appeal the decision 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 March 2, 2012 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.
    3. Notices of appeal transmitted by electronic means, such as 
facsimile or email, will not be accepted as timely filed.
    Parties who do not file an appeal in accordance with the 
requirements of 43 CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed to have 
waived their rights.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may be obtained from: Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, 13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The BLM by phone at 907-271-5960 or by 
email at [email protected]. Persons who use a 
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the BLM 
during normal business hours. In addition, the FIRS is available 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the 
BLM. The BLM will reply during normal business hours.

Charmain McMillan,
Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer Adjudication II Branch.
[FR Doc. 2012-2165 Filed 1-31-12; 8:45 am]
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