80 FR 56493 - Alaska Native Claims Selection

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 181 (September 18, 2015)

Page Range		56493-56493
FR Document		2015-23481

Notice is hereby given that an appealable decision will be issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), approving conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in the lands described below to Chugach Alaska Corporation (formerly known as Chugach Natives, Inc.), pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AA-10731, AA-10785, AA-10786, AA-10788, AA-11135, AA-11146, AA-12448; 
LLAK-944000-L14100000-HY0000-P]


Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Decision Approving Lands for Conveyance.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an appealable decision will be 
issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), approving conveyance of 
the surface and subsurface estates in the lands described below to 
Chugach Alaska Corporation (formerly known as Chugach Natives, Inc.), 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

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. Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section for the time limits for appealing the decision.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may be obtained from: Bureau of Land 
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, #13, 
Anchorage, AK 99513-7504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The BLM by phone at 907-271-5960 or by 
email at [email protected]. Persons who use a 
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the BLM 
during normal business hours. In addition, the FIRS is available 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the 
BLM. The BLM will reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 
hereby given that an appealable decision will be issued by the BLM to 
Chugach Alaska Corporation (formerly known as Chugach Natives, Inc.). 
The decision approves conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates 
in certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq). The lands are located in the Chugach National 
Forest, and contain/aggregate 80.78 acres. Notice of the decision will 
also be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the Alaska 
Dispatch News.
    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 October 19, 2015 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 electronic means, such as 
facsimile or email, will not be accepted as timely filed.

Loch Anderson,
Land Law Examiner, Adjudication Section.
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recovery by extending the pit north; Please note that public comments and West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
reducing the size of the BLM lease information submitted including names, AK 99513–7504.
modification contained in the Proposed street addresses, and email addresses of
Action to 100 acres while still respondents will be available for public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
accommodating extension of the mine review and disclosure at the above BLM BLM by phone at 907–271–5960 or by
pit, external overburden piles, address during regular business hours (8 email at blm_ak_akso_public_room@
temporary growth media stockpiles, and a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, blm.gov. Persons who use a
ancillary mine features beyond the except holidays. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
current Lease boundaries. If the mine is Before including your phone number, (TDD) may call the Federal Information
extended, USFS Special Use email address, or other personal Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
Authorizations and State of Idaho identifying information in your to contact the BLM during normal
Temporary Use Authorizations will also comment, you should be aware that business hours. In addition, the FIRS is
be needed. your entire comment—including your available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
Under the No Action Alternative, the personal identifying information—may to leave a message or question with the
Rasmussen Valley Mine Plan would not be made publicly available at any time. BLM. The BLM will reply during
be approved for mining, and no While you can ask us in your comment normal business hours.
associated development would occur on to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
the existing lease. Similarly, associated
cannot guarantee that we will be able to required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is
requests such as the lease modification
application would not be approved. The do so. hereby given that an appealable
No Action Alternative would not decision will be issued by the BLM to
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ; 40 CFR
provide ore for the CPO and would parts 1500–1508; 43 CFR part 46; 43 U.S.C.
Chugach Alaska Corporation (formerly
leave the mineral resource unmined. 1701; 43 CFR part 3510; and 43 CFR part known as Chugach Natives, Inc.). The
The resources would not be developed 3590. decision approves conveyance of the
under the 2011 Proposed Action. surface and subsurface estates in certain
Jeremy Casterson,
However, the No Action Alternative lands pursuant to the Alaska Native
Acting District Manager, Idaho Falls District, Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601,
does not preclude application and Bureau of Land Management.
approval of future Mine and et seq). The lands are located in the
Robert Mickelsen,
Reclamation Plans for the site because Chugach National Forest, and contain/
Forest Supervisor, Caribou-Targhee National
of pre-existing mining rights granted in aggregate 80.78 acres. Notice of the
Forest.
the existing Lease. decision will also be published once a
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To facilitate understanding and week for four consecutive weeks in the
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comments on the Draft EIS, public Alaska Dispatch News.
meetings are planned to be held in Soda Any party claiming a property interest
Springs and Pocatello, Idaho. Meetings DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR in the lands affected by the decision
will be open-house style, with displays may appeal the decision in accordance
explaining the project and a forum for Bureau of Land Management with the requirements of 43 CFR part 4
commenting on the draft EIS. The BLM
[AA–10731, AA–10785, AA–10786, AA– within the following time limits:
will announce dates, times, and
10788, AA–11135, AA–11146, AA–12448; 1. Unknown parties, parties unable to
locations of the public scoping meetings
LLAK–944000–L14100000–HY0000–P] be located after reasonable efforts have
in mailings and news releases.
Written and electronic comments Alaska Native Claims Selection been expended to locate, parties who
regarding the Draft EIS should be fail or refuse to sign their return receipt,
submitted within 45 days of the date of AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, and parties who receive a copy of the
publication of the Environmental Interior. decision by regular mail which is not
Protection Agency’s Notice of ACTION: Notice of Decision Approving certified, return receipt requested, shall
Availability in the Federal Register. To Lands for Conveyance. have until October 19, 2015 to file an
assist the BLM and the USFS in appeal.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an
identifying issues and concerns related 2. Parties receiving service of the
appealable decision will be issued by
to this project, comments should be as decision by certified mail shall have 30
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
specific as possible. The portion of the
approving conveyance of the surface days from the date of receipt to file an
proposed project related to special use
and subsurface estates in the lands appeal.
authorizations for off-lease activities is
described below to Chugach Alaska Parties who do not file an appeal in
subject to the USFS’s objection process
Corporation (formerly known as accordance with the requirements of 43
pursuant to 36 CFR 218 Subparts A and
Chugach Natives, Inc.), pursuant to the CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have
B. Only those who provide comment
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. waived their rights. Notices of appeal
concerning the off-lease activities
during this comment period or who DATES: Any party claiming a property transmitted by electronic means, such as
have previously submitted specific interest in the lands affected by the facsimile or email, will not be accepted
written comments on the off-lease decision may appeal the decision in as timely filed.
activities, either during scoping or other accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4. Please see the Loch Anderson,
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designated opportunity for public
comment, will be eligible as objectors to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for Land Law Examiner, Adjudication Section.
the off-lease activities (36 CFR 218.5). the time limits for appealing the [FR Doc. 2015–23481 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am]
BLM appeal procedures found in 43 decision.
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CFR 4 apply to the portion of the project ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
related to activities proposed on the be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Federal mineral lease(s). Management, Alaska State Office, 222

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Decision Approving Lands for Conveyance.
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. Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for the time limits for appealing the decision.
Contact		The BLM by phone at 907-271-5960 or by email at [email protected] Persons who use a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the BLM during normal business hours. In addition, the FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the BLM. The BLM will reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation		80 FR 56493

80 FR 56493 - Alaska Native Claims Selection

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 181 (September 18, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management