Requesting Comment on a Proposed Relinquishment of State Entitlement Lands, Aguilar Native Allotment FF-01282 Parcel C Substitute Lands

PUBLIC NOTICE Requesting Comment on a Proposed Relinquishment of State Entitlement Lands Comment Period Ends 3:30 PM, April 15, 2024The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing to relinquish the State’s entitlement land selection of both the surface and subsurface estate on those lands within U.S. Survey 14510, located in Section 31, Township 19 South, Range 1 East, Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska, containing 40 acres, more or less. A location map is available with this notice. The lands are not currently owned by the State, they are under Federal management and ownership. The purpose of relinquishment is to facilitate conveyance of a substitute Native Allotment serialized as FF-01282 Parcel C. Alaska Statute (AS) 38.05.020(b)(8) allows for relinquishment of land or an interest in land to the federal government if the land is described in an amended application for an allotment under 43 U.S.C. 1617(c), if relinquishment is in the best interests of the state. AS 38.05.035 allows

for disposals of interests in state lands, and AS 38.05.945 provides procedures for notice of those disposals. The subject land is a substitute allotment parcel being settled in accordance with the Stipulated Procedures for Implementation of Order approved by the Court to implement the decision in Ethel Aguilar v. United States of America, 474 F. Supp. 840 (D. Alaska 1979), hereinafter referred to as Aguilar. Allotment FF-01282 Parcel C was originally filed under the 1906 Native Allotment Act. The original allotment lands were conveyed to the State in error and have been found unsuitable for reconveyance to the applicant’s heirs. The heirs have selected the lands in U.S. Survey 14510 as a substitute parcel in accordance with Aguilar. This notice and any future decisions on this proposed action are available on the State of Alaska online public notice portal: http://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/. For assistance in obtaining documents by an alternative method, to request auxiliary aids, services, or special accommodations, contact DNR’s Public Information Centers on State work days, Monday through Friday, between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Anchorage at (907) 269-8400, Fairbanks at (907) 451-2705, Southeast Land Office in Juneau at (907) 465-3400, TTY: 711 for Alaska Relay or 1-800-770-8973, or go to http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/ for additional contact information. Individuals who require special assistance must request assistance from the Public Information Center in Anchorage no later than 3:30 p.m., April 8, 2024. The public is invited to submit comments. If commenting on more than one proposed action, separate comments should be submitted for each. The deadline for public comment is 3:30 PM, Tuesday, April 15, 2024. Only persons from whom the Department of Natural Resources receives timely, written comment during the identified comment period will be eligible to file an appeal of the decision. Written comment may be received by email or postal mail. To submit comments or for direct inquiries, contact Lacy Hamner at lacy.hamner@alaska.gov or +1 (907) 269-8509. After public input is considered, the decision will be issued without further notice. A copy of the decision will be sent to any persons who provided input, and a copy will be posted on the States online public notice portal http://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/. To subscribe to the State’s online public notice portal, visit the link and set up an email or RSS subscription using available criteria. DNR reserves the right to waive technical defects in this notice.