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[Federal Register: June 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 121)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-FR-L037; FF-094608--F-094612]

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Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for=20
Lands Underlying the Kantishna River, Birch Creek, Muddy River, Lake=20
Minchumina, Deep Creek, and Jim Lake; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska (State) has filed applications for=20
Recordable Disclaimers of Interest from the United States in certain=20
lands underlying waterbodies within the Kantishna River, Birch Creek (a=20
portion thereof), Muddy River, Lake Minchumina, Deep Creek, and Jim=20
Lake in the Tanana River Subregion, Alaska. The State asserts that the=20
water bodies were navigable, and unreserved at the time of statehood;=20
therefore, title to the submerged lands passed to the State at the time=20
of statehood (1959). Some of the lands included in the applications are=20
within the boundary of the Denali National Preserve, created by the=20
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of December 2, 1980.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications should be=20
submitted on or before September 24, 2007. The Bureau of Land=20
Management (BLM) Draft Summary Report will be posted on the BLM-Alaska=20
website within this notice period. Once posted, interested parties will=20
have sixty (60) days to comment on the findings: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3Dleaving=
FR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.=
html
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ADDRESSES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications or the BLM=20
Draft Summary Report should be sent to the Chief, Branch of Lands and=20
Realty, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13,=20
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Brown at (907) 271-3602 or visit=20
the BLM-Alaska Web site http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3Dleaving=
FR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.=
html.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 29, 2005, the State of Alaska=20
(State) filed five (5) separate applications for Recordable Disclaimers=20
of Interest pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and=20
Management Act and the regulations contained in 43 CFR Subpart 1864 for=20
lands underlying certain waterbodies within the Kantishna River-Lake=20
Minchumina System: Jim Lake (FF-09608); Deep Creek (FF-094609); Muddy=20
River (FF-094610); Lake Minchumina (FF-094611); and the Kantishna River=20
and a portion of Birch Creek (FF-094612). These waterbodies are located=20
within the Tanana River Subregion, Alaska. A Recordable Disclaimer of=20
Interest, if issued, will confirm the United States has no valid=20
interest in the subject lands. The notice is intended to notify the=20
public of the pending applications and the State's grounds for=20
supporting it. The State asserts that the water bodies are navigable;=20
therefore, under the Equal Footing Doctrine and Submerged Lands Act of=20
1953, ownership of these lands automatically passed from the United=20
States to the State at the time of statehood in 1959. The State did not=20
identify any known adverse claimant or occupant of the affected lands.=20
A portion of the lands included in the applications are within the=20
boundary of the Denali National Preserve, created by the Alaska=20
National Interest Lands Conservation Act of December 2, 1980.
    A final decision on the merits of the applications will not be made=20
before September 24, 2007. During the ninety (90) day notice period,=20
interested parties may comment upon the State's applications (FF-094608=20
to FF-094612), and supporting evidence. Interested parties may also=20
comment on the evidence presented in the BLM Draft Summary Report=20
within sixty (60) days of its availability. The BLM Draft Summary=20
Report will be posted on the BLM-Alaska Web site within the ninety (90)=20
day notice period: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3Dleaving=
FR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/ak/ak930/rdi/index.=
html.

    Comments, including names and street addresses of commentors, will=20
be available for public review at the Alaska State Office (see address=20
above), during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday=20
through Friday, except Federal holidays. Before including your address,=20
phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information=20
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly=20
available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold=20
your personal identifying

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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be=20
able to do so.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a))

    Dated: May 4, 2007.
Jack Frost,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
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