The Federal Register

Alaska Native Claims Selection

Wed, Jul 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Doyon, Limited. The lands are in the vicinity of Nulato, Alaska, and are located in:
Kateel River Meridian, Alaska
T. 9 S., R. 3 E.,

Sec. 25;

Secs. 31, 32, 35 and 36.

Containing approximately 1,643 acres.
Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner.

Alaska Native Claims Selection

Wed, Jul 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Swan Lake Corporation. The lands are in the vicinity of Sheldon Point, Alaska, and are located in: Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 26 N., R. 85 W.,

Sec. 1.

Containing approximately 310 acres.
T. 26 N., R. 86 W.,

Secs. 1 to 36, inclusive.

Containing approximately 20,507 acres.

Aggregating approximately 20,817 acres.
The subsurface estate in these lands will be conveyed to Calista Corporation when the surface estate is conveyed to Swan Lake Corporation.

Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Tundra Drums.

Notice of Utah's Resource Advisory Council Conference Call

Wed, Jul 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and The Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

Regulating the Use of Lower Colorado River Water Without an Entitlement

Wed, Jul 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to address and eliminate the use of Colorado River water from the mainstream in the lower Colorado River basin (Lower Basin) without an entitlement. For the last eight years, the upper and lower Colorado River basins have experienced the worst drought conditions in approximately one hundred years of recorded history. This drought is the first sustained drought to be experienced on the Colorado River when all major storage facilities are in place and when Arizona, California, and Nevada (Lower Division States) are fully utilizing their basic Colorado River water apportionment of 7.5 million acrefeet per year. Reclamation believes that development of such a rule will help ensure the longterm sustainability of the lower Colorado River and in doing so will protect the water rights of lower Colorado River water entitlement holders. The rule establishes procedures that Reclamation will follow in making determinations of unlawful use of lower Colorado R