Sec. 1431. arctic slope regional corporation lands
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## Sec. 1431 arctic slope regional corporation lands ###
(a)Purposes; Reference Document In order to further the purposes of: ####
(1)satisfying land entitlement in the Arctic Slope Region; ####
(2)consolidating and exchanging land holding for the mutual benefit of the United States and the Native Corporations within the Arctic Slope region; and ####
(3)providing for oil and gas operations in the Kurupa Lake area, consistent with environmental protection; Congress enacts this section. The specific terms, conditions, procedures, covenants, reservations and other restrictions set forth in the document entitled “Terms and Conditions for Land Exchanges and Resolution of Conveyancing Issues in Arctic Slope Region, Between the Department of the Interior and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation” (hereafter in this section referred to as “Terms and Conditions”), which was executed on June 29, 1979, and subsequently submitted to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, are hereby incorporated in this section, and are ratified, as to the duties and obligations of the United States and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, as a matter of Federal law. ###
(b)Transfer to the United States The Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a relinquishment of all right, title, and interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the following described lands: #### Fairbanks Meridian Township 34 north, range 21 west, sections 4 through 9, 16 through 18; Township 34, north, range 22 west, sections 1 through 6, 11 through 14; Township 35 north, range 20 west, sections 1 through 24; Township 35 north, range 21 west, sections 1 through 4, 9 through 16, 21 through 24, 28 through 33; Township 35 north, range 22 west, sections 1 through 12, 17 through 20, 27 through 34; Township 35 north, range 23 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 through 17, 20 through 24, 28, 29, 33; Township 36 north, range 21 west, sections 1 through 4, 9 through 20, 23 through 26, 29 through 32, 35, 36; Township 36 north, range 22 west, sections 5 through 8, 25 through 36; Township 36 north, range 23 west, sections 1, 5 through 8, 12 through 30, 34 through 36; Township 36 north, range 24 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 through 12; Township 37 north, range 21 west, sections 25 through 36; Township 37 north, range 22 west, sections 25 through 36; #### Umiat Meridian Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 17 through 20, 29, 30; Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 13 through 16, 21 through 28; Township 17 south, range 2 west, partial, sections 3 through 6; and Township 17 south, range 3 west, partial, sections 1 through 4. #### Kateel River Meridian Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 through 24. ###
(c)Land Exchange As a land exchange, contingent upon Arctic Slope Regional Corporation's relinquishment of lands described in subsection
(b)and upon conveyance of lands described in paragraph
(4)below, and subject to valid existing rights,
(1)the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title, and interest of the United States in the following described lands subject to valid existing rights and to the terms, conditions, procedures, covenants, reservations, and restrictions specified in the ``Terms and Conditions': #### Umiat Meridian Township 13 south, range 4 east, sections 1 through 36; Township 14 south, range 3 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 through 28, 32 through 36; Township 15 south, range 3 east, sections 25 through 30, 33 through 36; Township 15 south, range 4 east, sections 6, 7, 18 through 36; and Township 16 south, range 3 east, sections 1 through 3, 6, 7, 9 through 16, 18 through 30. ####
(2)Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in the following described lands subject to the terms, conditions, procedures covenants, reservations and restrictions specified in the “Terms and Conditions”: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 17 through 20, 29, 30; and Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 13 through 16, 21 through 28. ##### Kateel River Meridian Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 through 24. The Secretary shall except and reserve access easements for park-related purposes from Kurupa Lake to federally owned lands within Gates of the Arctic National Park limited to: The right to land and store aircraft at Kurupa Lake, the right to ingress and engress from the Lake along specific corridors leading to federally owned lands in Gates of the Arctic National Park and the right to camp overnight at the lakeshore and along the specific easement corridors. The conveyance shall be subject to the following covenants: The requirements for a plan of oil and gas operations prior to any exploration or development activities, the authority of the Secretary to modify or revoke any plan of operations for oil and gas exploration which does not utilize available technologies least damaging to the resources of the Kurupa Lake area and surrounding Federal lands and the authority of the Secretary to require good faith consultations to develop a plan of operations for oil and gas development which utilizes available technologies minimizing damage to the resources of the Kurupa Lake area and surrounding Federal lands. Such exceptions, reservations, and covenants shall be binding on Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, its successors and assigns. ####
(3)Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title, a and interest of the United States, except sand and gravel, in the subsurface estate of the following described lands, subject to the terms, conditions, procedure, covenants, reservations, and restrictions specified in the “Terms and Conditions”. ##### Umiat Meridian Township 12 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 31; Township 12 south, range 10 east, sections 1 through 18; ####
