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Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mining, Land and Water

Municipal Entitlements
Decisions

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The Municipal Entitlements (ME) conveyances are administered in the Land Conveyance Section (LCS) and are the conveyance of general grant land that is vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved (VUU) to municipalities (cities and boroughs) under AS 29.65.010-.140. Municipalities may also obtain state land pursuant to AS 38.05.810-.825 for public and charitable use, occupied tide and submerged land, tideland seaward of public recreational sites, and conveyance of tide and submerged land to municipalities.

“Vacant, unappropriated, unreserved” (VUU) land is general grant land that is patented or tentatively approved to the state from the United States, excluding minerals as required in section 6(a) or (b) of the Alaska Statehood Act and that is conveyable to municipalities under the Municipal Entitlement Act.

Certified Entitlement: Total acreage of land certified for entitlement to a municipality under Alaska Statute (AS) 29.65.010 Determination of Entitlement for Boroughs and Unified Cities.

Patented: Total acreage of land conveyed to the municipality where a deed has been recorded. Patented land does not include land exchanged under AS 29.65.090 Authorization for land exchanges nor tideland conveyances under AS 38.05.825 Conveyances of tide and submerged land to municipalities.

Approved: Total acreage of land where a Final Finding and Decision has been completed and signed by the appropriate authorities, management authority has been granted to the municipality under AS 29.65.070(b) Selection and Conveyance Procedure, but a deed has not been recorded.

Conditional Appproval: Total acreage of lands conditionally approved for conveyance, but certain conditions must be met before final approval is given. For these lands, the State retains management authority, and they are not counted in the remaining entitlement.

Selected: Total acreage of lands selected for conveyance by a municipality for their municipal entitlement. An application for these lands has been received by DNR DMLW Land Conveyance Section, but adjudication of the application has not started, or a decision hasn't been finalized.

Estimated Entitlement Remaining: An estimation of the amount of land remaining in the entitlement; acreage is estimated dependent upon a final survey of the exterior boundary of selected lands at the time of approval (AS 29.65.070(a) Selection and Conveyance Procedure). This estimate includes the amount of selected lands if the full entitlement has not been reached.

Decisions

Preliminary and Final Municipal Entitlement Decisions made by the Division are posted here when they are signed.

Decision Date Decision Type Decision Case Numbers Borough Location(s) Document
3/15/2024 Preliminary Decision ADL 422203 North Slope Mine Site F, East Document PDF
2/8/2024 Preliminary Decision ADL 414827 North Slope Point Thomson Document PDF
9/20/2023 Amended Final Finding & Decision ADL 201305 Kenai Peninsula Bear Lake Document PDF
9/20/2023 Final Finding & Decision ADL 421743 North Slope O&G Infrastructure Lands Document PDF
8/11/2023 Preliminary Decision ADL 421743 North Slope O&G Infrastructure Lands Document PDF
8/8/2023 Final Finding & Decision ADL 414833 North Slope Kavik River Area Document PDF
7/25/2023 Final Finding & Decision ADL 108982, ADL 108983, ADL 108984 Petersburg Fanshaw Bay, Hood Point, Southeast Mitkof, Sumer Strait Document PDF
6/22/2023 Preliminary Decision ADL 414833 North Slope Kavik River Area Document PDF
1/27/2023 Preliminary Decision ADL 108982, ADL 108983, ADL 108984 Petersburg Fanshaw Bay, Hood Point, Southeast Mitkof, Sumer Strait Document PDF
1/26/2023 Final Finding & Decision ADL 414826 North Slope East of Nuiqsut and Colville River Document PDF
1/25/2023 Amended Final Finding & Decision ADL 108981 Petersberg Thomas Bay Document PDF
1/25/2023 Public Notice for Amended FFD ADL 108981 Petersburg Thomas Bay Document PDF
12/5/2022 Preliminary Decision ADL 414826 North Slope Colville Document PDF
5/18/2022 Final Finding & Decision ADL 421699 North Slope Tract 13 Document PDF
4/6/2022 Preliminary Decision ADL 421699 North Slope Tract 13 Document PDF
3/24/2022 Final Plan Amendments to the KAP and KRCMP ADL 201306 Kenai Peninsula Multiple Document PDF
1/24/2022 Draft Plan Amendments to the KAP and KRCMP ADL 201306 Kenai Peninsula Multiple Document PDF
7/28/2021 Final Finding & Decision ADL 108579 Petersburg Multiple Document PDF
7/26/2021 Final Finding & Decision ADL 108981 Petersburg Thomas Bay Document PDF
6/7/2021 Final Finding & Decision ADL 108743 Whale Pass Document PDF
5/6/2021 Preliminary Decision ADL 108743 Whale Pass Document PDF
4/2/2021 Preliminary Decision ADL 108981 Petersburg Thomas Bay Document PDF
3/6/2021 Amended Final Finding & Decision ADL 201084 Valdez Document PDF
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