Public Land Order No. 7952; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order Nos. 5169, 5173, 5179, 5180, 5184, 5186, 5188, and 5242, as Amended, Modified, or Corrected, and Opening of Additional Lands for Selection by Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans; Alaska
This order partially revokes eight Public Land Orders (PLOs) insofar as they affect approximately 11,163,252 acres of public lands in the Central Yukon area of Alaska and opens ...
This order partially revokes eight Public Land Orders (PLOs) insofar as they affect approximately 11,163,252 acres of public lands in the Central Yukon area of Alaska and opens these lands to allow for allotment selection by eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans and possible conveyance under the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program (Allotment Program) established by the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019 (Dingell Act).
DATES:
This PLO takes effect on November 21, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brittany Templeton, Realty Specialist, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, Mailstop #13, Anchorage, AK 99513-7504, (907) 271-4214, or
btempleton@blm.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The eight PLOs revoked in part by this order were established pursuant to Executive Order 10355 and section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The BLM analyzed partial revocation of these PLOs and opening of the affected lands for allotment selections and possible conveyances under the Allotment Program in the Central Yukon Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement. This order implements the recommendation in BLM's Record of Decision approving the Central Yukon RMP to open ANCSA 17(d)(1) lands to allotment selection under the Allotment Program, except where the ANCSA 17(d)(1) withdrawals overlap with PLO No. 5150, as amended, modified, or corrected.
Before approving the Central Yukon RMP, BLM analyzed the effects of this action and determined, pursuant to section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, that this action would not significantly restrict subsistence uses or have a disproportionate negative effect on environmental justice communities.
PLO No. 5169 and 5173, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands for selection by Village and Regional Corporations under section 11(a)(3) of ANCSA, and for classification. PLO No. 5179, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands in aid of legislation concerning addition to, or creation of, units of the National Park, National Forest, Wildlife Refuge, and Wild and Scenic Rivers systems, and to allow for classification of the lands. PLO No. 5180, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands to allow for classification and for the protection of the public interest in these lands. PLO No. 5184, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands to allow for classification or reclassification of some of areas withdrawn by section 11 of ANCSA. PLO No. 5186, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew public lands for classification and protection of the public interest in lands not selected by the State of Alaska. PLO No. 5188, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew the lands in former reservations for classification and protection of the public interest for the use and benefit of Alaska Natives pursuant to section 17(d)(1) of ANCSA. PLO No. 5242, as amended, modified, or corrected, withdrew lands pending determination of certain Native communities under section 11(b)(3) of ANCSA, and classification of lands not conveyed pursuant to section 14 of ANCSA.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714, and section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, 43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, Public Land Order No. 5169 (37 FR 5572), 5173 (37 FR 5575), 5179 (37 FR 5579), 5180 (37 FR 5583), 5184 (37 FR 5588), 5186 (37 FR 5589), 5188 (37 FR 5591), and 5242 (37 FR 15513) and any amendments, modifications, or corrections to these Orders, are hereby partially revoked to allow for allotment selection under the Allotment Program, and for no other purposes, insofar as they affect the following described Federal lands in the Central Yukon planning area:
Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska
T. 2 N., R. 1 E.,
Sec. 19, lot 2.
T. 26 N., R. 1 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 25.
T. 26 N., R. 2 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 3;
Secs. 4 and 5, excepting U.S. No. Survey 12476;
Secs. 6 thru 11, secs. 14 thru 22, and Sec. 30.
T. 26 N., R. 1 W., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 24 and secs. 27 and 28;
Sec. 29, excepting U.S. Survey No. 13893;
Sec. 30.
T. 1 N., R. 2 W.,
Sec. 21, W
1/2
NW
1/4
NW
1/4
SE
1/4
;
( printed page 92147)
Sec. 28, that portion excluded from Tentative Approvals F-028735 issued February 20, 1985, and March 3, 1998;
Sec. 30, lots 1 thru 12;
Sec. 32, that portion excluded from Tentative Approval F-028735 issued February 20, 1985;
Sec. 33, that portion excluded from Tentative Approvals F-028735 issued February 20, 1985, and March 3, 1998;
tract 38, those portions excluded from Mental Health Approval F-031637 issued March 11, 2008;
Sec. 23, that portion lying outside the boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park;
Sec. 24;
Secs. 25, 26, 35, and 36, those portions lying outside the boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park.
