Disclaimer of interest applications: Alaska,

[Federal Register: April 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 71)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-5420-FR-L035; FF-94661 & FF-94662]

Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for Lands Underlying Fish Lake and Mark Creek in Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has filed applications for recordable disclaimers of interest in certain lands underlying the Fish Lake and Mark Creek in Alaska by the United States.

DATES: Comments on the State of Alaska's applications should be submitted on or before July 12, 2006. Comments on the BLM Draft Land Report should be submitted on or before June 12, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Callie Webber at 907-271-3167 or you may visit the BLM recordable disclaimer of interest Web site at http://www.ak.blm.gov .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 22, 2005, the State of Alaska (State) filed applications for recordable disclaimers of interest pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the regulations contained in 43 CFR Subpart 1864 for lands underlying Fish Lake (FF-94661), approximately 690 acres, and Mark Creek (FF-94662), approximately 11 miles in length. Fish Lake and Mark Creek are both located within the Tanana River region of Alaska. A recordable disclaimer of interest, if issued, will confirm the United States has no valid interest in the subject lands. The notice is intended to notify the public of the pending applications and the State's grounds for supporting it. The State asserts that Fish Lake and Mark Creek are navigable and under the Equal Footing Doctrine, Submerged Lands Act of 1953, Alaska Statehood Act, and the Submerged Lands Act of 1988, ownership of these submerged lands automatically passed from the United States to the State at the time of statehood in 1959.

The State's application for Fish Lake (FF-94661) is for ``all submerged lands lying below the ordinary high water line of Fish Lake within Townships 13 and 14 North, Range 19 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska.'' The State's application for Mark Creek (FF-94662) is for ``all submerged lands lying within the bed of Mark Creek, and the interconnected unnamed lake system, between the ordinary high water lines of the left and right banks, from its origins within Township 13 North, Range 20 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska downstream through the interconnected unnamed lake system to its confluence with the Chisana River in Township 14 North, Range 19 East, Copper River Meridian, Alaska''. The State did not identify any known adverse claimant or occupant of the affected lands.

A final decision on the merits of the applications will not be made before July 12, 2006. During the 90-day period, interested parties may comment upon the State's applications, FF-94661 and FF-94662, and supporting evidence. Interested parties may comment on the evidentiary evidence presented in the BLM's Draft Land Report on or before June 12, 2006.

Comments, including names and street addresses of commenters, will be available for public review at the Alaska State Office (see address above), during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to hold your name or address from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from organizations or businesses will be made available for public inspection in their entirety.

Dated: February 28, 2006. Russell D. Blome, Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty. [FR Doc. E6-5356 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]

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