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[Federal Register: June 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 121)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-FR-L045; AA-086376--AA-086380]

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Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for=20
Lands Underlying Waterbodies Within the Yukon-Kuskokwim Portage; 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 Yukon-Kuskokwim Portage,=20
located in the Lower Kuskokwim Region, Alaska. The State asserts that=20
the water bodies were navigable and unreserved at the time of=20
statehood; therefore, title to the submerged lands passed to the State=20
at the time of statehood (1959). The lands included in the applications=20
are within the boundary of the Yukon-Delta National Wildlife Refuge,=20
created by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of=20
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
Web-site within this notice period. Once posted, interested parties=20
will 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
.


ADDRESSES: Comments on the State of Alaska's application 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: Jack Frost at (907) 271-5531 or 
Jack_Frost@ak.blm.gov or visit the BLM-Alaska Web site http://frwebgate=
.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinkl=
og&to=3Dhttp://www.blm.gov/


ak/ak930/rdi/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 10, 2006, the State of Alaska filed=20
applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest pursuant to Section=20
315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the regulations

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contained in 43 CFR Subpart 1864 for lands underlying the waterbodies=20
within the Yukon-Kuskokwim Portage (Y-K Portage). The State divided the=20
Y-K Portage into five separate applications, described in a=20
northwesterly direction from the Kuskokwim River: Mud Creek and unnamed=20
lake number one (AA-086376); Crooked Creek and Johnson River (AA-
086377); Kulik Lake and unnamed lake number two (AA-086378); unnamed=20
lakes numbers three and four (AA-086379); and the Talbiksok River to=20
the confluence with Portage Slough of the Yukon River (AA-086380). A=20
Recordable Disclaimer of Interest, if issued, will confirm the United=20
States has no valid interest in the subject lands. The notice is=20
intended to notify the public of the pending applications and the=20
State's grounds for supporting it. The State asserts that the water=20
bodies are navigable; therefore, under the Equal Footing Doctrine and=20
Submerged Lands Act of 1953, ownership of these lands automatically=20
passed from the United States to the State at the time of statehood in=20
1959. The State did not identify any known adverse claimant or occupant=20
of the affected lands. The applied for lands are within the boundary of=20
the Yukon-Delta National Wildlife Refuge, 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 (AA-086376=20
to AA-086380), 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 information from public review, we cannot=20
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a))

    Dated: May 4, 2007.
Jack Frost,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
[FR Doc. E7-12107 Filed 6-22-07; 8:45 am]

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