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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3903 
To exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for 
certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2025 
Mr. BEGICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska 
Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach 
Region, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chugach Alaska Land 
Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES; FINDINGS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to authorize, direct, and expedite the ex-
change of land and interests in land between Chu-
gach Alaska and the United States; and 
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(2) to consolidate Federal ownership of the sur-
face and subsurface estate of Federal land and in-
terests acquired under the Program. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon 
Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alas-
ka, spilling 11,000,000 gallons of crude oil, spread-
ing in the months that followed and covering ap-
proximately 1,300 miles of coastline, with immense 
impact for fish and wildlife and their habitats, and 
for local industries and communities; 
(2) civil settlement funds of $900,000,000 paid 
by Exxon to the United States and the State of 
Alaska were used to establish the Exxon Valdez Oil 
Spill Trustee Council (referred to in this section as 
‘‘EVOSTC’’) and to develop the Program; 
(3) through the Program, the EVOSTC dedi-
cated nearly 60 percent of the funds to acquire fee 
title of, and conservation easements on, the surface 
estate of more than 600,000 acres in the area im-
pacted by the oil spill, including 241,000 acres of 
surface estate land and conservation easements in 
the Chugach Region, giving the United States own-
ership of, and conservation easements on, 241,000 
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acres of formerly Native-owned land within the Chu-
gach Region; 
(4) the conflict described in the Chugach Re-
gion Land Study Report and in this Act occurred 
when surface estate was purchased by the EVOSTC 
for conservation purposes while development rights 
remained for the subsurface (dominant estate) 
owned by Chugach Alaska, which shall be resolved 
by Chugach Alaska trading approximately 231,000 
acres of subsurface estate under surface fee and con-
servation easements on surface land owned by the 
Federal Government for 65,374 acres of fee simple 
land owned by the Federal Government; 
(5) most of the surface land and conservation 
easements on surface land in the Chugach Region 
described in paragraph (3) that were acquired by the 
EVOSTC were purchased from 4 Alaska Native Vil-
lage Corporations— 
(A) Chenega Corporation; 
(B) the English Bay Corporation; 
(C) the Eyak Corporation; and 
(D) the Tatitlek Corporation; 
(6) in accordance with section 14 of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613), 
when a Village Corporation selects and receives title 
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to the surface estate to fulfill its land entitlement, 
the Regional Corporation receives title to the sub-
surface, resulting in split ownership between Alaska 
Native entities from the same region; 
(7) Chugach Alaska holds the dominant sub-
surface estate to approximately 241,000 acres of 
surface land acquired by the EVOSTC from the Vil-
lage Corporations under paragraph (5) that is pro-
tected under the Program; 
(8) none of the acquisitions described in para-
graph (5) by the EVOSTC included the subsurface 
interests owned by Chugach Alaska, despite aware-
ness by the EVOSTC of the provisions in the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.) creating split ownership and the existing right 
of the subsurface owner to use the surface if it con-
stitutes reasonable use in the development of sub-
surface resources; 
(9) due to the split estate ownership described 
in paragraph (8), which became a split between Chu-
gach Alaska and the Federal Government, there is 
a clear conflict with the preservation goal of the Pro-
gram and the responsibility of Chugach Alaska, on 
behalf of the Alaska Native shareholders of Chugach 
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Alaska, to develop the subsurface estate under the 
land; 
(10) recognizing the conflicts between the man-
dates in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on Native Corporations 
and the goals of the Program, and the significant 
social and economic impact of the Program on the 
region and on Chugach Alaska and the land held by 
Chugach Alaska, Congress directed, in section 1113 
of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage-
ment, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 
Stat. 614), that the Bureau of Land Management 
conduct a study and identify accessible and economi-
cally viable Federal land that could be exchanged 
with Chugach Alaska, and to recommend exchange 
options that would consolidate ownership of the sur-
face and subsurface estates of land in the Program; 
(11) the Bureau of Land Management sub-
mitted the Chugach Region Land Study Report to 
Congress in December 2022, over a year after the 
18-month deadline; 
(12) in the Chugach Region Land Study Re-
port, the Bureau of Land Management explained 
that the Program acquisitions have greatly increased 
the complexity and the costs of any development by 
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Chugach Alaska of its subsurface interests, signifi-
cantly reduced Native-owned land and Native control 
over management of land in the region, and, along 
with the larger oil spill cleanup effort, highly dis-
rupted the socio-cultural environment and economies 
in the Alaska Native communities in the region; 
(13) the Chugach Region Land Study Report 
identifies land available for exchange from both the 
Federal Government and Chugach Alaska to inform 
a land exchange to address the impact of the Pro-
gram on Chugach Alaska and the ability of Chugach 
Alaska to meet its responsibilities to its Native 
shareholders under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(14) the land exchange between Chugach Alas-
ka and the Federal Government in this Act— 
(A) furthers objectives under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
et seq.), including balancing land selections be-
tween areas that are significant in cultural his-
tory and traditions and areas that have poten-
tial economic value for development; and 
(B) facilitates more efficient Federal land 
management of the Program by Federal acqui-
sition of nearly 231,000 acres of subsurface es-
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tate that underlies federally owned surface fee 
and conservation easements to perfect conserva-
tion of the surface, which is the purpose of the 
Program; and 
(15) the land exchange in this Act, based on 
the findings in this section, is in the public interest. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ANSCA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Native Cor-
poration’’, ‘‘Regional Corporation’’, and ‘‘Village 
Corporation’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 
(2) CHUGACH
ALASKA.—The term ‘‘Chugach 
Alaska’’ means the Chugach Alaska Corporation, a 
Regional Corporation. 