(4)The Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a conveyance of all right, title, and interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the following described lands: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 13 south, range 1 west, sections 31 through 36; Township 13 south, range 1 east, sections 31 through 36; Township 14 south, range 2 east, sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, 31; Township 14 south, range 4 east, sections 1 through 3, 10 through 15, 22 through 27, 33 through 36; Township 15 south, range 1 west, sections 1 through 6, 11, 12, 19, 20, 27 through 34; Township 15 south, range 1 east, sections 5 through 8, 17 through 20; Township 16 south, range 2 east, sections 13 through 15, 22 through 27, 34 through 36; Township 16 south, range 4 east, sections 1 through 4, 9 through 16, 19 through 36; Township 17 south, range 1 west, sections 1, 2, 5, 6, partial; Township 17 south, range 1 east, partial; Township 17 south, range 3 east, partial; Township 16 south, range 2 west, sections 19 through 36; Township 16 south, range 3 west, sections 19 through 28, 33 through 36; Township 15 south, range 4 west, sections 2 through 4, 9 through 11, 14 through 16, 19 through 23, 26 through 32; and Township 16 south, range 4 west, sections 5 through 8, 17 through 24. ###
(d)Transfers to Native Corporation The Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title, and interest of the United States in the following described lands selected or identified for selection pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and to the extent such lands lie outside the boundaries of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: #### Umiat Meridian Township 3 south, range 6 west, sections 24 through 26, 33 through 36; Township 4 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 5, 7 through 36; Township 4 south, range 7 west, sections 11 through 16, 19 through 36; Township 4 south, range 8 west, sections 23 through 29, 32 through 36; Township 5 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 18; Township 5 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 5 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 5, 7 through 36; Township 5 south, range 9 west, sections 25 through 27, 34, through 36; Township 6 south, range 6 west, sections 19, 30, 31; Township 6 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 18, 22 through 27, 34 through 36; Township 7 south, range 6 west, sections 5 through 8, 17 through 20, 29 through 32; Township 7 south, range 7 west, sections 1, 2, 11 through 14, 19 through 36; Township 7 south, range 8 west, sections 19 through 36; Township 7 south, range 9 west, sections 22 through 27, 34 through 36; Township 8 south, range 6 west, sections 4 through 9, 16 through 36; Township 8 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 8 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 18, 22 through 27, 34, through 36; Township 9 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 9 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 9 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 10 south, range 5 west, sections 19 through 36; Township 10 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 10 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 10 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 10 south, range 9 west, sections 19 through 36; Township 10 south, range 10 west, sections 19 through 36; Township 10 south, range 5 west, sections 19 through 18; Township 11 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 18; Township 11 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 21, 28 through 33; Township 11 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 11 south, range 9 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 11 south, range 10 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 11 south, range 11 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 11 south, range 12 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 11 south, range 13 west, sections 1 through 36; Township 12 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 24; Township 12 south, range 9 west, sections 1 through 24; Township 12 south, range 10 west, partial, sections 1 through 24; Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 1 through 16, 21 through 28; Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 1 through 12, 17 through 20, 29, 30; Township 12 south, range 13 west, sections 1 through 30; #### Kateel River Meridian Township 34 north, range 16 east, sections 7 through 24; Township 34 north, range 17 east, sections 7 through 24; and Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 7, 8, 17 through 20. ###
(e)Acquisition and Exchange Authority ####
(1)The Secretary is authorized, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, to acquire have been or may hereafter be conveyed to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this section or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 12 south, range 8 east, sections 1 through 36; Township 12 south, range 7 east, sections 7 through 36; Township 12 south, range 6 east, sections 10 through 15, 22 through 27, 34 through 36; Township 13 south, range 7 east, sections 1 through 18; Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 17 through 20, 29, 30; and Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 13 through 16, 21 through 28. ##### Kateel River Meridian Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 through 24. ####
(2)Lands specified in paragraph
(1)of this subsection may be acquired for such purposes only with the consent of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. If such lands are so acquired by the Secretary, or if any such lands are not conveyed to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, such lands shall become, and be administered as, a part of Gates of the Arctic National Park; the boundaries of the Park shall thereby be deemed to include such lands to the same extent as if the lands were included within such boundaries by this Act: *Provided,* That no such boundary change shall take effect until ninety days after the Secretary provides notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to consummate an acquisition that would result in such boundary change. ####
