[Federal Register: April 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 77)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-1410-00; AA-59639]

 
Public Land Order No. 7386; Opening of Land Under Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

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SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of 
the Federal Power Act, approximately 11,900 acres of land withdrawn by 
a Geological Survey order which established Power Site Classification 
No. 395. This action will permit conveyance of the land to the State of 
Alaska, if such land is otherwise available, and retain the waterpower 
rights to the United States. The land has been and continues to be open 
to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley J. Macke, 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 the Act of June 10, 1920, Section 24, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 818 
(1994), and pursuant to the determination by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in DVAK-149-000, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, existing withdrawals, or other 
segregations of record, and the requirements of applicable law, at 8:00 
a.m. Alaska Standard Time, on April 22, 1999, the following described 
public land withdrawn by the Geological Survey Order dated April 22, 
1948, which established Power Site Classification No. 395, is hereby 
opened to disposal in order to allow for conveyance of the land to the 
State of Alaska, subject to the provisions of Section 24 of the Federal 
Power Act:

Seward Meridian

    Land located within Tps. 13 N., Rs. 16 through 20 W., and T. 14 
N., R. 20 W., more particularly described as:

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    All land within \1/4\ mile around the Kenibuna Lake, Chakachatna 
River, Chakachamna Lake and tributary.
    The area described contains approximately 11,900 acres.

    2. The State of Alaska applications for selection made under 
Section 6(b) of the 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), become 
effective without further action by the State upon publication of this 
public land order in the Federal Register, if such land is otherwise 
available. Land not conveyed to the State will continue to be subject 
to the terms and conditions of the Power Site Classification No. 395, 
as established by Geological Survey Order dated April 22, 1948, and any 
other withdrawal or segregation of record.

    Dated: March 29, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-9971 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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