(3) CHUGACH REGION LAND STUDY REPORT.— 
The term ‘‘Chugach Region Land Study Report’’ 
means the report and recommendations submitted to 
Congress by the Secretary pursuant to section 1113 
of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage-
ment, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 
Stat. 614). 
(4) FEDERAL
EXCHANGE
LAND.—The term 
‘‘Federal exchange land’’ means the approximately 
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65,374 acres of fee simple land located in the Chu-
gach Region as described in section 4(e). 
(5) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the parcels of subsurface land 
comprising approximately 231,000 acres— 
(A) owned by Chugach Alaska and con-
veyed to Chugach Alaska pursuant to the Alas-
ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.); 
(B) described in section 4(f); and 
(C) for which— 
(i) the United States has acquired fee 
title to the surface estate or a conservation 
easement on the surface estate pursuant to 
the Program; or 
(ii) the State has acquired fee title to, 
and the United States has acquired a con-
servation easement in, the surface estate 
pursuant to the Program. 
(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Habitat Protection and 
Acquisition Program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 
Trustee Council. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Alaska. 
SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, if Chugach Alaska offers 
to convey to the Secretary all rights, title, and interest 
in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall accept 
the offer and convey in exchange all rights, title, and inter-
est of the Federal Government in and to the Federal ex-
change land. 
(b) CONDITION ON ACCEPTANCE.—Title to the non- 
Federal land exchanged in subsection (a) shall be in a 
form that is acceptable to the Secretary. 
(c) TREATMENT OF LAND CONVEYED.—Except as 
otherwise provided, any land conveyed to Chugach Alaska 
under subsection (a) shall be considered to be land con-
veyed by the Secretary under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(d) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyances 
under subsection (a) shall be subject to any valid existing 
rights, reservations, rights-of-way, or other encumbrances 
of third parties in, to, or on the Federal exchange land 
or the non-Federal land as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
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(e) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL EXCHANGE LAND.— 
On receipt of title to the non-Federal land, the Secretary 
shall simultaneously convey to Chugach Alaska— 
(1) all rights, title, and interest in and to the 
National Forest System land of the Forest Service 
identified in the Chugach Regional Land Study and 
Report, comprising approximately 63,414 total 
acres, comprising— 
(A) T. 3 N., R. 10 E., Seward Meridian, 
Drier Bay Parcel, comprising approximately 
2,996 acres of surface estate; 
(B) T. 17 and 18 S., R. 7 and 8 E., Cop-
per River Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, 
comprising approximately 7,876 acres of sur-
face and subsurface estate; 
(C) T. 2 N., R. 1 and 2 E., Seward Merid-
ian, Snow River Parcel, comprising approxi-
mately 11,462 acres of surface and subsurface 
estate; 
(D) T. 17 and 18 S., R. 8 W., Copper 
River Meridian, Hinchinbrook Island Parcel, 
comprising approximately 2,617 acres of sur-
face and subsurface estate; 
(E) T. 17 S., R. 7 E., secs. 5, 8, 18, 19, 
and 30 through 33, Copper River Meridian, 
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Kushtaka Lake Parcel, comprising approxi-
mately 6,375 acres of surface and subsurface 
estate; 
(F) T. 18 S., R. 7 E., secs. 6 and 7, Cop-
per River Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, 
comprising approximately 1,280 acres of sur-
face and subsurface estate; 
(G) T. 16 S., R. 5 E., secs. 24 through 26 
and 36, Copper River Meridian, Martin River 
Parcel, comprising approximately 2,240 acres of 
surface and subsurface estate; 
(H) T. 16, S., R. 6 E., secs. 16, 19 
through 21, and 25 through 36, Copper River 
Meridian, Martin River Parcel, comprising ap-
proximately 8,305 acres of surface and sub-
surface estate; 
(I) T. 17 S., R. 6 E., secs. 1 through 4, 
and 10, Copper River Meridian, Martin River 
Parcel, comprising approximately 3,170 acres of 
surface and subsurface estate; 
(J) T. 16 S., R. 4 E., secs. 1 through 4, 
9 through 13, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 
Johnson River Parcel, comprising approxi-
mately 5,200 acres of surface and subsurface 
estate; 
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(v) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 32 and 
33, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 240 acres; 
(vi) T. 15 S., R. 3 W., secs. 3 through 
