83 FR 38724 - Notice of Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for Lands Underlying the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet, Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 152 (August 7, 2018)

Page Range		38724-38725
FR Document		2018-16858

The State of Alaska (State) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest (RDI) from the United States in those lands underlying the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet in southwest Alaska. The State asserts that the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet, were navigable and unreserved at the time of Alaska Statehood in 1959.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[14X.LLAK942000.L54200000.FR0000.LVDIL14L0540; AA094269]


Notice of Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for 
Lands Underlying the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and 
Outlet, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska (State) has filed an application with the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest 
(RDI) from the United States in those lands underlying the Egegik 
River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet in southwest Alaska. The 
State asserts that the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and 
Outlet, were navigable and unreserved at the time of Alaska Statehood 
in 1959.

DATES: The BLM should receive all comments to this action on or before 
November 5, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail or email on the State's 
application for an RDI or on the BLM Draft ``Summary Report on Federal 
Interest in Lands Underlying the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth 
Lake

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and Outlet in Alaska'' (Draft Summary Report). To file comments by 
mail, send to: RDI Program Manager (AK-942), Division of Lands and 
Cadastral, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99513. To submit comments by email, send to 
[email protected].
    Copies of the State's application, supporting evidence, the Draft 
Summary Report, and comments, including names and street addresses of 
commenters, will be available for public review at the BLM Alaska 
Public Information Center (Public Room), 222 West 8th Avenue, 
Anchorage, Alaska, during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angie Nichols, RDI Program Manager, 
222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513; 907-271-3359; 
[email protected]; or visit the BLM RDI website at https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/RDI/bristol-bay.
    People who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Relay System (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the 
above individual during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24 
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or a question with the 
above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business 
hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Sept. 7, 2016, the State filed an 
application (AA-94269) for an RDI pursuant to Section 315 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and the 
regulations contained in 43 CFR subpart 1864 for the lands underlying 
the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet. The State 
asserts that these waterbodies were navigable at the time of Alaska 
Statehood. As such, the State contends that ownership of the lands 
underlying this river system automatically passed from the United 
States to the State in 1959 at the time of Statehood under the Equal 
Footing Doctrine; the Submerged Lands Act of 1953; the Alaska Statehood 
Act; and other title navigability law. Section 315 of FLPMA authorizes 
the BLM to issue an RDI when it determines that a record interest of 
the United States in lands has terminated by law or is otherwise 
invalid, and a disclaimer will help remove a cloud on title to such 
lands.
    The State's application is for an RDI for all submerged lands 
underlying the portions described below of the Egegik River, Becharof 
Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet. Specifically, these are Becharof Lake: 
All submerged lands and bed up to and including the ordinary high water 
lines of Becharof Lake upstream from its outlet within section 5, 
township 25 south, range 46 west, Seward Meridian, Alaska; Egegik 
River: All submerged lands and bed of the Egegik River lying between 
the ordinary high water lines of the left and right banks of the Egegik 
River, beginning at the outlet of Becharof Lake, downstream to the 
limit of tidal influence; Unnamed outlet Ruth Lake: All submerged lands 
up to and including the ordinary high water lines of Unnamed outlet of 
Ruth Lake upstream from its outlet at Becharof Lake within section 5, 
township 30 south, range 42 west, Seward Meridian, Alaska, upstream to 
Ruth Lake; and Ruth Lake: All submerged lands and bed up to and 
including the ordinary high water lines of Ruth Lake upstream from its 
outlet within section 9, township 30 south, range 42 west, Seward 
Meridian, Alaska.
    The State listed the coverage area on the USGS 1:63,360 series 
topographic maps as follows: Naknek A-1 through A-3, Karluk C-6, D-6 
and Ugashik C-1 and D-1, D-2, D-3. Over time, the precise location of 
the submerged lands described above may vary between townships due to 
the ambulatory nature of these water bodies.
    An RDI is a legal document through which the BLM disclaims the 
United States' interest in, or ownership of, specified lands, but the 
disclaimer does not grant, convey, transfer, or renounce any title or 
interest in the lands, nor does it release any tax, judgment, or lien. 
This Notice of Application is to inform the public of the pending 
application and the State's supporting evidence, as well as to provide 
the opportunity to comment or provide additional information to the 
BLM.
    The BLM will not make a final decision on the merits of the State's 
application before November 5, 2018. During this 90-day period, 
interested parties may comment on the State's application, AA-94269, 
and supporting evidence. Interested parties may also comment on the 
BLM's Draft Summary Report, which is available on the BLM's RDI website 
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above).
    Copies of the State's application, supporting evidence, the Draft 
Summary Report, and comments, including names and street addresses of 
commenters, will be available for public review at the BLM Alaska 
Public Information Center (Public Room), 222 West 8th Avenue, 
Anchorage, Alaska, during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment--including your personally identifiable information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask the BLM in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    If the BLM determines the State's evidence and any additional 
information the agency receives concerning the State's application is 
sufficient to reach a favorable determination, and neither the records 
nor a valid objection discloses a reason not to disclaim, the BLM may 
decide to approve the application for the RDI.

    Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2.

Erika L. Reed,
Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and Cadastral, Alaska.
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Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2. collection requirements and provide the conduct geophysical exploration on
Kerri-Anne Thorpe, requested data in the desired format. Federal lands.
A Federal Register notice with a 60- Total Estimated Number of Annual
Acting Assistant Field Manager, Las Vegas
Field Office. day public comment period soliciting Respondents: 23.
comments on this collection of Total Estimated Number of Annual
[FR Doc. 2018–16854 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am]
information was published on March 2, Responses: 23.
BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P
2018 (83 FR 9025). No comments were Estimated Completion Time per
received. Response: Varies from 20 minutes to 1
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The BLM is again soliciting comments hour, depending on activity.
on the proposed ICR that is described Total Estimated Number of Annual
Bureau of Land Management below. The BLM is especially interested Burden Hours: 17.67.
in public comment addressing the Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
[LLWO310000.L13100000.PP0000.18X; OMB obtain or retain a benefit.
Control Number 1004–0162] following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Agency Information Collection BLM; (2) will this information be Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Activities; Submission to the Office of processed and used in a timely manner; Burden Cost: $25.
Management and Budget for Review (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; An agency may not conduct or
and Approval; Onshore Geophysical (4) how might the BLM enhance the sponsor and a person is not required to
Exploration quality, utility, and clarity of the respond to a collection of information
information to be collected; and (5) how unless it displays a currently valid OMB
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, might the BLM minimize the burden of control number.
Interior. this collection on the respondents, The authority for this action is the
ACTION: Notice of information collection; including through the use of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
request for comment. information technology. U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comments that you submit in Jean Sonneman,
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the response to this notice are a matter of Bureau of Land Management, Information
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is public record. Before including your Collection Clearance Officer.
proposing to renew an information address, phone number, email address, [FR Doc. 2018–16855 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am]
collection with revisions. or other personal identifying
BILLING CODE 4310–84–P
information in your comment, you
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
should be aware that your entire
submit comments on or before comment—including your personal
September 6, 2018. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
identifying information—may be made
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on publicly available at any time. While Bureau of Land Management
this information collection request (ICR) you can ask us in your comment to
to the Office of Management and [14X.LLAK942000.L54200000.FR0000.
withhold your personal identifying LVDIL14L0540; AA094269]
Budget’s Desk Officer for the information from public review, we
Department of the Interior by email at cannot guarantee that we will be able to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via Notice of Application for a Recordable
do so. Disclaimer of Interest for Lands
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please Abstract: This information collection
provide a copy of your comments to the Underlying the Egegik River, Becharof
pertains to onshore geophysical Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet,
BLM at U.S. Department of the Interior, exploration on Federal lands. Federal
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Alaska
land-management agencies are
Street NW, Room 2134LM, Washington, responsible for regulating geophysical AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
DC 20240, Attention: Jean Sonneman; or exploration on the Federal surface Interior.
by email to jesonnem@blm.gov. Please estate. The BLM regulates exploration ACTION: Notice.
reference OMB Control Number 1004– for oil and gas on lands it manages, and
0162 in the subject line of your on occasion regulates such exploration SUMMARY: The State of Alaska (State) has
comments. on lands managed by other Federal filed an application with the Bureau of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To land-management agencies. The U.S. Land Management (BLM) for a
request additional information about Forest Service (FS) regulates exploration Recordable Disclaimer of Interest (RDI)
this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by for various types of minerals, including from the United States in those lands
email at j35spenc@blm.gov, or by oil and gas, on lands it manages. The underlying the Egegik River, Becharof
telephone at 202–912–7146. You may BLM and the FS propose to revise the Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet in
also view the ICR at http:// accuracy and usefulness of the forms southwest Alaska. The State asserts that
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. they use for this collection of the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In information. Ruth Lake and Outlet, were navigable
accordance with the Paperwork Title of Collection: Onshore and unreserved at the time of Alaska
Reduction Act of 1995, the BLM Geophysical Exploration. Statehood in 1959.
provides the general public and other OMB Control Number: 1004–0162. DATES: The BLM should receive all
Federal agencies with an opportunity to Form Numbers: BLM Form 3150–4/FS comments to this action on or before
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comment on new, proposed, revised, Form 2800–16 and BLM Form 3150–5/ November 5, 2018.
and continuing collections of FS Form 2800–16a. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
information. This helps us assess the Type of Review: Revision of a by mail or email on the State’s
impact of our information collection currently approved collection. application for an RDI or on the BLM
requirements and minimize the public’s Respondents/Affected Public: The Draft ‘‘Summary Report on Federal
reporting burden. It also helps the respondents for this collection of Interest in Lands Underlying the Egegik
public understand our information information are business that seek to River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake

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and Outlet in Alaska’’ (Draft Summary high water lines of Becharof Lake identifiable information in your
Report). To file comments by mail, send upstream from its outlet within section comment, you should be aware that
to: RDI Program Manager (AK–942), 5, township 25 south, range 46 west, your entire comment—including your
Division of Lands and Cadastral, BLM Seward Meridian, Alaska; Egegik River: personally identifiable information—
Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th All submerged lands and bed of the may be made publicly available at any
Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513. Egegik River lying between the ordinary time. While you can ask the BLM in
To submit comments by email, send to high water lines of the left and right your comment to withhold your
anichols@blm.gov. banks of the Egegik River, beginning at personally identifiable information from
Copies of the State’s application, the outlet of Becharof Lake, downstream public review, we cannot guarantee that
supporting evidence, the Draft Summary to the limit of tidal influence; Unnamed we will be able to do so.
Report, and comments, including names outlet Ruth Lake: All submerged lands If the BLM determines the State’s
and street addresses of commenters, will up to and including the ordinary high evidence and any additional
be available for public review at the water lines of Unnamed outlet of Ruth information the agency receives
BLM Alaska Public Information Center Lake upstream from its outlet at concerning the State’s application is
(Public Room), 222 West 8th Avenue, Becharof Lake within section 5, sufficient to reach a favorable
Anchorage, Alaska, during regular township 30 south, range 42 west, determination, and neither the records
business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday Seward Meridian, Alaska, upstream to nor a valid objection discloses a reason
through Friday, except holidays. Ruth Lake; and Ruth Lake: All not to disclaim, the BLM may decide to
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: submerged lands and bed up to and approve the application for the RDI.
Angie Nichols, RDI Program Manager, including the ordinary high water lines Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2.
222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, of Ruth Lake upstream from its outlet
Alaska 99513; 907–271–3359; anichols@ within section 9, township 30 south, Erika L. Reed,
blm.gov; or visit the BLM RDI website range 42 west, Seward Meridian, Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and
at https://www.blm.gov/programs/lands- Alaska. Cadastral, Alaska.
and-realty/regional-information/alaska/ The State listed the coverage area on [FR Doc. 2018–16858 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am]
RDI/bristol-bay. the USGS 1:63,360 series topographic BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P
People who use a telecommunications maps as follows: Naknek A–1 through
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the A–3, Karluk C–6, D–6 and Ugashik C–
Federal Relay System (FRS) at 1–800– 1 and D–1, D–2, D–3. Over time, the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
877–8339 to contact the above precise location of the submerged lands
described above may vary between Bureau of Land Management
individual during normal business
townships due to the ambulatory nature
hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a [18X.LLAK930100.L51010000.000000
of these water bodies. .LVRWL18L1090]
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message An RDI is a legal document through
or a question with the above individual. which the BLM disclaims the United
You will receive a reply during normal Notice of Intent To Prepare an
States’ interest in, or ownership of, Environmental Impact Statement for
business hours. specified lands, but the disclaimer does the Willow Master Development Plan
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Sept. not grant, convey, transfer, or renounce Oil and Gas Prospect, Alaska
7, 2016, the State filed an application any title or interest in the lands, nor
