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99 CIS H 65156
TITLE: H.R. 2547, To
Provide for the Conveyance of Land Interests to Chugach Alaska Corporation To
Fulfill the Intent, Purpose, and Promise of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act
CIS-NO: 99-H651-56
SOURCE: Committee on Resources. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 28, 1999
LENGTH:
iii+98 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1023-A; 1023-B
SUDOC: Y4.R31/3:106-50
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477
(Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial
No. 106-50. Hearing to consider H.R. 2547 (text, p. 2-20), the Chugach Alaska
Natives Settlement Implementation Act of 1999, including provisions to:
a. Require USDA to grant the Chugach Alaska Corp. (CAC),
an Alaska Native corporation, a perpetual right-of-way through Chugach
National Forest for construction of a road
which would allow access to land within the national forest
awarded to CAC under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971.
b. Require the Department of Interior to withdraw certain
public and private lands containing Native cemeteries or historic sites from all
forms of appropriations and transfer ownership of any of the withdrawn lands
following an application for conveyance from CAC.
Briefly
examines concerns about a Forest Service memorandum of
understanding with CAC regarding a conservation easement through Chugach
National Forest.
Supplementary material (p.
77-98) includes a report and a submitted statement.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Chugach Alaska Corp land conveyance
BILLS: 106
H.R. 2547
DESCRIPTORS:
CHUGACH ALASKA CORP.; DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; ALASKAN
NATIVES; ALASKA; NATIONAL FORESTS; RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS;
CEMETERIES AND FUNERALS; HISTORIC SITES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES;
CHUGACH ALASKA NATIVES SETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT; CHUGACH NATIONAL
FOREST; ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT; DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR;
FOREST SERVICE
99-H651-56 TESTIMONY NO: 1
July 28, 1999 p. 23-65, 78-98
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
BLATCHFORD, EDGAR (Chairman, Finance
Committee, CAC)
BURETTA, SHERI (Board Chair, CAC)
LANKARD, DUNE (Executive Director, Eyak Preservation
Council; also representing Eyak Traditional Elders Council); accompanied by
GIANNINI, PETER (Special Counsel)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Criticism of
Forest Service implementation of ANCSA land conveyance
provisions; inability of CAC to access and develop land awarded them in 1971 due
to lack of right-of-way; economic benefits to Alaska Natives of proposed
right-of-way; differing views on H.R. 2547.
Opposition to
CAC use of mitigation funds from Mar. 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill to purchase
Native ancestral lands for development purposes; inadequacy of CAC
representation of certain Alaska Native interests, focusing on concerns about
potential adverse environmental effects of proposed right-of way.
INSERTION:
-- CAC, "Summary of Documentation in
Support of an Easement Application for Road Access Via the
Martin River Valley to the Bering River Coal Fields As Granted By the 1982 CNI
Settlement Agreement" 1999 (p. 78-91).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Chugach Alaska Corp land conveyance
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
EXXON CORP.; RIVERS AND
WATERWAYS; OIL SPILLS; MARINE ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; COAL AND COAL MINING; MARTIN
RIVER; BERING RIVER
99-H651-56 TESTIMONY NO: 2
July 28, 1999 p. 65-76
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
STEWART, RONALD E. (Deputy Chief, Programs and
Legislation, Forest Service); accompanied by
SNOW, JAMES (Office of General Counsel, USDA)
DISCUSSION:
Background on conservation easement
drafted by Forest Service, including concerns that CAC intends
to restrict public access to easement lands.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Chugach Alaska Corp land conveyance 
