[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2650.7]

[Page 195]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2650_ALASKA NATIVE SELECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart 2650_Alaska Native Selections: Generally
 
Sec. 2650.7  Publication.

    In order to determine whether there are any adverse claimants to the 
land, the applicant should publish notice of his application. If the 
applicant decides to avail himself of the privilege of publishing a 
notice to all adverse claimants and requests it, the authorized officer 
will prepare a notice for publication. The publication will be in 
accordance with the following procedure:
    (a) The applicant will have the notice published allowing all 
persons claiming the land adversely to file in the appropriate land 
office their objections to the issuance of any conveyance. The notice 
shall be published once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of 
general circulation.
    (b) The applicant shall file a statement of the publisher, 
accompanied by a copy of the published notice, showing that publication 
has been had for 4 consecutive weeks. The applicant must pay the cost of 
publication.
    (c) Any adverse claimant must serve on the applicant a copy of his 
objections and furnish evidence of service thereof to the appropriate 
land office.
    (d) For all land selections made under the Act, in order to give 
actual notice of the decision of the Bureau of Land Management proposing 
to convey lands, the decision shall be served on all known parties of 
record who claim to have a property interest or other valid existing 
right in land affected by such decision, the appropriate regional 
corporation, and any Federal agency of record. In order to give 
constructive notice of the decision to any unknown parties, or to known 
parties who cannot be located after reasonable efforts have been 
expended to locate, who claim a property interest or other valid 
existing right in land affected by the decision, notice of the decision 
shall be published once in the Federal Register and, once a week, for 
four (4) consecutive weeks, in one or more newspapers of general 
circulation in the State of Alaska nearest the locality where the land 
affected by the decision is situated, if possible. Any decision or 
notice actually served on parties or constructively served on parties in 
accord with this subsection shall state that any party claiming a 
property interest in land affected by the decision may appeal the 
decision to the Board of Land Appeals. The decision or notice of 
decision shall also state that:
    (1) Any party receiving actual notice of the decision shall have 30 
days from the receipt of actual notice to file an appeal; and,
    (2) That any unknown parties, any parties unable to be located after 
reasonable efforts have been expended to locate, and any parties who 
failed or refused to sign a receipt for actual notice, shall have 30 
days from the date of publication in the Federal Register to file an 
appeal. Furthermore, the decision or notice of decision shall inform 
readers where further information on the manner of, and requirements 
for, filing appeal may be obtained, and shall also state that any party 
known or unknown who may claim a property interest which is adversely 
affected by the decision shall be deemed to have waived their rights 
which were adversely affected unless an appeal is filed in accordance 
with the requirements stated in the decisions or notices provided for in 
this subsection and the regulation governing such appeals set out in 43 
CFR part 4, subpart E.

[38 FR 14218, May 30, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 14737, Apr. 7, 1976; 41 
FR 17909, Apr. 29, 1976; 49 FR 6373, Feb. 21, 1984]