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TABLE 8—PERMITS ISSUED BY REGION 8—Continued 

[California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin Portion of Oregon] 

Permit No. Permit type Permittee Date issued 

PER2452406 .................... Scientific ................. Eli Rose ............................................................................................................ 8/29/2023 

PER2434485 .................... Scientific ................. David Wolff ....................................................................................................... 8/30/2023 

PER2426711 .................... Scientific ................. Bonnie Peterson .............................................................................................. 8/30/2023 

PER0046272 .................... Scientific ................. Mesa Biological, LLC ....................................................................................... 8/30/2023 

PER0057269 .................... Scientific ................. Natalie Reeder ................................................................................................. 8/30/2023 

PER1628413 .................... Scientific ................. Mario E. Gaytan ............................................................................................... 8/30/2023 

PER2371117 .................... Scientific ................. Lora Roame ..................................................................................................... 8/30/2023 

PER0050226 .................... Scientific ................. ECORP Consulting, Inc ................................................................................... 9/5/2023 

PER0057261 .................... Scientific ................. Dalton Stanfield ................................................................................................ 9/5/2023 

PER0120424 .................... Scientific ................. John Howard .................................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER0122085 .................... Scientific ................. Allison Rudalevige ........................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER2453183 .................... Scientific ................. Taylor Dee ....................................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER2449673 .................... Scientific ................. Thea Wang ...................................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER2453506 .................... Scientific ................. Markus Spiegelberg ......................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER2469753 .................... Scientific ................. John Dicus ....................................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER1383320 .................... Scientific ................. Conservation Society of California .................................................................. 9/6/2023 

PER2344367 .................... Scientific ................. Jonathan Aguayo ............................................................................................. 9/6/2023 

PER0057547 .................... Scientific ................. Shelley M. Jaramillo ......................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER0121458 .................... Scientific ................. Donald W. Hardeman Jr .................................................................................. 9/6/2023 

PER0211375 .................... Scientific ................. Britney A. Schultz ............................................................................................ 9/6/2023 

PER2385795 .................... Scientific ................. Peter Y. Drobny ............................................................................................... 9/6/2023 

PER0046425 .................... Scientific ................. Mantech SRS Technologies, Inc ..................................................................... 9/7/2023 

PER2481657 .................... Scientific ................. Jennifer Sexton ................................................................................................ 9/7/2023 

PER2452942 .................... Scientific ................. Bureau of Land Management—Mother Lode Field Office ............................... 9/19/2023 

PER2101274 .................... Scientific ................. Paul Morrissey ................................................................................................. 9/19/2023 

PER2478054 .................... Scientific ................. LSA Associates, Inc ......................................................................................... 9/19/2023 

PER1171011 .................... Scientific ................. David Faulkner ................................................................................................. 9/19/2023 

PER2380360 .................... Scientific ................. Sarah J. Yates ................................................................................................. 9/19/2023 

PER2381586 .................... Scientific ................. National Park Service Yosemite National Park ............................................... 9/19/2023 

PER2421919 .................... Scientific ................. Patrick Kong ..................................................................................................... 9/19/2023 

PER0057558 .................... Scientific ................. Cynthia Hartley ................................................................................................ 9/25/2023 

PER0057583 .................... Scientific ................. McCormick Biological, Inc ................................................................................ 9/27/2023 

PER2372350 .................... Scientific ................. Steven Lee ....................................................................................................... 9/27/2023 

PER0048094 .................... Scientific ................. Sequoia Park Zoo—City of Eureka ................................................................. 10/31/2023 

PER2805325 .................... Scientific ................. California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...................................................... 11/7/2023 

069171 .............................. Scientific ................. National Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area .. 12/11/2023 

PER0268927 .................... SHA ........................ Craig Blencowe ................................................................................................ 1/17/2023 

17874C ............................. SHA ........................ Las Vegas Valley Water District ...................................................................... 3/30/2023 

