ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DECISION FOR LEASE RENEWAL

ADL 107185

Dennis Montgomery dba South Passage Outfitters, LLC

The Southeast Regional Office is NOT soliciting comments on this posting. It provides notice that a Preliminary Decision (PD) was signed and issued only.

In accordance with AS 38.05.075(c), the Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW) has issued a PD to issue a non-competitive tideland lease to applicant Dennis Montgomery dba South Passage Outfitters, LLC, for a renewed 10-year term. The lease authorizes the use of approximately 0.3 acres of state-owned tide and submerged lands in Gull Cove, Alaska; for the continued use of a commercial floating dock and boardwalk.

An eligible person affected by this decision, and who provided timely written comment or public hearing testimony to the department, may appeal the decision to the DNR Commissioner per AS 44.37.011 and 11 AAC 02. Any appeal must be received within twenty (20) calendar days after issuance of this decision under 11 AAC 02.040. An eligible person must first appeal a decision to the Commissioner before seeking relief in superior court. The Alaska Court System establishes its own rules for timely appealing final administrative orders and decisions of the department. Appeals may be mailed or hand-delivered to the DNR Commissioner’s Office, 550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1400, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501; or faxed to (907)-269-8918; or sent by electronic mail to dnr.appeals@alaska.gov. Appeals must be accompanied by the fee established in 11 AAC 05.160(d)(1)(F), which has been set at $200 under the provisions of 11 AAC 05.160 (a)-(b). A copy of 11 AAC 02 is available on the department’s website at https://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/pdf/DNR-11-AAC-02.pdf.

The Division of Mining, Land and Water reserves the right to waive technical defects in this publication.