7, portions of secs. 8 and 9, and secs. 12, 
13, 18, 19, 24, 25, 35, and 36, Copper 
River Meridian, comprising approximately 
3,486.36 acres; 
(vii) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1, 11, 
and 15, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
approximately 962 acres; 
(viii) T. 13 S., R. 4 W., secs. 26, 27, 
and 32 through 34, Copper River Merid-
ian, comprising approximately 2,494.05 
acres; 
(ix) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 1 through 
11, 15 through 21, 25, 30, and 31, Copper 
River Meridian, comprising approximately 
6,750.98 acres; 
(x) T. 15 S., R. 4 W., secs. 8 through 
12, 16 through 22, and 24, Copper River 
Meridian, 
comprising 
approximately 
5,839.15 acres; 
(xi) T. 13 S., R. 5 W., secs. 3, 9 
through 11, 14 through 20, a portion of 
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sec. 21, and secs. 31 and 36, Copper River 
Meridian, 
comprising 
approximately 
4,216.36 acres; 
(xii) T. 14 S., R. 5 W., sec. 1, a por-
tion of sec. 2, secs. 6 through 12, 14 
through 21, 29, and 30, Copper River Me-
ridian, comprising approximately 9,057.6 
acres; 
(xiii) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 23 and 
24, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 292.97 acres; 
(xiv) T. 12 S., R. 6 W., secs. 11, 13, 
14, 23, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 
comprising approximately 1,980.69 acres; 
(xv) T. 12 S., R. 7 W., secs. 32, 34, 
35, and 36, Copper River Meridian, com-
prising approximately 343 acres; 
(xvi) T. 13 S., R. 7 W., secs. 1 
through 22, 24, 25, and 27 through 36, 
Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 17,234.88 acres; 
(xvii) T. 14 S., R. 7 W., secs. 2, 3, 
and 6, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
approximately 203 acres; 
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(xviii) T. 13 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 9 
through 11, 13 through 29, and 32 
through 36, Copper River Meridian, com-
prising approximately 9,282.25 acres; 
(xix) T. 14 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 
through 5, Copper River Meridian, com-
prising approximately 629.25 acres; 
(xx) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., sec. 24, Cop-
per River Meridian, comprising approxi-
mately 10 acres; 
(xxi) T. 10 S., R. 10 W., sec. 32, 
Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 1.19 acres; 
(xxii) T. 3 N., R. 7 E., secs. 1 
through 4, 8 through 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 
26, 27, and 29, Seward Meridian, com-
prising approximately 9,314 acres; 
(xxiii) T. 4 N., R. 7 E., secs. 11, 14, 
15, 21 through 28, and 33 through 36, 
Seward 
Meridian, 
comprising 
approxi-
mately 8,684.96 acres; 
(xxiv) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 4 
through 7, 18, and 19, Seward Meridian, 
comprising approximately 1,120.50 acres; 
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(xxv) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., secs. 29 
through 32, and 36, Seward Meridian, 
comprising approximately 1,404.25 acres; 
(xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 5 and 
8, Seward Meridian, comprising approxi-
mately 743 acres; 
(xxvii) T. 3 S., R. 2 W., secs. 22, 23, 
25, 26, 33, 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, 
comprising approximately 2,125 acres; 
(xxviii) T. 4 S., R. 2 W., secs. 2, 3, 
4, and 11, Seward Meridian, comprising 
approximately 1,225 acres; 
(xxix) T. 5 S., R. 3 W., secs. 18, 19, 
20, 23, 26 through 29, and 32 through 36, 
Seward 
Meridian, 
comprising 
approxi-
mately 3,670 acres; 
(xxx) T. 5 S., R. 4 W., sec. 13, Sew-
ard Meridian, comprising approximately 
380 acres; 
(xxxi) T. 6 S., R. 4 W., sec. 7, Sew-
ard Meridian, comprising approximately 
613 acres; 
(xxxii) T. 5 S., R. 5 W., sec. 33, Sew-
ard Meridian, comprising approximately 
620 acres; 
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(iii) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 12 
through 16, 21 through 23, and 28 
through 31, Copper River Meridian, com-
prising approximately 5,319.37 acres; 
(iv) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 6 through 
8, and 17 through 20, Copper River Merid-
ian, comprising approximately 3,899.44 
acres; 
(v) T. 15 S., R. 3 W., secs. 8 and 9, 
and the southern part of sec. 13, Copper 
River Meridian, comprising approximately 
125 acres; 
(vi) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1, 11, 12, 
14, and 15, Copper River Meridian, com-
prising approximately 506 acres; 
(vii) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 28 and 
29, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 660.15 acres; 
(viii) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 1, 5 
through 8, 10 through 15, 22 through 27, 
and 34 through 36, Copper River Merid-
ian, comprising approximately 3,516 acres; 
