Notice of Applications for Recordable Disclaimers of Interest for Lands Underlying Fish Lake and Mark Creek in Alaska, 19202 [E6-5356]
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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
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 https://
www.ak.blm.gov.
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
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14 North, Range 19 East, Copper River
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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.
Land Management (BLM) received a
petition for reinstatement of oil and gas
lease COC64228 from Elm Ridge
Exploration Company, LLC for lands in
Moffat County, Colorado. The petition
was filed on time and was accompanied
by all the rentals due since the date the
lease terminated under the law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, Milada
Krasilinec, Land Law Examiner, Branch
of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at 303–
239–3767.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee
has agreed to the amended lease terms
for rentals and royalties at rates of
$10.00 per acre or fraction thereof, per
year and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The
lessee has paid the required $500
administrative fee and $155 to
reimburse the Department for the cost of
this Federal Register notice. The lessee
has met all the requirements for
reinstatement of the lease as set out in
Section 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral
Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.
188), and the Bureau of Land
Management is proposing to reinstate
lease COC64228 effective December 1,
2005, under the original terms and
conditions of the lease and the
increased rental and royalty rates cited
above.
Dated: February 28, 2006.
Russell D. Blome,
Acting Chief, Branch of Lands and Realty.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO–922–06–1310–FI; COC64228]
Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of
Terminated Oil and Gas Lease
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed
reinstatement of terminated oil and gas
lease.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30
U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR
3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of
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Dated: April 6, 2006.
Milada Krasilinec,
Land Law Examiner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of
Terminated Oil and Gas Lease
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed
reinstatement of terminated oil and gas
lease.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30
U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR
3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) received a
petition for reinstatement of oil and gas
lease COC64229 from Elm Ridge
Exploration Company, LLC for lands in
Moffat County, Colorado. The petition
was filed on time and was accompanied
by all the rentals due since the date the
lease terminated under the law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, Milada
Krasilinec, Land Law Examiner, Branch
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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.
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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 https://
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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