PER2965862 .................... SHA ........................ USFWS—Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office .................................................... 6/30/2023 

Availability of Documents 

You may request copies of original 

application materials, along with public 

comments we received, from the offices 

that issued the permits (see contact 

information for appropriate regions, 

above). Documents and other 

information submitted with the 

applications are available for review 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552), by any party who submits a 

written request for a copy of such 

documents. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under the 

authority of section 10 of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Ya-Wei Li, 

Assistant Director for Ecological Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Prairie Island Indian Community; 

Amendments to Liquor Control 

Ordinance 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes 

amendments to the Prairie Island Indian 

Community’s Liquor Control Ordinance. 

This Ordinance amends and supersedes 

the existing Prairie Island Mdewakanton 

Dakota Community Liquor Control 

Ordinance, adopted on July 10, 1992, by 

Resolution Number 92–84; and 

amended on October 14, 1992, by 

Resolution Number 92–118. 

DATES: This ordinance shall become 

effective December 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherrel LaPointe, Tribal Operations 

Officer, Midwest Regional Office, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 5600 American 

Boulevard West, Suite 500, 

Bloomington, Minnesota 55437, 

Telephone: (612) 725–4500, Fax: (612) 

713–4401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act of August 15, 1953, Public 

Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 

1161, as interpreted by the Supreme 

Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 

(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall 

certify and publish in the Federal 

Register notice of adopted liquor control 

ordinances for the purpose of regulating 

liquor transactions in Indian country. 

On August 9, 2023, the Prairie Island 

Indian Community Council adopted the 

amendments to the Community’s Liquor 

Control Ordinance by Resolution 

Numbers 23–8–9–150. This Federal 

Register Notice comprehensively 

amends and supersedes the existing 


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Prairie Island Indian Community Liquor 

Control Ordinance which was published 

in the Federal Register on December 1, 

1992 (57 FR 56960). 

This notice is published in 

accordance with the authority delegated 

by the Secretary of the Interior to the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. I 

certify that the Prairie Island Indian 

Community Tribal Council duly 

adopted these amendments to the 

Prairie Island Indian Community Liquor 

Control Ordinance on August 9, 2023. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs. 

The Prairie Island Indian 

Community’s Liquor Control Ordinance, 

as amended, shall read as follows: 

Prairie Island Indian Community 

Liquor Control Ordinance 

Section 1. Short Title. This Ordinance 

shall be known and may be cited as the 

Prairie Island Indian Community Liquor 

Control Ordinance. 

Section 2. Statement of Purpose, 

Findings, and Authority. 

a. Purpose. It is the Community’s 

policy to ensure that any transaction, 

importation, sale, or consumption 

involving an alcoholic beverage, while 

within the Tribe’s jurisdiction, shall 

occur in strict compliance with this 

Ordinance, the laws of the United States 

and the State of Minnesota. 

b. Findings. [reserved]. 

c. Authority. This Ordinance is an 

exercise of the inherent sovereignty of 

the Community and shall be deemed an 

exercise of the Community Council’s 

power to protect the welfare, health, 

peace, morals, and safety of the people 

of the Community. 

Section 3. Definitions. 

a. ‘‘Community’’ means the Prairie 

Island Indian Community in the State of 

Minnesota, a federally recognized 

Indian Tribe. 

b. ‘‘Community Council’’ means the 

constitutionally authorized governing 

body of the Community. 

c. ‘‘Alcoholic beverage’’ means any 

intoxicating liquor, low point beer, or 

any wine, as defined under the 

provisions of this Ordinance. 

d. ‘‘Application’’ means a formal 

written request for the issuance of a 

license supported by a verified 

statement of facts. 

e. ‘‘Community’’ means the Prairie 

Island Indian Community in the State of 

Minnesota, a federally recognized 

Indian Tribe. 

f. ‘‘Community Council’’ means the 

constitutionally authorized governing 

body of the Community. 

