Public Notices

5 Apr 2023

POA-2023-00148 Caswell Creek PN

Expiration date: 5/5/2023

Matanuska Susitna Borough (MSB), 350 East Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, AK 99645, states the purpose is to reconstruct the roadway to collector road standards from the Parks Highway to South Caswell Loop Road. Permanently discharge up to 3,609 cubic yards of fill material into 1.1 acres of waters of the U.S., including wetlands, and temporarily discharge up to 441 cubic yards of fill material into 0.1-acre of waters of the U.S., including wetlands in order to make improvements to Hidden Hills Road. A total of 3,313 cubic yards of Type B or better fill material would be discharged into wetlands to improve the road subgrade and widen lanes, replace, repair, or install roadside hardware, adjust or relocate utilities, and make drainage improvements. Up to 296 cubic yards of stream substrate fill would be permanently placed below the ordinary high water mark (OHW) of an unnamed tributary to Caswell Creek in order to replace the existing culverts with an eight foot box culvert and armor the downstream channel. Up to 441 cubic yards of gravel fill would be temporarily discharged below the OHW in order to install a temporary culvert to maintain stream connectivity during construction. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-14) dated March 9, 2023. The project site is located at Latitude 61.989321º N., Longitude 149.978962º W.; Hidden Hills Road near mile point 88 of the Parks Highway, between Willow and Talkeetna, Alaska. Please contact Roberta Budnik at (907) 753-2785, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at roberta.k.budnik@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

31 Mar 2023

POA-2023-00052 Nazuruk Channel PN

Expiration date: 4/30/2023

Noorvik Native Community, P.O. Box 209, Noorvik, AK 99763 states the purpose is to construct a new roadway to provide safe access to a local cemetery near Noorvik. The proposed Middle Cemetery Road Project is being funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and will involve construction of a 0.98 mile long, two-way, single lane roadway to an existing cemetery that does not currently have road access. The roadway will be constructed to have a 10 foot wide travel lane with 6 foot wide shoulders. The road will be 60 feet wide at toe of slope. Also, the proposed roadway would end in a cul-de-sac at the cemetery and have four pullouts that are spaced approximately every 1,000 feet. The Middle Cemetery Road would be constructed as an overlay section on top of the existing ground without stripping vegetation or excavation to protect underlaying permafrost and reduce premature road degradation. These construction activities will result in the permanent loss of approximately 7.27 acres of wetlands. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1–8), dated November 23, 2022, and February 17, 2023. The project site is located approximately 1.8 miles southeast of Noorvik in Section 36, Township 17 North, Range 11 West, Latitude 66.822433° North, Longitude -160.983889° West, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. Please contact Jonathan Hegna at (907) 753-2708 or toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Jonathan.R.Hegna@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

29 Mar 2023

POA-2023-00145 Moose Creek PN

Expiration date: 4/28/2023

Brett Nelson, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF), 2301 Peger Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709, brett.nelson@alaska.gov states the purpose is to reconstruct the Elliot Highway between MP 106.6 and MP 107.7 to improve public safety by widening the road so there is sufficient width for oncoming vehicles, to provide a consistent road width to match road widths (24 feet) at either end of the project, to construct drainage ditches to provide sufficient area for snow removal and improve drainage away from the roadway, and extend existing culverts and install cross drainage culverts where needed in previously disturbed areas. The proposed upgrades consist of 2.25 acres of permanent impacts from the discharge of approximately 566 cubic yards of fill into waters of the U.S. (WOTUS), including wetlands. Additional work associated with the proposed project includes the use of one material site and one staging area located in uplands (Figure 4, March 22, 2023). Work is proposed to start during the summer of 2023 and continue depending on resources available over the next three to five years. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1–3), dated March 22, 2023. The beginning of the project is located at Elliot Highway Mile Post (MP) 106.6 at approximately Latitude 65.2462° N, Longitude 149.4823° W; the end of the project is located at Elliot Highway MP 107.7 at approximately Latitude 65.2387° N, Longitude 149.5131° W. The Material Site (MS 680-052-2) is located on the Elliot Highway at MP 105.5. The staging area is located at a pullout at MP 106.5 just before the beginning of the project. The project site can be reached by taking the Elliot Highway north out of Fox, Alaska for approximately 73 miles, taking a left at Livengood, AK and following the Elliot Highway 34 miles to the beginning of the project. Please contact Rebecca Manbeck at (907) 251-6716, or by email at Rebecca.S.Manbeck2@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

21 Mar 2023

POA-2023-00117 Turnagain Arm PN

Expiration date: 4/20/2023

Titan, LLC – Todd Christianson, 251 West 106th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99515, states the purpose is to mine the peat and organics currently on site to be repurposed for the landscaping business. The material will be hauled to an upland processing facility. The excavated site will be backfilled with clean fill material leaving a usable building and or construction pad for the property owner. The applicant is proposing to excavate 0.95-acre of wetlands and backfill the site with approximately 15,000 cubic yards of fill material to create a usable construction pad. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated March 2023. The project site is located within Section 18, T. 12 N., R. 3 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Anchorage A-8; Latitude 61.124488º N., Longitude 149.884970º W.; from downtown Anchorage, travel south on AK-1 Seward Highway for 6.7 miles. Take the O'Malley Road exit, continue straight for one mile then take the exit to turn right (north) onto C Street. The site is located on the right-hand side (east), on the corner of C Street and 106th Avenue, in Anchorage, Alaska. Please contact Eric White at (907) 753-5693, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Eric.J.White@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

20 Mar 2023

Revised Public Notice POA-2003-00502-M20, Knik Arm

Expiration date: 4/5/2023

On March 6, 2023, the Alaska District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a public notice for Department of the Army (DA) permit number POA-2003-00502-M2, Knik Arm for a DA permit application from Municipality of Anchorage, Port of Alaska (Port). to remove approximately 900 feet of unstable bulkhead and fill at the north end of the Port referred to as the North Extension Stabilization Step 1 (NES1) project. The project site is in Knik Arm, at the Port of Alaska, within Section 7, T. 13 N., R. 3 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Anchorage A-8; Latitude 61.233499º N., Longitude 149.985068º W.; in Anchorage, Alaska. The public notice showed an expiration date of March 21, 2023. The expiration date of this public notice has been extended to April 5, 2023. All other information contained in the previous notice remains the same. Please bring this announcement to the attention of anyone you know who is or may be interested. Please contact Heather Markway at (907) 753-2797, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Heather.N.Markway @usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.