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Preliminary Decision for Petersburg Borough

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

Attachment H: PUBLIC NOTICE 

Requesting Input for a Proposed Conveyance Under AS 29.65
Petersburg Borough Municipal Land Entitlement Selections – ADL 108982, 108983, and 108984

COMMENT PERIOD ENDS: 4:30 PM, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2024

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 1,758 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 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.

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, May 24, 2024. 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. 

The public notice is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System at: http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/pubnotfrm.htm. The Preliminary Decision is available on the DMLW Municipal Entitlement web site at: http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/muni/ and on the DMLW Land Sales website at: http://landsales.alaska.gov.

Following the comment deadline, those written responses received will be considered and the decision may be modified to incorporate public comments in a Final Finding and Decision (FFD). Only persons who comment during this public comment period will be eligible to file an administrative appeal of the FFD. A copy of the FFD will be sent to any person who comments on the PD. The FFD will include the appeal instructions. Please direct all inquiries or questions to Mary Hermon, at the above address, electronic mail, phone or by fax.
DNR is prepared to accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing auxiliary aids or services when requested. Individuals with audio impairments who wish to respond to this decision by telephone may call the DNR, Public Information Center in Anchorage between the hours of operation: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday at TTY: 711 for Alaska relay or 800-770-8973 or go to http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/pic/
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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Revision History

Created 4/18/2024 12:54:08 PM by mphermon

Details

Department: Natural Resources
Category: Public Notices
Sub-Category:
Location(s): Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Southeast Region, Statewide, Wrangell
Project/Regulation #: ADLs 108982, 108983, 108984
 
Publish Date: 4/18/2024
Archive Date: 5/25/2024
 
Events/Deadlines: