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Municipal Entitlement Preliminary Decision for Petersburg Borough

STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF MINING, LAND AND WATER
LAND CONVEYANCE SECTION

Requesting Input for a Proposed Conveyance Under AS 29.65
Petersburg Borough Municipal Land Entitlement Selections – ADL 108579

COMMENT PERIOD ENDS: 4:30 PM, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021

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 approximately 1,452 acres of state owned vacant, unappropriated, unreserved (VUU) general grant land to Petersburg Borough (Borough), in order to partially fulfill their municipal land entitlement under AS 29.65.010. Located within DNR’s Southeast Region, these land selections are in two geographical regions of the Central Southern Southeast Area Plan (Region 1. Sumdum-Stephans Passage and Region 3. Petersburg). LCS finds that the proposed conveyance is consistent with the requirements of AS 29.65, and that the Borough’s interest in obtaining these state lands outweigh the State’s interest in retaining them.

LCS proposes to postpone conveyance of approximately 218 acres. Regarding these parcels, LCS is granting Alaska Department of Fish & Game time to collect additional data on the Falls Creek Tributary and drainage system.

LCS proposes to reject approximately 143 acres of borough selections as LCS has determined that approximately 77 acres are ineligible for conveyance because the selected lands are within Legislatively Designated Areas (Southeast State Forest and Ernie Haugen Public Use Area), and approximately 69 acres will be retained in state ownership for reasons that outweigh the Borough’s interest in obtaining the land. 

To obtain the notice, Preliminary Decision, or instructions on submitting comment, go to the DMLW Land Sales website at: http://landsales.alaska.gov/; the DMLW Municipal Entitlement website at: http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/muni/; or https://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 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Anchorage at 907-269-8400, Fairbanks at 907-451-2705, or the Southeast Land Office in Juneau at 907-465-3400 (TTY for the hearing impaired for all locations: 711 for Alaska relay or 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 4:00 PM, Friday, March 5, 2021. 

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 Petersburg Borough. The deadline for submitting public comment is 4:30 PM, Friday, March 12, 2021. Only persons from whom LCS receives timely written comment during the identified comment period will be eligible to file and 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. 

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. 
 

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Created 2/9/2021 12:11:02 PM by mphermon

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Department: Natural Resources
Category: Public Notices
Sub-Category:
Location(s): Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Southeast Region, Wrangell
Project/Regulation #: ADL 108579
 
Publish Date: 2/9/2021
Archive Date: 3/13/2021
 
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