(3)To facilitate an exchange provided for in this subsection, the Secretary is authorized to make available to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation lands, or interests therein, from public lands within the Arctic Slope Region, as determined pursuant to section 7(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including lands, or interests therein, within the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska in the event that lands within the reserve are made subject to leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, or are otherwise made available for purposes of development of oil, gas, or other minerals. ###
(f)Land Exchange As a land exchange: ####
(1)contingent upon Arctic Slope Regional Corporation conveying the lands described in paragraph
(2)below and upon receiving interim conveyances to the following described lands: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 9 south, range 2 west, sections 22 through 27, 34 through 36; Township 9 south, range 3 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 through 12; Township 9 south, range 12 west, sections 1 through 18; and Township 9 south, range 13 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 through 15, 22 through 24. the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in the following described lands: ##### Umiat Meridian 9 south, range 12 west, sections 19 through 24; Township 9 south, range 11 west, sections 4 through 9, 16 through 21; Township 9 south, range 3 west, sections 13 through 15, 22 through 27; and Township 9 south, range 2 west, sections 28, 33. ####
(2)the Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a relinquishment of all right, title and interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the following described lands: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 8 south, range 11 west, sections 13 through 15, 22 through 27; and Township 8 south, range 10 west, sections 7 through 11, 13 through 21, 28 through 33. ###
(g)Kaktovik Exchange As a land exchange, contingent upon Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation conveying the lands described in paragraph
(1)of this subsection and upon the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation conveying the lands described in paragraph
(4)of this subsection— ####
(1)the Secretary is authorized to accept from Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest of Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation in the surface estate of the following described lands: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 2 south, range 23 east, sections 25 through 28, 33 through 36; and Township 2 south, range 24 east, sections 1 through 24, 29 through 32. ####
(2)the Secretary shall convey to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in the surface estate of the following described lands: All those lands on Kaktovik Island—Barter Island Group, Alaska, which were not properly selected by Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation on or before December 18, 1975, and which were not on January 1, 1979, in a defense withdrawal; *Provided,* That such lands when conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including section 22(g) of said Act, except that the acreage limitation for Village Corporation selection of lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall not apply; ####
(3)Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation shall identify additional lands it desires to acquire pursuant to this exchange from within the following described lands, and to the extent necessary to acquire the surface estate on an aggregate total of twenty-three thousand and forty acres, including the lands conveyed by the Secretary to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to subsection (g)(2) hereof: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 7 north, ranges 32 through 36 east; Township 8 north, ranges 32 through 36 east; and Township 9 north, ranges 33 through 34 east; or such other adjacent lands as the Secretary and Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation may mutually agree upon. Upon the concurrence of the Secretary in the lands identified, he shall convey to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in the surface estate of the lands so identified: *Provided,* That such lands shall be contiguous to lands previously conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 14(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: *Provided further,* That such lands when conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including section 22(g) of said Act, except that the acreage limitation for Village Corporation selection of lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall not apply; ####
(4)the Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a conveyance of all right, title and interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the subsurface estate of the following described lands: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 2 south, range 23 east, sections 25 through 28, 33 through 36; and Township 2 south, range 24 east, sections 1 through 24, 29 through 32. ###
(h)Weyuk Lands Transfer Upon the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in all or part of the following described lands: Beginning at Weyuk, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Survey Mark
(1586)north 62 degrees east 2,900 feet, more or less, the true point of beginning of this description, thence north 1,100 feet, more or less, thence easterly, meandering along the coast approximately 2,000 feet, more or less, thence south 700 feet, more or less, thence west 1,800 feet, more or less, to the true point of beginning. ###