g. ‘‘Establishment’’ means any liquor 

store or any on- or off-sale dealer. 

h. ‘‘High point beer’’ means any beer 

having an alcoholic content in excess of 

three and two-tenths per centum (3.2%) 

of weight. 

i. ‘‘Intoxicating liquor’’ means any 

liquid either commonly used, or 

reasonably adapted to use, for beverages 

purposes containing in excess of three 

and two-tenths per centum (3.2%) of 

alcohol by weight. This shall include 

any type of wine, regardless of alcoholic 

content. 

j. ‘‘Legal age’’ means the age 

requirements as defined in Section 16. 

k. ‘‘Liquor store’’ means any store, 

established by the Community or 

licensed individual or entity, for the 

sale of alcoholic beverages. 

l. ‘‘Low point beer’’ means any liquid 

either commonly used, or reasonably 

adapted to use, for beverage purposes, 

and which is produced wholly or in part 

from brewing of any grain or grains, 

malt substitute, and which contains any 

alcohol whatsoever, but no more than 

three and two-tenths per centum (3.2%) 

of alcohol by weight. 

m. ‘‘Off-sale’’ means the sale of any 

alcoholic beverages for consumption off 

the premises where sold. 

n. ‘‘On-sale dealer’’ means the 

Community or licensed individual or 

entity that sells, or keeps for sale any 

alcoholic beverage authorized under 

this Ordinance for consumption on the 

premises where sold. 

o. ‘‘On-sale’’ means the sale of any 

alcoholic beverage for consumption 

only upon the premises where sold. 

p. ‘‘Reservation’’ means all territory 

subject to the Community’s jurisdiction. 

q. ‘‘Sale’’ means the transfer of any 

bagged, bottled, boxed, canned or 

kegged alcoholic beverage, or the 

serving of any contents of any bagged, 

bottled, boxed, canned or kegged 

alcoholic beverage for a consideration of 

currency exchange. 

r. ‘‘Transaction’’ means any transfer of 

any bagged, bottled, boxed, canned, or 

kegged alcoholic beverage, or the 

transfer of any contents of any bagged, 

bottled, boxed, canned or kegged 

alcoholic beverage from any liquor 

store, on-sale dealer or vendor to any 

person. 

s. ‘‘Vendor’’ means any person 

employed or under the supervision by 

and of a liquor store or on-sale dealer 

who conducts sales or transactions 

involving alcoholic beverages. 

t. ‘‘Wine’’ means any beverage 

containing alcohol obtained by the 

fermentation of the natural sugar 

contents of fruits or other agricultural 

products, and containing not more than 

seventeen percent (17%) of alcohol by 

weight, including sweet wines, fortified 

with wine spirits, such as port, sherry, 

muscatel, and angelica. 

Section 4. Applicability. [reserved] 

Section 5. General Prohibition. It shall 

be unlawful to manufacture for sale, 

sell, offer, or keep for sale, possess, 

transport or conduct any transaction 

involving any alcoholic beverage except 

in compliance with the terms, 

conditions, limitations, and restrictions 

specified in this Ordinance. 

Section 6. Community Control of 

Alcoholic Beverages. The Council shall 

have the sole and exclusive right to 

authorize the importation of alcoholic 

beverages for sale or for the purpose of 

conducting transactions therewith, and 

no person or organization shall so 

import any such alcoholic beverage into 

the Reservation unless authorized by the 

Council. 

Section 7. Community Liquor Store. 

The Council may establish and maintain 

anywhere on the Reservation that the 

Council may deem advisable, a 

community liquor store or stores for 

storage and off-sale of alcoholic 

beverages in accordance with the 

provisions of this Ordinance. The 

Council may set the prices of alcoholic 

beverages sold. 

Section 8. Community On-Sale 

Dealer. The Council may establish and 

maintain anywhere on the Reservation 

that the Council may deem advisable, a 

community on-sale dealer or dealers for 

storage and on-sale of alcoholic 

beverages in accordance with the 

provisions of this Ordinance. The 

Council may set the prices of alcoholic 

beverages sold. 

