1 May 2020

POA-2020-00201, Nenana River

Expiration date: 6/1/2020

Andrew Donato, with Ketchikan Public Utilities Company, states that the project purposeis to install a fiber optic cable within the transportation and utility corridor along Parks Highway to provide infrastructure for expanded telecommunications within this corridor. Work being proposed will involve the installation of a fiber optic cable by plowing an 8 inch wide by 3.5 foot deep trench, and backfilling native soil over the cable, with handholes being placed every 5,000 feet and splice vaults being placed every 20,000 feet. The trench and bury technique used to complete this project will result in temporary impacts to 12.6 acres of wetlands. A wetlands delineation has been provided, and will be reviewed by this office. Directional boring methods will be used to cross below all perennial channels within the project area, including the Nenana River, which is a Section 10 waterway. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-27), dated March 23, 2020 & April 8, 20202. The project site is located within Section 5, T. 13 S., R. 7 W., Fairbanks Meridian; beginning at Latitude 64.290º N., Longitude -149.146º W. and ending at Latitude 63.820º N., Longitude -148.986º W; beginning on Clear Highway in Clear Air Force Base and ending at Parks Highway MP 247 south of Healy, Alaska. Please contact Ashley Kraetsch at (907) 458-1606, or by email at: Ashley.M.Kraetsch@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

30 Apr 2020

POA-2020-00176, Tongass Narrows

Expiration date: 6/1/2020

Andrew Donato, with Ketchikan Public Utilities Company, states that the project purpose is to replace the existing sub-marine power cable that services the Ketchikan Airport and Gravina Island with a new, modern power cable. The proposed project would lay a new 15 kV submarine electrical cable on the seafloor in Section 10 waters (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) between Revillagigedo Island and Gravina Island. The project consists of 2,500 linear feet of submarine cable (3.4-inch outer diameter) with 160 linear feet of HDPE sleeve (12-inch outer diameter) at each end. The HDPE necessitates the placement of 10 cubic yards of concrete anchors at about -5 feet of mean high tide (33 U.S.C. 1344). All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1–4), dated April 20, 2020. The project site is located in Sections 22 and 23, T. 75 S., R. 90 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad KTN B-6; Latitude 55.35879° N., Longitude 131.7009° W. on the Revillagigedo Island side and Latitude 55.35493° N., Longitude 131.7053° W. on the Gravina Island end; in Ketchikan, Alaska. Please contact Amy Tippery at (907) 458-1602 or by email at: Amy.C.Tippery@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

28 Apr 2020

POA-2013-00111-M1, Katlian Bay

Expiration date: 5/13/2020

Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (Alaska DOT&PF), PO Box 112506, Juneau, AK 99811, states that the project purpose is to provide increased recreational and subsistence opportunities on Baranof Island within National Forest System (NFS) lands of the Tongass National Forest, Sitka Ranger District, land access to Native Corporation Public Notice of Application for Permit (Shee Atiká and Sealaska) lands by shareholders, and opportunity for development of new material sources on State, Federal, and Native Corporation lands. Work being proposed includes the discharge of fill material into waters of the U.S., including wetlands, work would also include re-routing a total of 370 linear feet of stream reach from five stream channels. The streams would be returned to the natural drainage route down-gradient of the proposed re-routed stream reaches. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-22), dated April 23, 2020. The project site is located within Section 25, T. 54 S., R. 63 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Sitka A-4 and A-5; Latitude 57.155258º N., Longitude 135.330064º W.; proposed project begins at the terminus of Halibut Point Road for the construction of 9.3 miles of new road and the reconditioning of 2.2 miles of existing National Forest Road, near Sitka, Alaska. Please contact Randal Vigil at (907) 790-4491, or by email at: Randal.P.Vigil@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

22 Apr 2020

POA-2020-00178, Campbell Creek

Expiration date: 5/22/2020

A-1 Lawn & Landscaping, 6727 Old Seward Highway, Anchorage AK, 99518, states that the project purpose is to operate a topsoil pit, snow dump, and process recycle green waste into compost. Work being proposed includes, to excavate 6,075 cubic yards (CY) of overburden and vegetation and excavate 49,680 CY of organic material (peat) from 3.2 acres of wetlands to a depth of 8 feet to process as topsoil on site with a soil screening plant. Fill in the excavation with class c type fill material (rock and gravel) from outside sources. Create a settling pond for drainage, create berms around perimeter of property to contain drainage from snow dump. The project site is located within Section 18, T. 12 N., R. 3 W., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Anchorage A-8 SW; Latitude 61.128º N., Longitude 149.876º W.; Maui Industrial Park, Tract 3 Lots 3, 4, and 5; located off of Olive Lane in Anchorage, Alaska. Please contact Bryan Herczeg at (907) 753-2772, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at: bryan.a.herczeg@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

21 Apr 2020

POA-1986-00806, Knik Arm

Expiration date: 5/20/2020

The Municipality of Anchorage, Port of Alaska, 2000 Anchorage Port Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, States that the project purpose is to excavate silt that has accumulated over the course of the winter so that the Port of Alaska can install floating docks to ensure boaters may have safe moorage after launching their small boats. The purpose for dredging also is to ensure that all boaters can launch and retrieve their vessels at various stages of the tides. Work being proposed includes: To dredge and discharge fill material into Knik Arm, at the Anchorage Ship Creek Small Boat Launch Facility. Such activities include annual dredging using a bulldozer, to remove approximately 4,800 cubic yards of sediment from a previously authorized dredge area of 0.37-acre and a new 0.32-acre area south of the launch. Dredging is required to remove accumulated sediment from the south/north boat launch ramps and the area adjacent to the sheetpile dock. Dredged material would be disposed of by pushing it seaward with the bulldozer into a 150-foot-wide x 420-foot- long (1.45 acre) area west of the boat launch. All work would occur below mean high water and would occur during the spring minus tides. The dredging would take place annually between April and June. The project site is located within Knik Arm, Section 12, T. 13 N., R. 4 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Anchorage A-8; Latitude 61.2254º N., Longitude -149.9065º W.; in Anchorage, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Please contact Ms. Arianne Logwood at (907) 753-5556, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at: Arianne.n.logwood@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.