(i)Naval Arctic Research Laboratory The Secretary shall convey to Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in the surface estate of the following described lands: #### Umiat Meridian Township 23 north, range 18 west, sections 13 fractional excluding interim conveyance numbered 045, 14 excluding northwest quarter; southwest quarter; west half southeast quarter, 23 excluding northwest quarter; west half northeast quarter; southwest quarter, southeast quarter, 24 excluding east half, southwest quarter and interim conveyance numbered 045, 28 excluding northeast quarter; southeast quarter, 29 fractional, 32 fractional, excluding United States Survey 4615, United States Survey 1432, and interim conveyance numbered 045, 33 excluding northeast quarter southeast quarter; northeast quarter northwest quarter southeast quarter and interim conveyance numbered 045. ###
(j)Rights-of-Way, Etc ####
(1)In recognition that Arctic Slope Regional Corporation has a potential need for access in an easterly direction from its landholdings in the Kurupa Lake area and the watershed of the Killik River to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor, the Secretary is authorized and directed, upon application by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation for a right-of-way in this region, to grant to such corporation, its successors and assigns, according to the provisions of section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, a right-of-way across the following public lands, or such other public lands as the Secretary and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation may mutually agree upon, for oil and gas pipelines, related transportation facilities and such other facilities as are necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of such pipelines: ##### Umiat Meridian Township 11 south, range 10 west; Township 10 south, range 8 through 10 west; Township 10 south, range 7 west, sections 19 through 36; Township 11 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 18; Township 11 south, range 6 west; Township 11 south, range 5 west, sections 1 through 18; Township 10 south, range 5 west, sections 19 through 36; Township 10 south, ranges 1 through 4 west; and Township 10 south, ranges 1 through 10 east. The final alignment and location of all facilities across public lands shall be in the discretion of the Secretary. ####
(2)The Secretary shall make available to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, its successors and assigns, such sand and gravel as is reasonably necessary for the construction or maintenance of any pipeline or facility and use of rights-of-way appurtenant to the exercise of the rights granted under this subsection, such sand and gravel to be provided to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, its successors and assigns, for fair market value by negotiated sale. ###
(k)NEPA The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 852) shall not be construed, in whole or in part, as requiring the preparation or submission of any environmental document for any action taken by the Secretary or the Secretary of Defense pursuant to this section. ###
(l)Surface Uses, Etc ####
(1)With respect to the following described lands, the subsurface estate of which is to be conveyed to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to subsection
(c)hereof; ##### Umiat Meridian Township 12 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 31; and Township 12 south, range 10 east, sections 1 through 18. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall have such use of the surface estate, including such right of access thereto, as is reasonably necessary to the exploration for and removal of oil and gas from said subsurface estate, subject to such rules and regulations by the Secretary that are applicable to the National Park System. ####
(2)The Secretary shall identify for Arctic Regional Corporation, its successors and assigns, reasonably available sand and gravel which may be used without cost to the United States in the construction and maintenance of facilities and use of rights-of-way appurtenant to the exercise of the rights conveyed under this subsection, notwithstanding the provisions of section 601 et seq., title 30, United States Code, and sand and gravel shall be made available at no charge to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. ###
(m)Relation to Entitlements ####
(1)The Secretary shall reduce the acreage charged against the entitlement of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by the amount of acreage determined by the Secretary to be conveyed by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to the United States pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of this section. ####
(2)The Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Arctic Slope Regional Corporations pursuant to section 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to subsections (c)(1), (c)(2), (d), (f)(1) and
(h)of this section. ####
(3)The Secretary shall reduce the acreage charged against the entitlement of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12(a)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by the amount of acreage determined by the Secretary to be conveyed by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to the United States pursuant to subsection (g)(4) of this section. ####
(4)Notwithstanding the exception by the United States of sand and gravel, the Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12(a)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of this section. ####
(5)The Secretary shall reduce the acreage charged against the entitlement of Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 12(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by the amount of acreage determined by the Secretary to be conveyed by Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation to the United States pursuant to subsection (g)(1) of this section. ####