T. 11 N., R. 14 W., unsurveyed.
T. 12 N., R. 14 W., unsurveyed.
Sec. 1;
Sec. 2, excepting lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 6741 and U.S. Survey No. 6866;
Sec. 3, excepting lots 2 and 3, U.S. Survey No. 6741;
Secs. 4 thru 8;
Sec. 9, excepting U.S. Survey No. 6317 and lot 1, U.S. Survey No. 6741;
Sec. 10, excepting U.S. Survey No. 6741;
Sec. 11, excepting lot, 3, U.S. Survey No. 6741 and U.S. Survey No. 6866;
Secs. 12 thru 19;
Sec. 20, excepting U.S. Survey No. 8383;
Secs. 21 thru 36.
Tps. 13 and 14 N., R. 14 W., unsurveyed.
T. 28 N., R. 14 W.,
Secs. 13, 24, 25, 35, and 36, those portions lying outside the boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park.
T. 8 N., R. 15 W.,
Sec. 21, NE
1/4
.
Tps. 9 thru 16 N., R. 15 W., unsurveyed.
T. 26 N., R. 15 W., unsurveyed,
Secs. 25 thru 29 and Secs. 31 and 32, those portions lying outside the boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park;
Secs. 33 and 34;
Secs. 35 and 36, those portions lying outside the boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park.
( printed page 92148)
T. 3 N., R. 16 W.,
Tract B, those portions of (protracted) sections 6, 7, 17, and 18, excluded from Tentative Approvals F-89353 issued June 11, 2012, and August 28, 2014; that portion of (protracted) sec. 19 excluded from Tentative Approvals F-026787 issued October 15, 2009, and August 28, 2014.
T. 4 N., R. 16 W.,
Sec. 31, that portion excluded from Tentative Approval F-026919 issued December 5, 1996.
T. 7 N., R. 16 W.,
Secs. 4, 5, 6, and 8.
Tps. 8 thru 12 N., R. 16 W., unsurveyed.
T. 13 N., R. 16 W., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 9;
Sec. 10, excepting lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 14273;
Secs. 11 thru 14;
Sec. 15, excepting lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 14273;
Secs. 16 thru 36.
T. 14 N., R. 16 W., unsurveyed.
T. 15 N., R. 16 W.,
Secs. 1 thru 4, unsurveyed;
Sec. 5, E
1/2
, unsurveyed;
Sec. 8, E
1/2
, unsurveyed;
Secs. 9 thru 17, unsurveyed;
Sec. 18 E
1/2
, unsurveyed;
Sec. 19, NE
1/4
and S
1/2
, unsurveyed;
Secs. 20 thru 36, unsurveyed.
Tps. 16, 17, and 18 N., R. 16 W., unsurveyed.
T. 4 N., R. 17 W.,
Sec. 36, that portion excluded from Tentative Approval F-23238 issued December 28, 1982.
T. 6 N., R. 17 W.,
Secs. 10 and 11, Secs. 14 thru 17, and Secs. 20 thru 23, those portions excluded from Tentative Approval No. F-44193, issued March 17, 1992, as Power Site Classification No. 403.
T. 7 N., R. 17 W.,
Secs. 1 thru 19, and Sec. 22.
Tps. 8 thru 13 N., R. 17 W., unsurveyed.
T. 14 N., R. 17 W.,
Secs. 1 and 2, unsurveyed;
Sec. 3, E
1/2
and SW
1/4
, unsurveyed;
Sec. 4, S
1/2
, unsurveyed;
Sec. 5, W
1/2
and SE
1/4
, unsurveyed;
Secs. 6 thru 36, unsurveyed.
T. 26 N., R. 17 W.,
Secs. 25 and 26.
T. 6 N., R. 18 W.,
Secs. 13, 24, 25, and 36.
Tps. 7 thru 10 N., R. 18 W., unsurveyed.
T. 11 N., R. 18 W., unsurveyed,
Sec. 1;
Sec. 2, excepting U.S. Survey Nos. 7500 and 8605;
Secs. 3 thru 36.
T. 12 and 13 N., R. 18 W., unsurveyed.
T. 14 N., R. 18 W.,
Secs. 1 and 2, unsurveyed;
Sec. 3, SE
1/4
, unsurveyed;
Sec. 10, E
1/2
and SW
1/4
, unsurveyed;
Secs. 11 thru 15, unsurveyed;
Sec. 16, E
1/2
and SW
1/4
, unsurveyed;
Sec. 17, SE
1/4
, unsurveyed;
Sec. 19, E
1/2
and SW
1/4
, unsurveyed;
Secs. 20 thru 36, unsurveyed.