(ix) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 27, 28, 
33, and 34, Copper River Meridian, com-
prising approximately 1,455.63 acres; 
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(x) T. 11 S., R. 6 W., secs. 25, 26, 
and 34 through 36, Copper River Merid-
ian, comprising approximately 2,088.26 
acres; 
(xi) T. 12 S., R. 6 W., secs. 1 through 
3, 8 through 10, and 16 through 19, Cop-
per River Meridian, comprising approxi-
mately 2,777.5 acres; 
(xii) T. 11 S., R. 7 W., sec. 31, Cop-
per River Meridian, comprising approxi-
mately 577.8 acres; 
(xiii) T. 12 S., R. 7 W., sec. 5 
through 7, 10 through 15, and 18 through 
24, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 6,596.93 acres; 
(xiv) T. 13 S., R. 7 W., secs. 18 and 
19, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 700 acres; 
(xv) T. 10 S., R. 8 W., secs. 33 and 
34, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 1,197 acres; 
(xvi) T. 11 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 
through 4, 10 through 16, 21 through 26, 
31, 35, and 36, Copper River Meridian, 
comprising approximately 7,647.41 acres; 
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(xvii) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 12 
through 14, and 24, Copper River Merid-
ian, 
comprising 
approximately 
591.75 
acres; 
(xviii) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 
through 3, 10, 11, 14 through 16, 21 and 
22, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 2,112 acres; 
(xix) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 5 
through 8, 18, and 19, Copper River Me-
ridian, comprising approximately 1,220.5 
acres; 
(xx) T. 13 S., R. 8 W., secs. 13, 14, 
17, 19 through 21, 23, 24, and 28 through 
30, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 1,400 acres; 
(xxi) T. 11 S., R. 9 W., secs. 22, 23, 
25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36, Copper River 
Meridian, 
comprising 
approximately 
1,157.75 acres; 
(xxii) T. 12 S., R. 9 W., secs. 1 
through 4, 9 through 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, 
and 27, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
approximately 6,445.71 acres; 
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(xxiii) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., secs. 24 and 
25, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 345.33 acres; 
(xxiv) T. 2 N., R. 7 E., sec. 1, Seward 
Meridian, comprising approximately 64.16 
acres; 
(xxv) T. 3 N., R. 7 E., secs. 24, 25, 
and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising ap-
proximately 385.75 acres; 
(xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 8 E., secs. 11, 14, 
15, 22, 23, 26, and 27, Seward Meridian, 
comprising approximately 1,667.65 acres; 
(xxvii) T. 2 N., R. 8 E., secs. 2 
through 11, 26, 30, 31, 32, and 35, Sew-
ard Meridian, comprising approximately 
4,339.84 acres; 
(xxviii) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 1 
through 4, 8 through 11, 14 through 17, 
19 through 23, and 26 through 35, Seward 
Meridian, 
comprising 
approximately 
11,339.4 acres; 
(xxix) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., sec. 35, Sew-
ard Meridian, comprising approximately 
1.5 acres; 
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(xxx) T. 1 N., R. 9 E., secs. 1, 2, 11 
through 14, and 24, Seward Meridian, 
comprising approximately 1,560.25 acres; 
and 
(xxxi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 6, 7, 
17 through 20, 29 and 30, Seward Merid-
ian, comprising approximately 2,720.65 
acres. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Land acquired by the Sec-
retary under this subsection shall— 
(A) become part of the unit of Federal 
land in which the land acquired by the Sec-
retary is located; and 
(B) be administered in accordance with 
that unit of Federal land. 
(3) EXCLUSION OF VILLAGE CORPORATION DE-
VELOPMENT
AND
SHAREHOLDER
SITES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), Chugach Alaska shall ex-
clude from the conveyance of non-Federal land all 
rights, title, and interest in any land, not to exceed 
a total of 209 acres, that— 
(A) a Village Corporation has retained de-
velopment rights, other than timber develop-
ment rights; or 
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(B) has been designated for a shareholder 
homesite program. 
SEC. 5. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 
(a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and Chugach 
Alaska may correct, by mutual agreement, any minor er-
rors in any map, acreage estimate, or description of any 
land conveyed or exchanged under this Act. 
(b) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a map, 
an acreage estimate, or a description of land in this Act, 
the map shall control unless the Secretary and Chugach 
Alaska mutually agree otherwise. 
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