(6)The Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 12(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to subsection (g)(2) and
(3)of this section. ####
(7)The Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 12(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to subsection
(i)of this section. ####
(8)In no event shall the conveyances issued by the Secretary to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, and Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation to the Alaska, Native Claims Settlement Act and this section exceed the total entitlements of such Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, except as expressly provided for in subsection
(g)of this section. ###
(n)Reserved Lands ####
(1)Congress finds that it is in the public interest to reserve in public ownership the submerged lands in the bed of the Colville River adjacent to lands selected by Kuupik Corporation and in the beds of the Nechelik Channel, Kupigruak Channel, Elaktoveach Channels, Tamayayak Channel, and Sakoonang Channel from the Colville River to the Arctic Ocean, and
(2)notwithstanding any other provision of law, conveyance of the surface estate of lands selected by Kuukpik Corporation pursuant to section 12(a) and
(b)of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and associated conveyance of the subsurface estate to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to section 14(f) of such Act shall not include conveyance of the beds of the Colville River and of the channels named in this subsection, and the acreage represented by the beds of such river and of such named channels shall not be charged against the land entitlement of Kuukpik Corporation and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ###
(o)Future Option To Exchange, Etc ####
(1)Whenever, at any time within forty years after the date of enactment of this Act, public lands in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska or in the Arctic National Wildlife Range, within seventy-five miles of lands selected by a Village Corporation pursuant to the provisions of section 12(a)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as opened for purposes of commercial development (rather than exploration) of oil or gas, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall be entitled, at its option, within five years of the date of such opening, to consolidate lands by exchanging the in-lieu subsurface lands which it selected pursuant to the provisions of section 12(a)(1) of the Act for an equal acreage of the subsurface estate, identified by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, beneath the lands selected by the Village Corporation. Prior to the exercise of such option, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall obtain the concurrence of the affected Village Corporation. The subsurface estate identified for receipt by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to this subsection shall be contiguous and in reasonably compact tracts, except as separated by lands which are unavailable for selection, and shall be in whole sections and, wherever feasible, in units of not less than five thousand seven hundred and sixty acres. ####
(2)Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall not be entitled to exchange, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
(1)of this subsection, any in-lieu subsurface estate which the corporation has developed for purposes of commercial extraction of subsurface resources; unless the Secretary determines such an exchange to be in the national interest. ####
(3)The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to effectuate an exchange sought by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1). ####
(4)With regard to subsurface estates acquired by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to protect the environmental values of the Reserve or Range and consistent with the regulations governing the development of those lands within the Reserve or Range which have been opened for purposes of development, including, but not limited to, regulations issued pursuant to section 22(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. #### (5)21 Following the exercise by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation of its option under paragraph
(1)to acquire the subsurface estate beneath lands within the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska selected by Kuukpik Corporation, where such subsurface estate entirely surrounds lands subject to a Native allotment application approved under section 905 of this Act, and the oil and gas in such lands have been reserved to the United States, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, at its further option and subject to the concurrence of Kuukpik Corporation, shall be entitled to receive a conveyance of the reserved oil and gas, including all rights and privileges therein reserved to the United States, in such lands. Upon the receipt of a conveyance of such oil and gas interests, the entitlement of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to in-lieu subsurface lands under section 12(a)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(a)(1)) shall be reduced by the amount of acreage determined by the Secretary to be conveyed to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to this paragraph. 21Indentation so in law. See P.L. 104–42, section 105. ###
(p)Conditions All lands or interests in lands conveyed by the Secretary in subsections (d), (f)(1), (g)(2), (g)(3), (h), and
(i)of this section to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation or a Village Corporation, as the case may be, shall be subject to valid existing rights, and in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended, as though the lands were originally conveyed to such corporation under the provisions of such Act.
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