[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61427-61428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24834]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAK927000 L54200000 FR0000 LVDIL110470; AA-92408]
Notice of Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for
Lands Underlying the Kisaralik River System, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has filed an application with the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest from
the United States in those lands underlying the Kisaralik River System
(including Kisaralik Lake) in western Alaska. The State asserts that
the Kisaralik River System was navigable and unreserved at the time of
statehood; therefore, title to the submerged lands passed to the State
at the time of statehood (1959). This river system is within the
exterior boundaries of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge,
created by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980,
and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
DATES: All comments to this action should be received on or before
January 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the State of Alaska's application or the BLM
Draft Summary Report must be filed with the BLM Chief, Branch of Survey
Planning and Preparation (AK-9270), Division of Cadastral Survey. You
may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected];
Fax: 907-271-4193; or
Mail: 222 W. 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 99513-
7504
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angie Nichols, Program Manager,
telephone: 907-271-3359; address: 222 W. 7th Avenue, 13,
Anchorage, AK 99513-7504; Email: [email protected]; or visit the BLM
Recordable Disclaimer of Interest Web site at http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/rdi.html. 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 above individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 30, 2010, the State of Alaska
filed an application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest pursuant
to Section 315 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act of 1976
and the regulations contained in 43 CFR subpart 1864 for the lands
underlying the Kisaralik River (AA-92408). A Recordable Disclaimer of
Interest, if issued, will confirm that the United States has no valid
interest in the subject lands. The notice is intended to notify the
public of the pending application and the State's grounds for
supporting it. The State asserts that this river system was navigable
and unreserved at the time of statehood; therefore, under the Equal
Footing Doctrine, the Submerged Lands Act of 1953, the Alaska Statehood
Act, the Alaska Right of Way Act of 1898, and other title navigability
law, ownership of these lands underlying the river automatically passed
from the United States to the State at the time of statehood in 1959.
The State's application, AA-92408, is for ``submerged lands and bed
up to and including the ordinary high water line of Kisaralik Lake
within Township 3 North, Range 58 West, Seward Meridian and for the
submerged lands and bed of the Kisaralik River lying between the
ordinary high water lines of the right and left banks of that river
from the outlet of Kisaralik Lake within Township 3 North, Range 58
West, Seward Meridian, Alaska, downstream to the location where the
river enters the Kuskokuak Slough within Township 9 North, Range 67
West, Seward Meridian, Alaska. This includes the submerged lands and
beds of all sloughs, braids, and channels that carry water from the
navigable Kisaralik River and thus are part of the navigable river and
all lands within the river system permanently or periodically covered
by tidal waters up to the line of mean high tide.'' The State
identified the Kokarmiut Corporation, Calista Corporation, and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service as possible interested parties of the
affected lands.
A final decision on the merits of the application will not be made
before January 7, 2013. During the 90-day period, interested parties
may comment on the State's application, AA-92408, and supporting
evidence. The State's application and the BLM Draft Summary Report may
be viewed on the BLM's Recordable Disclaimer of Interest Web site at
http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/rdi.html, or in the BLM Public Room
located at 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504.
Interested parties may also comment during this time on the BLM's Draft
Summary Report by using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above.
Comments filed with the Division of Cadastral Survey, including
names and street addresses of commenters, will be available for public
inspection at the Alaska State Office (see ADDRESSES above), during
regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
If no valid objection is received, a Disclaimer of Interest may be
approved, if all else is proper, stating that the
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United States does not have a valid interest in these lands.
Craig Frichtl,
Chief, Branch of Survey Planning and Preparation.
[FR Doc. 2012-24834 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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