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[Federal Register: August 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 162)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-FR-L042; AA-085787]

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Notice of Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for=20
Lands Underlying the Stikine River in Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska (State) has filed an application for a=20
Recordable Disclaimer of Interest from the United States in those lands=20
underlying the Stikine River, located in Southeast Alaska. The State=20
asserts that the Stikine River was navigable and unreserved at the time=20
of statehood; therefore, title to the submerged lands passed to the=20
State at the time of statehood (1959). The lands included in the=20
application are within the exterior boundary of the Tongass National=20
Forest, created by Presidential Proclamation of February 16, 1909, and=20
administered by the U.S. Forest Service in the Department of=20
Agriculture.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's application should be=20
submitted on or before November 20, 2007. The Bureau of Land Management=20
(BLM) has prepared a Draft Summary Report. Comments on the Draft=20
Summary Report should be submitted on or before October 22, 2007. The=20
State's application and the BLM Draft Summary Report will be posted on=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


ADDRESSES: Comments on the State of Alaska's application or the BLM=20
Draft Summary Report should be sent to the Chief, Branch of Survey=20
Planning and Preparation (AK-927), Division of Cadastral Survey, BLM=20
Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage,=20
Alaska 99513-7599.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 17, 2005, the State of Alaska=20
(State) filed an application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest=20
pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act=20
and the regulations contained in 43 CFR Subpart 1864 for those lands=20
underlying the Stikine River (AA-085787). 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 application and the State's grounds for=20
supporting it. The State asserts that the Stikine River is navigable=20
and unreserved; 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 exterior=20
boundary of the Tongass National Forest, created by Presidential=20
Proclamation of February 16, 1909, and administered by the U.S. Forest=20
Service in the Department of Agriculture.
    A final decision on the merits of the application will not be made=20
before November 20, 2007. During the ninety (90) day notice period,=20
interested parties may comment upon the State's application (AA-085787)=20
and supporting evidence. Interested parties may also comment on the=20
evidence presented in the BLM Draft Summary Report within sixty (60)=20
days of the date of this notice. The State's application and the BLM=20
Draft Summary Report will be posted on 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
.

    Comments, including names and street addresses of the commenters,=20
will be available for public review at the Alaska State Office (see=20
address above), during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,=20
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Before including your=20
address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying=20
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire=20
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made=20
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to=20
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we=20
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a)).

    Dated: June 28, 2007.
Craig Frichtl,
Chief, Branch of Survey Planning and Preparation.
 [FR Doc. E7-16491 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]

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