Preliminary Decision for North Slope Borough - Mine Site F, East

STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINING, LAND AND WATER LAND CONVEYANCE SECTION Attachment B: PUBLIC NOTICE Requesting Input for a Proposed Conveyance Under AS 29.65 North Slope Borough Municipal Land Entitlement Selection – ADL 422203 COMMENT PERIOD ENDS: 4:30 P.M., FRIDAY, APRIL12, 2024 The Department of Natural Resource (DNR), Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW), Land Conveyance Section (LCS) has prepared a Preliminary Decision (PD) for a proposal to convey 505 acres, more or less, of state-owned vacant, unappropriated, unreserved (VUU) general grant land to North Slope Borough (NSB) to partially fulfill their municipal land entitlement under AS 29.65.010 Determination of Entitlement for Boroughs and Unified Municipalities. Located within DNR’s Northern Region, this land selection falls within the Arctic Coast Region (the Western Planning area) as identified in the North Slope Area Plan. LCS finds that the proposed conveyance is consistent with the

requirements of AS 29.65 General Grant Land and that NSB’s interest in obtaining these state lands outweighs the State’s interest in retaining them. Pursuant to AS 38.05.945 Notice, the public is invited to comment on this PD, which proposes to transfer ownership of state land to the North Slope Borough. The deadline for submitting public comment is 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 12, 2024. Only persons from whom LCS receives timely written comment during the identified comment period will be eligible to file an appeal of the Final Finding and Decision (FFD). Comments must be received in writing to the Division of Mining, Land and Water, Attention: Mary Hermon, at 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 640, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, by fax at (907) 269-8916, or by email at mary.hermon@alaska.gov. If you have questions, call Mary Hermon at (907) 269-6546. The public notice is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System at: http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/pubnotfrm.htm. The Preliminary Decision is available on the DMLW Municipal Entitlement web site at: http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/muni/ and on the DMLW Land Sales website at: http://landsales.alaska.gov. Following the comment deadline, LCS will consider the written responses received and may modify the decision to incorporate public comments in the FFD. Only persons who comment during this public comment period will be eligible to file an administrative appeal of the FFD. LCS will send a copy of the FFD to any person who comments on the PD. The FFD will include the appeal instructions. Please direct all inquiries or questions to Mary Hermon at the above address, by email, phone, or fax. DNR is prepared to accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing auxiliary aids or services when requested. Individuals with audio impairments who wish to respond to this decision by telephone may call the DNR, Public Information Center in Anchorage between the hours of operation: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at TTY: 711 for Alaska relay or 800-770-8973 or go to http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/ If no significant change is required, the PD, including any minor changes and a summary of comments and responses, will be issued as the FFD, without further notice. A copy of the FFD will be sent to any persons who commented timely on the PD. DNR reserves the right to waive technical defects in this notice.