STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF MINING, LAND, & WATER
Land Sales Section
PUBLIC NOTICE
Requesting Input for a Proposed Land Offering:
Forest Highway Subdivision – ADL 108464
a Preliminary Decision and its Proposed Related Actions:
Mineral Order (Closing) MO 1202
and
a proposed exchange of land under AS 29.65.090
Municipal Land Exchange – ADL 108750
Comment Period Ends 5:00PM, Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
This proposed project includes offering for sale surveyed parcels in a future offering under the method and the related actions as described in the Preliminary Decision document. The project may be subdivided and offered in multiple stages over time.
Location: Within DNR’s Southeast Region, approximately three miles northeast of the Yakutat Airport within the limits of the City and Borough of Yakutat (CBY).
Land Offering project size: ~20 acres proposed development area, up to 40 parcels no smaller than 18,000 square feet.
Land Exchange: If approved, CBY will exchange approximately 7.59 acres for an approximate equal value of subdivided parcels.
To obtain the notice, Preliminary Decision for the land offering, draft Mineral Order, Preliminary Decision for the land exchange, or instructions on submitting comment, go to http://landsales.alaska.gov/ or http://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/. For assistance in obtaining the 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 10AM and 5PM in Anchorage at 907.269.8400 (TDD for the hearing impaired: 907.269.8411) or Fairbanks at 907.451.2705 (TDD for the hearing impaired: 907.451.2770), or the Southeast Land Office in Juneau at 907.465.3400 (TDD for the hearing impaired: 907.465.3888), or go to http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/ for additional contact information. Individuals who require special assistance must request assistance from the Anchorage Public Information Center no later than 4:00 PM, Thursday, July 27th, 2017.
Pursuant to AS 38.05.945 Notice, the public is invited to submit comment on either the Preliminary Decision for the land offering, draft Mineral Order, Preliminary Decision for the land exchange for which notice is being conducted concurrently. If commenting on more than one proposed action, separate comments should be submitted for each. The deadline for public comment is 5:00PM, Thursday, August 3rd, 2017. Only persons from whom DNR DMLW LSCAS receives timely, written comment during the identified comment period will be eligible to file an appeal of the Final Finding and Decision. Written comment may be received by fax, email or postal mail. To submit comments or for direct inquiries, contact Colin Craven, 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, fax # 907.451.2751, land.development@alaska.gov. If you have questions, call Colin Craven at 907.451.2730.
If no significant change is required, the land offering preliminary decision and mineral order, and the land exchange preliminary decision, including any minor changes and a summary of comments and responses, will be issued as final findings and decisions without further notice. A copy of the final findings and decisions will be sent to any persons who commented timely on the preliminary decision.
DNR reserves the right to waive technical defects in this notice.