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week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Charmain McMillan, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication II. 

[FR Doc. E8–19241 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–14825–A, F–14825–A2; AK–965–1410–

KC–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving the 

surface and subsurface estates in certain 

lands for conveyance pursuant to the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

will be issued to Alakanuk Native 

Corporation. The lands are in the 

vicinity of Alakanuk, Alaska, and are 

located in: 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 29 N., R. 80 W., 

Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; 

Secs. 8, 11, 18, and 19. 

Containing approximately 4,155 acres. 

T. 30 N., R. 80 W., 

Secs. 7 to 10, inclusive; 

Secs. 13 to 17, inclusive; 

Secs. 19 to 25, inclusive; 

Sec. 35. 

Containing approximately 8,679 acres. 

T. 29 N., R. 81 W., 

Secs. 25 and 36. 

Containing approximately 1,199 acres. 

T. 28 N., R. 82 W., 

Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; 

Secs. 9, 16, and 21. 

Containing approximately 3,967 acres. 

Aggregating approximately 18,000 acres. 

The subsurface estate in these lands 

will be conveyed to Calista Corporation 

when the surface estate is conveyed to 

Alakanuk Native Corporation. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Tundra 

Drums. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until September 

19, 2008 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, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Robert Childers, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication II. 

[FR Doc. E8–19243 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT924–5101–ER–E044, MTM 97296; IDI 

35970] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Mountain States Transmission 

Intertie Project in Montana and Idaho, 

Possible Land Use Plan Amendments, 

and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) gives notice of 

intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to address 

potential effects of a proposed project by 

NorthWestern Energy to build and 

operate a new 500 kV electric 

transmission line requiring a special use 

permit, right-of-way grant, and/or 

temporary use permit for construction, 

operation, and maintenance of a 500kV 

electric transmission line and associated 

substation, including new access roads. 

The transmission line is known as the 

Mountain States Transmission Intertie 

(MSTI) Project. NorthWestern Energy’s 

three project alternatives range from 390 

to 430 miles in length, but additional 

alternatives or variations on alternatives 

may be developed through the 

environmental review process. 

Alternatives for the proposed 

transmission line would pass over 

private, state, and federally managed 

lands in Montana and Idaho. Federally 

managed lands include lands 

administered by the BLM, U.S. Forest 

Service (USFS), Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural 

Research Service (ARS), U.S. Sheep 

Experiment Station, and U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho 

National Laboratory. Authorization of 

this proposal may require the 

amendment of the BLM and the USFS 

land use plans (Forest Plans, 

Management Framework Plans, and 

Resource Management Plans). 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process. Comments concerning 

the scope of the analysis should be 

received by October 10, 2008. The BLM 

will host open houses in the following 

communities: 

Montana 

• September 9, 2008—Copper King 

Hotel, 4655 Harrison Avenue, Butte, 

Montana; 

• September 10, 2008—Three Forks 

High School, 210 East Neal, Three 

Forks, Montana; 

• September 11, 2008—University of 

Montana Western, Lewis and Clark 

Room, Dillon, Montana. 

Idaho 

• September 16, 2008—Red Lion 

Canyon Springs, 1357 Blue Lakes 

Boulevard N., Twin Falls, Idaho; 

• September 17, 2008—Arco/Butte 

Business Incubator Center, 159 N. Idaho 

Street, Arco, Idaho; 

• September 18, 2008—Hilton Garden 

Inn, 700 Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho Falls, 

Idaho. 

All public meetings will be held 7 to 

9 p.m. mountain daylight savings time. 

Additional meeting announcements will 

be made by news release to the media, 

individual letter mailings, and postings 

on the project Web sites listed below. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

or resource information by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://blm.gov/mt/st/en/ 

prog/lands_realty/projects.htm. 

• E-mail: MT_MSTI@blm.gov. 

• Mail: Mark A. Mackiewicz, National 

Project Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management, Washington Office, c/o 

Price Field Office, 125 South 600 West, 

Price, Utah 84501. 

• Courier or Hand Delivery: Mark A. 

Mackiewicz, National Project Manager, 

Bureau of Land Management, 

Washington Office, c/o Price Field 

Office, 125 South 600 West, Price, Utah 

84501. 

Or 

• Web site: http://www.deq.mt.gov/ 

MFS/MSTI/MSTIindex.asp. 

• E-mail: DEQQMSTI@mt.gov. 


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