[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11671]
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[Federal Register: May 13, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK-932-4210-06; AA-40482]
43 CFR Public land order 7042
Opening of Land, Under section 24 of the Federal Power Act, in
the Departmental Order Dated May 14, 1929, as Amended, Which
Established Powersite Classification No. 221; 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 575 acres of National Forest
System land withdrawn by a Departmental order which established
Powersite Classification No. 221 at Baranof Lake. This action will
permit conveyance of the land to the State of Alaska, if such land is
otherwise available, and retain the water power rights to the United
States. Any land described herein that is not conveyed to the State
will be subject to the terms and conditions of the national forest
reservation and any other withdrawal of record.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 13, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sue A. Wolf, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13,
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599, 907-271-5477.
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by section 24 of the Federal Power Act of June 10, 1920, as amended, 16
U.S.C. 818 (1988), and pursuant to the determination by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission in DVAK-145, it is ordered as follows:
1. At 10 a.m. on May 13, 1994, the following described land
withdrawn by a Departmental Order dated May 14, 1929, which established
Powersite Classification No. 221, will be opened to permit conveyance
to the State of Alaska subject to the provisions of section 24 of the
Federal Power Act as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission in determination DVAK-145, and subject to valid existing
rights, the provisions of existing withdrawals, and the requirements of
applicable law:
Copper River Meridian
Tongass National Forest
All lands below an altitude of 210 feet above sea level adjacent to
Baranof Lake and the stream which is its outlet and included in the
State of Alaska selection application AA-53101 located within:
T. 55 S., R. 66 E., unsurveyed,
Sec. 24.
T. 55 S., R. 67 E., partly unsurveyed,
Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, and sec. 30.
The area described contains approximately 575 acres.
2. The State of Alaska application for selection made under section
6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958, 48 U.S.C. note prec.
21 (1988) and under Section 906(e) of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act, 43 U.S.C. 1635(e) (1988), becomes 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 be subject to the terms
and conditions of the Tongass National Forest reservation, Section 24
of the Federal Power Act, and any other withdrawal of record.
Dated: April 22, 1994.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-11671 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
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