Alaska Native Claims Selection

• Published date: 04 April 2024
• Record Number: 2024-07171
• Citation: 89 FR 23609
• Court: Land Management Bureau
• Section: Notices

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 66 (Thursday, April 4, 2024)

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 2024)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 23609-23610]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2024-07171]
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                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                Bureau of Land Management
                [BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500172131; F-14837-G2]
                Alaska Native Claims Selection
                AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
                ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
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                SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides
                constructive notice that it will issue an appealable decision approving
                conveyance of the surface estate in certain lands to Beaver Kwit'chin
                Corporation for the Native village of Beaver, pursuant to the Alaska
                Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The subsurface estate in
                the same lands will be conveyed to Doyon, Limited, when the surface
                estate is conveyed to Beaver Kwit'chin Corporation.
                DATES: Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by
                the decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the
                requirements of 43 CFR part 4 within the time limits set out in the
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
                ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the decision from the Bureau of
                Land Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, #13,
                Anchorage, AK 99513-7504.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Colburn, Land Law Examiner,
                Adjudication Section, BLM Alaska State Office, 907-271-5067 or
                [email protected]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf,
                deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711
                (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services.
                Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services
                offered within their country to make international calls to the point
                of contact in the United States.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is
                hereby given that the BLM will issue an appealable decision to Beaver
                Kwit'chin Corporation. The decision approves conveyance of the surface
                estate in certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as
                amended. As provided by ANCSA, the subsurface estate in the same lands
                will be conveyed to Doyon, Limited, when the surface estate is conveyed
                to Beaver Kwit'chin Corporation. The lands are located in the vicinity
                of Beaver, Alaska, and are described as:
                Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska
                T. 16 N., R. 1 E.,
                 Secs. 21, 22, and 23;
                 Secs. 25 to 28, inclusive;
                 Secs. 33, 34, and 35.
                 Containing 4,920.11 acres.
                 The decision addresses public access easements, if any, to be
                reserved to the United States pursuant to sec. 17(b) of ANCSA (43
                U.S.C. 1616(b)), in the lands described above.
                 The BLM will also publish notice of the decision once a week for
                four consecutive weeks in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper.
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                 Any party claiming a property interest in the lands affected by the
                decision may appeal the decision in accordance with the requirements of
                43 CFR part 4 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 May 6, 2024 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.
                 Parties who do not file an appeal in accordance with the
                requirements of 43 CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have waived their
                rights. Notices of appeal transmitted by facsimile will not be accepted
                as timely filed.
                Matthew A. Colburn,
                Land Law Examiner, Adjudication Section.
                [FR Doc. 2024-07171 Filed 4-3-24; 8:45 am]
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