[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16747-16748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8402]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AK-930-1410-00-NPRA; F-85600]


Designation of Additions to Special Areas in National Petroleum 
Reserve-Alaska; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides official publication of additions to the 
Teshekpuk Lake Special Area and the Colville River Special Area located 
within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The designation 
of these additions is pursuant to the Naval Petroleum Reserves Act of 
1976, and in accordance with the Record of Decision for the Northeast 
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/EIS).

DATES: April 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Terland, BLM Alaska State Office, 
907-271-3344 or Michael Kunz, BLM Northern Field Office, 907-474-2302. 
Mail may be sent to the Bureau of Land Management (930), Alaska State 
Office, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1977, to assure protection of significant 
subsistence, recreational, fish and wildlife, historical and scenic 
values, the Secretary of the Interior designated the Teshekpuk Lake 
Special Area and Colville River Special Area, located within the NPR-A.
    In 1998, the BLM prepared the IAP/EIS for a 4.6-million-acre area 
within the NPR-A to determine the appropriate multiple-use management 
consistent with existing statutory direction which encourages oil and 
gas leasing while protecting important surface resources and uses. In 
order to meet these management responsibilities, the BLM recommended 
the Pik Dunes Land Use Emphasis Area (LUEA) be added to the Teshekpuk 
Lake Special Area and areas encompassing the Kikiakrorak and Kogosukruk 
Rivers be added to the Colville River Special Area. On October 7, 1998, 
the Secretary of the Interior

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signed the Record of Decision adopting the management plan and directed 
the BLM to add the lands to the Teshekpuk Lake and Colville River 
Special Areas. Therefore, pursuant to section 104(b) of the Naval 
Petroleum Reserves Productions Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6501 (1994), the 
following described lands are added to the designated Special Areas:

Umiat Meridian

Teshekpuk Lake Special Area (Pik Dunes LUEA)

T. 10 N., R. 5 W.,
    Secs. 2 through 11, inclusive;
    Secs. 14 through 23, inclusive;
    Secs. 28, 29, and 30.
T. 11 N., R. 5 W.,
    Secs. 33, 34, and 35.

Colville River Special Area (Kikiakrorak and Kogosukruk Rivers)

    Those areas which are approximately 2 miles on either side of 
the Kikiakrorak River downstream from T. 2 N., R. 4 W., and 2 miles 
on either side of the Kogosukruk River and tributaries downstream 
from T. 2 N., R. 3 W., located within:

Tps. 1 through 7 N., R. 1 E.
Tps. 2 through 8 N., R. 2 E.
Tps. 1 through 5 N., Rs. 1 and 2 W.
Tps. 2, 3, and 4 N., R. 3 W.
Tps. 2, and 3 N., R. 4 W.

    Dated: March 30, 1999.
Sally Wisely,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 99-8402 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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