T. 25 N., R. 18 W.,
Secs. 5 thru 8 and Secs. 17 and 18.
T. 1 N., R. 19 W.,
Secs. 8 and 17, those portions excluded from Tentative Approval F-43814 issued November 14, 1986, as Native Allotment application F-13680;
lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 10474, that portion within protracted sec. 33.
T. 4 N., R. 19 W.,
Secs. 1 thru 4;
Sec. 5, excepting U.S. Survey No. 13990;
Sec. 6, excepting U.S. Survey No. 14232;
Sec. 7, excepting U.S. Survey Nos. 13990 and 14232;
Secs. 13, 14, 15 and 21, those portions lying outside the boundary of Innoko National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 22 thru 28;
Sec. 31, that portion lying outside the boundary of Innoko National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 32 thru 36.
T. 13 S., R. 7 E., unsurveyed.
T. 11 S., R. 8 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 23, that portion lying outside the boundary of Innoko National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 24 and 25;
Secs. 26 and 35, those portions lying outside the boundary of Innoko National Wildlife Refuge;
Sec. 36.
T. 12 S., R. 8 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1, 2, and 3 and Secs. 9 thru 16;
Secs. 17 and 18, those portions lying outside the boundary of Innoko National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 19 thru 36.
T. 13 S., R. 8 E., unsurveyed.
T. 10 S., R. 9 E.,
Sec. 1, Secs. 11 thru 14, Secs. 23 thru 26, and Secs. 35 and 36.
Tps. 12 and 13 S., R. 9 E., unsurveyed.
T. 11 S., R. 10 E.
T. 12 S., R. 10 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1, 2, and 3;
Sec. 4, excepting U.S. Survey No. 9606;
Secs. 5 thru 21;
Sec. 22, excepting Public Land Order No. 1740;
Secs. 23, 24, and 25;
Secs. 26 and 27, excepting Public Land Order No. 1740;
Secs. 28 thru 34;
Sec. 35, excepting Public Land Order No. 1740;
Sec. 36.
T. 13 S., R. 10 E., unsurveyed.
T. 6 S., R. 11 E., unsurveyed.
T. 8 S., R. 11 E.,
Secs. 1 thru 6 and Secs. 9 thru 12.
T. 10 S., R. 11 E.,
Secs. 22 thru 27, and Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
Tps. 6, 7, and 8 S., Rs. 12 and 13 E., partly unsurveyed.
T. 3 S., R. 14 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1, 2, 10, and 11, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 12 thru 15, Secs. 22 thru 27, and Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
T. 4 S., R. 14 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1, 2 and 3, Secs. 10 thru 15, Secs. 22 thru 27, and Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
Tps. 5 thru 8 S., R. 14 E., unsurveyed.
T. 2 S., R. 15 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 25 thru 28, and Secs. 32 and 33, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
T. 3 S., R. 15 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 4;
Secs. 5 and 6, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 7 thru 36.
Tps. 4, 5, and 6 S., R. 15 E., unsurveyed.
T. 2 S., R. 16 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 22, 23, and 24, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 25 and 26;
Secs. 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, and 33, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
Tps. 3 thru 6 S., R. 16 E., unsurveyed.
T. 1 S., 17 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 13, 24, 25, and 36, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge.
T. 2 S., R. 17 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 1;
Secs. 2, 3, 9, and 10, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 11 thru 15;
Secs. 16, 17, 19, and 20, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 21 thru 36.
Tps. 3, 4, and 5 S., R. 17 E., unsurveyed.
T. 6 S., R. 17 E.,
tract A.
T. 10 S., R. 17 E.,
Secs. 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, and 13, Secs. 17 thru 20, Secs. 24 and 25, Secs. 29 thru 32, and Sec. 36.
T. 12 S., R. 17 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 28, 29, 31, 32, and 33, those portions excluded as mining claims from Tentative Approval F-15084 issued May 21, 1982.
T. 13 S., R. 17 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 17, those portions excluded as mining claims from Tentative Approval F-15090 issued April 24, 1981.
T. 14 S., R. 17 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 4, 5, and 8, those portions excluded as mining claims from Tentative Approval F-15090 issued April 24, 1981.
T. 16 S., R. 17 E.,
Tract A, those portions excluded as mining claims from Tentative Approvals F-15090 issued March 31, 1983, and December 12, 2007, excluding M.S. Nos. 1647, 1648, and 2520;
M.S. Nos. 1647, 1648, and 2520.
T. 1 S., R. 18 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1, 2, and 3;
Secs. 4 thru 8, those portions lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 9 thru 17;
Sec. 18, that portion lying outside the boundary of Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge;
Secs. 19 thru 36.
Tps. 2 and 3 S., R. 18 E., unsurveyed.
T. 4 S., R. 18 E.,
tract A, tracts E thru H, and tracts J, K, and L.
T. 5 S., R. 18 E.,
tracts A, D, and F.
T. 6 S., R. 18 E.,
tract A.
T. 13 S., R. 18 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 3, 9, 10, and 16, those portions excluded as mining claims from Tentative Approval F-15090 issued April 24, 1981.
Tps. 1, 2, and 3 S., R. 19 E., unsurveyed.
T. 4 S., R. 19 E.,
Tracts B thru E, tracts G and J, and tracts M thru W.
T. 5 S., R. 19 E.,
Tract A.
T. 6 S., R. 19 E.,
Secs. 5 thru 8, secs. 17 thru 20, and secs. 29 and 30, unsurveyed.
Tps. 15 and 16 S., R. 19 E., unsurveyed.
T. 4 S., R. 20 E.,
tract A, that portion within (protracted) Secs. 23 and 24, excluded from Tentative Approval F-15207 issued June 16, 1976, as F-035073.
T. 6 S., R. 20 E.,
Sec. 19 and Secs. 27 thru 30;
tract A;
lot 3, U.S. Survey No. 9591.
Tps. 15 and 16 S., R. 20 E., unsurveyed.
T. 5 S., R. 21 E.
T. 6 S., R. 21 E.,
U.S. Survey Nos. 2033 and 14353.
T. 5 S., R. 22 E.,
tract A.
T. 6 S., R. 22 E.,
U.S. Survey No. 14352.
Tps. 13, 14, and 15 S., R. 22 E., unsurveyed.
T. 16 S., R. 22 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 24 and Secs. 26 thru 34.
T. 17 S., R. 22 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 5 and 6.
T. 18 S., R. 22 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1, 2, and 3, Secs. 9 thru 16, and Secs. 19 thru 36.
Tps. 19, 20, and 21 S., R. 22 E., unsurveyed.
T. 22 S., R. 22 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 10.
T. 6 S., R. 23 E.,
U.S. Survey No. 14351.
T. 13 S., R. 23 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 7 and 8, Secs. 16 thru 21, and Secs. 28 thru 33.
( printed page 92153)
T. 14 S., R. 23 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 3 thru 10 and Secs. 15 thru 36.
T. 15 S., R. 23 E., unsurveyed.
T. 16 S., R. 23 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 11 and Secs. 16 thru 19.
T. 17 S., R. 23 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 13 and Secs. 23 thru 36.
Tps. 18 thru 22 S., R. 23 E., partially unsurveyed.
T. 14 S., R. 24 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 19 thru 36.
T. 15 S., R. 24 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 23 and Secs. 27 thru 33.
T. 16 S., R. 24 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 24 thru 27, and Secs. 33 thru 36.
T. 17 S., R. 24 E. unsurveyed,
Secs. 1 thru 4 and Secs. 7 thru 36.
Tps. 18, 19, and 20 S., R. 24 E., unsurveyed.
Tps. 21 and 22 S., R. 24 E., partially unsurveyed.
T. 14 S., R. 25 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 36.
T. 15 S., R. 25 E., unsurveyed,
Secs. 1, 12, and 13, Secs. 23 thru 27, and Secs. 34, 35, and 36.
The areas described aggregate approximately 11,163,252 acres.
2. At 8 a.m. Alaska time on December 23, 2024, the lands described in Paragraph 1 shall be open to allotment selection under the Allotment Program, subject to valid existing rights. All allotment applications that are free from substantive errors and received at or prior to 8 a.m. Alaska time on December 23, 2024 shall be considered as simultaneously received at 8 a.m. Alaska time. Those received thereafter shall be considered received in accordance with 43 CFR 2569.411.
3. No lands are opened by this order for any purpose other than allotment selection and possible conveyance under the Allotment Program.
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89 FR 92146
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