Section 9. State of Minnesota 

Licenses. The Council shall notify the 

State of Minnesota of any Community 

operated establishment that sells 

alcoholic beverages or conducts 

transactions involving alcoholic 

beverages in compliance with Minn. 

Stat. 340A.4055. 

Section 10. Liability Insurance. For 

the purpose of complying with 18 

U.S.C. 1161 and the Minnesota Liquor 

Act, the Council, or any entity licensed 

by the Council, shall demonstrate proof 

of financial responsibility to the State of 

Minnesota by obtaining the necessary 

liability insurance required by Minn. 

Stat. 340A.409. 

Section 11. License Restrictions, 

General. 

a. License Posting. A retail license to 

sell alcoholic beverages must be posted 

in a conspicuous place in the premises 

for which it is used. 

b. Gambling Compliance. Gambling 

on premises where alcoholic beverages 

are to be sold must be in compliance 

under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 

of 1988, 25 U.S.C. 2701, et. seq. and 


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Chapter 349 and 349A of the Minnesota 

Statutes. 

c. License Limited to Space Specified. 

A retail license to sell any alcoholic 

beverage is only effective for the 

compact and contiguous space specified 

in the approved license application. 

Section 12. License Restrictions; 

Intoxicating Liquor Licenses. 

a. Investigation of On-Sale Licenses. 

The Community Council shall appoint a 

person to cooperate with any city or 

county official in the conduct of any 

preliminary background and/or 

financial investigation for the purposes 

of complying with Minn. Stat. 

304A.412. However, nothing in this 

section shall mean and be construed to 

be a waiver of the Community’s 

sovereign immunity and shall allow any 

city or county official to conduct any 

investigation not specifically authorized 

by the Community Council as 

documented by a written resolution. 

b. Off-sale limitation. The Community 

shall not apply for more than one offsale intoxicating liquor license. 

c. General compliance. The 

Community Council shall comply with 

all prohibitions as stated in Minn. Stat. 

340A.412, Subd. 4. 

d. Employment of Minors. No person 

under 18 years of age may serve or sell 

intoxicating liquor on the Prairie Island 

Indian Reservation. 

Section 13. Restrictions on the 

Number of Intoxicating Liquor Licenses 

that May Be Issued. 

a. Referendum for Additional On-Sale 

Licenses. The Community Council may 

issue on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses 

over the number permitted under 

Section 13 when authorized by the 

voters of the Community at a general or 

special election. 

b. Referendum Questions. The 

Community Council may direct that 

either of the following questions be 

placed on the ballot. 

1. ‘‘Shall the Community Council be 

allowed to issue ‘on-sale’ licenses for 

the sale of intoxicating liquor at retail in 

excess of the number permitted by 

law?’’ 

2. ‘‘Shall the Community Council be 

allowed to issue (a number to be 

determined by the governing body) ‘onsale’ licenses for the sale of intoxicating 

liquor at retail in excess of the number 

now permitted by law?’’ 

Section 14. Responsibility of Licensee. 

Every licensee is responsible for the 

conduct in the licensed establishment 

and any sale of alcoholic beverages by 

any employee authorized to sell 

alcoholic beverages in the establishment 

is the act of the licensee for the 

purposes of all provisions of this 

Ordinance. 

Section 15. Sales to Obviously 

Intoxicated Persons. No person may 

sell, give, furnish, or in any way procure 

for another alcoholic beverages for the 

use of an obviously intoxicated person. 

Nothing herein shall be construed as a 

waiver of the Community’s sovereign 

immunity from suit for any violation of 

this section by a licensee or employee 

of a Community facility. 

