Public Land Order No. 7410; Partial Revocation of Executive Order dated April 1, 1915; Alaska

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48849-48850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23246]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1430-01; AA-6497]


Public Land Order No. 7410; Partial Revocation of Executive Order 
dated April 1, 1915; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order revokes an Executive order insofar as it affects 
approximately 29,709 acres of lands withdrawn for Bureau of Land 
Management Power Site Reserve No. 485 at Iliamna Lake region. The lands 
are no longer needed for the purpose for which they were withdrawn. 
This action allows the conveyance of approximately 11,211 acres of the 
lands to the State of Alaska, if such lands are otherwise available. 
Any of the lands described herein that are selected by but not conveyed 
to the State will be subject to the terms and conditions of Public Land 
Order No. 5184, as amended, Public Land Order No. 5174, as amended, and 
any other withdrawal or segregation of record. Approximately 18,498 
acres of the lands have been conveyed out of Federal ownership or lie 
within the Lake Clark National Preserve pursuant to the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robbie J. Havens, BLM Alaska State 
Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-
271-5049.
    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 (1994), and by Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1) (1994), it is ordered as 
follows:
    1. Executive Order dated April 1, 1915, as modified, which withdrew 
lands for Bureau of Land Management Power Site Reserve No. 485 in the 
Iliamna Lake area, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the 
following described lands:

Seward Meridian, Alaska

    All lands within \1/4\ mile of the Lower Tazimina Lake, the 
Tazimina River between Lower Tazimina Lake and Sixmile Lake, the 
Kakhonak Lake, and the Kakhonak River between Kakhonak Lake and 
Kakhonak Bay, an arm of Iliamna Lake, located within:
    (a) Those portions of Tps. 7 and 8 S., Rs. 28 and 29 W., 
(unsurveyed), and T. 8 S., R. 30 W., (surveyed) which have not been 
conveyed out of Federal ownership. The area described contains 
approximately 11,211 acres.
    (b) Those portions of Tps. 8 S., Rs. 30 and 31 W., T. 9 S., R. 
31 W., T. 2 S., R. 30 W., and Tps. 2 and 3 S., Rs. 31 and 32 W., 
(all surveyed) which lie within the Lake Clark National Preserve or 
have been conveyed out of Federal ownership.
    The area described contains approximately 18,498 acres.
    The areas described in (a) and (b) above aggregate approximately 
29,709 acres.

    2. The State of Alaska applications for selection made under 
Section 6(b) of the

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Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec. 21 (1994), 
and under Section 906(e) of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act, 43 U.S.C. 1635(e) (1994), for the lands described in 
paragraph 1(a), become effective without further action by the State 
upon publication of this public land order in the Federal Register, if 
such lands are otherwise available. Lands selected by, but not conveyed 
to the State, will be subject to the terms and conditions of Public 
Land Order No. 5184, as amended, Public Land Order No. 5174, as 
amended, and any other withdrawal or segregation of record.
    3. The public lands described in paragraph 1(b) will remain 
withdrawn as part of the Lake Clark National Preserve pursuant to 
Sections 201(7)(a) and Section 206 of Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 410hh-5 (1994). This action is for record 
clearing purposes only as to those lands that have been conveyed out of 
Federal ownership.

    Dated: August 13, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-23246 Filed 9-7-99; 8:45 am]
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