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[Public Land Order 4582]
ALASKA
Withdrawal of Unreserved Lands
By virtue of the authority vested in
the President by section 1 of the act of
June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. S47, 43 U.S.C.
141), as amended, and pursuant to Ex-
ecutive Order No. 10355 of May 26, 1952
(17 F.R. 4831), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to solid existing rights, and
subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth, all public lands in Alaska which
are unreserved or which would otherwise
become unreserved prior to the expira-
tion of this order, are hereby withdrawn
from all forms of appropriation and dis-
position under the public land laws (ex-
cept locations for metalliferous min-
erals), including selection by the State
of Alaska pursuant to the Alaska State-
hood Act (72 Stat. 339), and from leas-
ing under the Mineral Leasing Act of
February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; 30 U.S.C.
181, et seq.), as amended, and reserved
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
of the Interior for the determination
and protection of the rights of the native
Aleuts, Eskimos, and Indians of Alaska.
The withdrawal and reservation created
by this order shall expire at 12 (mid-
night), A.s.t., December 31, 1970.
2. Unless otherwise required by law,
all applications for leases, licenses, per-
mits, or land title transfers which were
pending before the Department of the
Interior on the effective date of this
order, will be given the same status and
consideration beginning at 12 (noon)
A.s.t., on April 2, 1971, as though there
has been no intervening period, unless
previously recalled by the applicant.
3. From Jenuary 1, 1971, until 12
(noon) A.s.t., on April 2, 1971, the State
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of Alaska shall, subject to the provisions
of paragraph 2 of this order, have a pre-
ferred right of selection as provided by
section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood
Act of July 7, l958 (72 Stat. 341). Any
public lands not selected by the State
and not otherwise reserved shall at 12
(noon) A.s.t., on April 2, 1971, become
subject to appropriation under the public
land laws, subject to valid existing rights
the provisions of existing withdrawals
and the requirements of applicable law.
4. Applications filed by the State of
Alaska before January 4, 1969, to se-
lect unreserved public lands under the
Statehood Act, which at the time of such
filings were embraced in leases, licenses,
permits, or contracts issued pursuant to
the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 supra
or the Alaska Coal Leasing Act of 1914
(38 Stat. 741, as amended, 48 U.S.C. 432),
and applications filed by the State of
Alaska before December 12, 1968, to se-
lect other unreserved lands under the
Statehood Act, shall be processed in
accordance with the policies and proce-
dures of this Department designed to
protect the rights of the native Aleuts,
Eskimos, and Indians of Alaska, which
were in effect on the date of this order.
5. This order may be modifies or
amended by the Secretary of the Interior
or his delegate upon the filling of an
application which demonstrates that
such modification or amendment is re-
quired for the construction of public or
economic facilities in the public interest.
Applications for such modification or
amendment should be filed in the land
office of the Bureau of Land Manage
ment, Anchorage, Alaska.
Stewart L. Udall,
Secretary of the Interior
January 19, 1969.
[F.R. Doc 09-873; Filed. Jan 22, 1969;
8:30 a.m.]
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Federal Register, VOL 34, NO. 15 - Thursday, January 23, 1969