Section 16. Persons Under 21 Years of 

Age; Restrictions. 

a. The Council shall enforce the State 

of Minnesota laws regarding restrictions 

on those persons under the age of 21 

years in any Community establishment 

operating pursuant to the provisions of 

this Ordinance. 

b. No Community operated or 

licensed establishment shall sell, barter, 

furnish, give or allow to be consumed 

therein alcoholic beverages to and by a 

person under 21 years of age. 

c. Any Community operated or 

licensed establishment shall require 

proof of age for purchasing or 

consuming alcoholic beverages by 

requiring a valid driver’s license or State 

of Minnesota identification card, or in 

the case of a foreign national a valid 

passport to be shown at any time 

deemed necessary while on the 

premises of a Community operated or 

licensed establishment. 

d. Any Community operated or 

licensed establishment shall prohibit all 

persons under the age of 21 years to 

enter the establishment except to: 

1. perform work if the person is 18, 

19, or 20 years of age; 

2. consume meals while accompanied 

by an adult who is the legal guardian or 

parent of the person; or 

3. attend social functions that are held 

in a portion of the establishment where 

alcoholic beverages are not sold. 

e. No Community operated or 

licensed establishment shall employ any 

person under the age of 18 years to serve 

or sell alcoholic beverages. 

Section 17. Hours and Days of Sale. 

a. No Community operated or 

licensed establishment shall sell or 

furnish alcoholic beverages for on-sale 

purposes between 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 

a.m. on the days of Monday through 

Saturday, after 1:00 a.m. on Sundays, or 

otherwise not in compliance with Minn. 

Stat. 340A.504. 

b. No Community operated or 

licensed establishment shall sell or 

furnish alcoholic beverages for off-sale 

purposes: (1) on Sundays; (2) before 

8:00 a.m. on Monday through Saturday; 

(3) after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through 

Saturday; or (4) otherwise not in 

compliance with Minn. Stat. 340A.504. 

Section 18. Sales of Ethyl and Neutral 

Spirits Prohibited. No person may sell at 

retail for beverage purposes ethyl 

alcohol or neutral spirits, or substitutes 

thereof, possessing the taste, aroma, and 

characteristics generally attributed to 

ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits. Nothing 

in this section prohibits the 

manufacture or sale of other products 

obtained by use of ethyl alcohol or 

neutral spirits as defined in U.S. 

Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal 

Revenue, Regulations 125, Article II, 

Standards of Identity for Distilled 

Spirits. 

Section 19. Power to License and Tax. 

The power to establish licenses and levy 

taxes under the provisions of this 

Ordinance is vested exclusively with 

the Council. 

Section 20. Community Liquor 

Licenses. The Council shall issue by 

resolution, upon proper application and 

Council approval, a Community liquor 

license to any establishment wishing to 

sell, serve, or furnish alcoholic 

beverages or conduct transactions 

involving alcoholic beverages within the 

boundaries of the Reservation. 

Section 21. Classes of Licenses. 

Classes of Community licenses under 

this Ordinance shall be as follows: 

a. Class A Off-Sale Liquor store; and 

b. Class B On-Sale Dealer 

Section 22. Community Operated 

Establishments. The Council shall issue 

by resolution one appropriate license to 

a Community operated establishment 

upon determining the site for the 

establishment, creating an operating 

infrastructure for the establishment and 

obtaining the appropriate licensing from 

the State of Minnesota. 

Section 23. No Licenses Issued. The 

Council shall not issue any licenses to 

any person or entity other than the 

Community until this Ordinance is 

properly amended to authorize the 

licensing of non-Community persons or 

entities. 

Section 24. Display of Community 

License. Any establishment licensed 

pursuant to the provisions of this 

Ordinance shall display the Community 

license in a conspicuous place. 

Section 25. Distribution of Profits. All 

profits from the sale of alcoholic 

beverages on the Reservation are subject 

to distribution of the Council in 

accordance with its usual appropriation 

procedures for essential governmental 

and social services. 