(AA–94269) for an RDI pursuant to does it release any tax, judgment, or AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy lien. This Notice of Application is to Interior
and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) inform the public of the pending ACTION: Notice of Intent.
and the regulations contained in 43 CFR application and the State’s supporting
subpart 1864 for the lands underlying evidence, as well as to provide the SUMMARY: In accordance with the
the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and opportunity to comment or provide National Environmental Policy Act
Ruth Lake and Outlet. The State asserts additional information to the BLM. (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
that these waterbodies were navigable at The BLM will not make a final Naval Petroleum Reserves Production
the time of Alaska Statehood. As such, decision on the merits of the State’s Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
the State contends that ownership of the application before November 5, 2018. Land Management (BLM) Alaska State
lands underlying this river system During this 90-day period, interested Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to
automatically passed from the United parties may comment on the State’s prepare a Master Development Plan
States to the State in 1959 at the time application, AA–94269, and supporting Environmental Impact Statement (MDP/
of Statehood under the Equal Footing evidence. Interested parties may also EIS) for the Willow oil and gas prospect
Doctrine; the Submerged Lands Act of comment on the BLM’s Draft Summary within the Bear Tooth Unit of the
1953; the Alaska Statehood Act; and Report, which is available on the BLM’s National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
other title navigability law. Section 315 RDI website (see FOR FURTHER (NPR–A).
of FLPMA authorizes the BLM to issue INFORMATION CONTACT above). DATES: This Notice initiates the public
an RDI when it determines that a record Copies of the State’s application, scoping process for the Willow oil and
interest of the United States in lands has supporting evidence, the Draft Summary gas prospect MDP/EIS. Comments on
terminated by law or is otherwise Report, and comments, including names issues, impacts, and potential
invalid, and a disclaimer will help and street addresses of commenters, will alternatives to be analyzed may be
remove a cloud on title to such lands. be available for public review at the submitted in writing until September 6,
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The State’s application is for an RDI BLM Alaska Public Information Center 2018. The BLM will hold public scoping
for all submerged lands underlying the (Public Room), 222 West 8th Avenue, meetings in Anchorage, Fairbanks,
portions described below of the Egegik Anchorage, Alaska, during regular Nuiqsut, and Utqiagvik. The dates,
River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday times, and locations of scoping meetings
and Outlet. Specifically, these are through Friday, except holidays. Before will be announced through local news
Becharof Lake: All submerged lands and including your address, phone number, media, newspapers, and the BLM
bed up to and including the ordinary email address, or other personally Alaska website. Any Federal, state, local

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Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		The BLM should receive all comments to this action on or before November 5, 2018.
Contact		Angie Nichols, RDI Program Manager, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513; 907-271-3359; [email protected]; or visit the BLM RDI website at https://www.blm.gov/ programs/lands-and-realty/regional-information/alaska/RDI/bristol-bay.
FR Citation		83 FR 38724

83 FR 38724 - Notice of Application for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest for Lands Underlying the Egegik River, Becharof Lake, and Ruth Lake and Outlet, Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Land Management

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