Regulations last checked for updates: Aug 01, 2025

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Jul 22, 2025
§ 51.23 - Rural determinations.

(a) The Board has determined all communities and areas to be rural in accordance with § 51.15 except the following: Fairbanks North Star Borough; Homer area—including Homer, Anchor Point, Kachemak City, and Fritz Creek; Juneau area—including Juneau, West Juneau, and Douglas; Kenai area—including Kenai, Soldotna, Sterling, Nikiski, Salamatof, Kalifornsky, Kasilof, and Clam Gulch; Municipality of Anchorage; Seward area—including Seward and Valdez, and Wasilla/Palmer area—including Wasilla, Palmer, Sutton, Big Lake, Houston, and Bodenburg Butte.

(b) You may obtain maps delineating the boundaries of nonrural areas from the Office of Subsistence Management or online at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence.

[80 FR 68248, Nov. 4, 2015, as amended at 86 FR 17717, Apr. 6, 2021. Redesignated and amended at 90 FR 34148, July 18, 2025; 90 FR 34157, July 18, 2025]
cite as: 43 CFR 51.23