Section 26. Records. [reserved] 

Section 27. Miscellaneous Provisions. 

a. Sovereign Immunity. Nothing in 

this Ordinance shall be construed as a 

waiver of the Prairie Island Indian 

Community in the State of Minnesota’s 

sovereign immunity. 

b. Severability. If any provision of this 

Ordinance or its application to any 


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person or circumstance is held invalid, 

the remainder of this Ordinance, or the 

application of the provision to other 

persons or circumstances is not affected. 

c. Amendment or Repeal of 

Ordinance. This Ordinance may be 

amended or repealed only by a majority 

vote of the Council in regular session. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500181836; F–14837–A] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) hereby provides 

constructive notice that it will issue an 

appealable decision approving 

conveyance of the surface estate in 

certain lands to Beaver Kwit’chin 

Corporation for the Native village of 

Beaver, pursuant to the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act of 1971 

(ANCSA). The subsurface estate in the 

same lands will be conveyed to Doyon, 

Limited, when the surface estate is 

conveyed to Beaver Kwit’chin 

Corporation. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4 within the time limits set out 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the decision from the Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Colburn, Land Law Examiner, 

Adjudication Section, BLM Alaska State 

Office, 907–271–5067 or mcolburn@

blm.gov. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point of 

contact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 

hereby given that the BLM will issue an 

appealable decision to Beaver Kwit’chin 

Corporation. The decision approves 

conveyance of the surface estate in 

certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 

U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended. As 

provided by ANCSA, the subsurface 

estate in the same lands will be 

conveyed to Doyon, Limited, when the 

surface estate is conveyed to Beaver 

Kwit’chin Corporation. The lands are 

located in the vicinity of Beaver, Alaska, 

and are described as: 

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska 

T. 18 N., R. 1 E., 

Sec. 34. 

Containing approximately 40 acres. 

T. 17 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 31. 

Containing 415.69 acres. 

Aggregating approximately 456 acres. 

The decision addresses public access 

easements, if any, to be reserved to the 

United States pursuant to sec. 17(b) of 

ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)), in the lands 

described above. 

The BLM will also publish notice of 

the decision once a week for four 

consecutive weeks in the Fairbanks 

Daily News-Miner newspaper. 

Any party claiming a property interest 

in the lands affected by the decision 

may appeal the decision in accordance 

with the requirements of 43 CFR part 4 

within the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 

been expended to locate, parties who 

fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, 

and parties who receive a copy of the 

decision by regular mail which is not 

certified, return receipt requested, shall 

have until December 18, 2024 to file an 

appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have 

waived their rights. Notices of appeal 

transmitted by facsimile will not be 

accepted as timely filed. 

Matthew A. Colburn, 

Land Law Examiner, Adjudication Section. 

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BILLING CODE 4331–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500181078; AA–10010] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) hereby provides 

constructive notice that it will issue an 

appealable decision approving 

conveyance of the surface estate in 

certain lands to Calista Corporation, an 

Alaska Native regional corporation, 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), as 

amended. Ownership of the subsurface 

estate will be retained by the United 

States. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4 within the time limits set out 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the decision from the Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heid C. Wanner, Supervisory Land Law 

Examiner, BLM Alaska State Office, 

907–271–3153 or hwanner@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point of 

contact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 

hereby given that the BLM will issue an 

appealable decision to Calista 

Corporation. The decision approves 

conveyance of the surface estate in 

certain lands pursuant to ANCSA (43 

U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended. 

Ownership of the subsurface estate will 

be retained by the United States. 

The lands are located in the Yukon 

Delta National Wildlife Refuge, within 

T. 16 N., R. 90 W., Seward Meridian, 

and containing 5.66 acres. 

The decision addresses public access 

easements, if any, to be reserved to the 

United States pursuant to sec. 17(b) of 

ANCSA (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)), in the lands 

approved for conveyance. 

The BLM will also publish notice of 

the decision once a week for four 

consecutive weeks in The Delta 

Discovery, Inc, newspaper. 

Any party claiming a property interest 

in the lands affected by the decision 

may appeal the decision in accordance 


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