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7 Jan 2022
POA-1981-00312-M5, Beluga Lake_PN

Expiration date: 1/24/2022
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) (Heidi Zimmer), PO Box 196900, Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6900 stated the purpose is to improve safety for runway operations, taxiing, and aircraft parking; extend the service life of airport facilities; and increase availability of leased tie-down facilities for General Aviation users. The applicant’s stated purpose is to improve safety for runway operations, taxiing, and aircraft parking; extend the service life of airport facilities; and increase availability of leased tie-down facilities for General Aviation users. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-10), dated December 3, 2021. The project site is located within Section 15, 21, and 22, T. 6 S., R. 13 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Seldovia C-4; Latitude 59.64249º N., Longitude 151.48474º W.; Homer Airport, in Homer, Alaska. Please contact Randal Vigil at (907) 201-5022, or by email at Randal.P.Vigil@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

POA-1981-00312-M5, Beluga Lake_PN
5 Jan 2022
POA-2001-00086, Thayer Creek_PN

Expiration date: 1/20/2022
Kootznoowoo, Incorporated (Jonathan J. Wunrow), 8585 Old Dairy Road, Suite 104, Juneau, AK 99801. The applicant stated the purpose is to bring reliable, lower-cost renewable energy to Angoon by constructing a financially viable and logistically feasible hydroelectric facility on Thayer Creek, which will reduce energy costs for Angoon and its consumption of and dependence on diesel fuel, and in turn, improve air quality in the community. The application requests authorization to place fill material into waters of the United States to construct the following project components: 1. A 19 foot high concrete gravity diversion structure at the head of the anadromous fish barrier falls on Thayer Creek that would create an approximately 0.7 acre impounded area. 2. A concrete intake structure and sluiceway on the northwestern abutment of the diversion structure (Diverted flow would first enter the sluiceway, then be drawn through a trashrack and into the penstock to reach the powerhouse). 3. A 72-inch diameter steel pipeline (penstock), approximately 85 feet long, to convey water from the intake structure to the powerhouse. 4. A powerhouse, approximately 30 feet long by 40 feet wide and 25 feet tall, to contain a vertical-axis Kaplan turbine and synchronous generator with a rated capacity of 800 to 850 kilowatts (kW). 5. A short tailrace channel to return flows to Thayer Creek near the base of the falls. 6. A small electrical switchyard located adjacent to the powerhouse. 7. An unpaved, gravel access route approximately 6.7 miles long, to provide reliable year-round access to the hydroelectric facility on Thayer Creek and along the overhead transmission line for construction and long-term maintenance, including bridges and culverts to maintain drainage and fish passage, as needed, and quarry site(s) adjacent to the access route to generate fill material for the road, staging areas, the switchyard, and the powerhouse site. 8. A 12.5-kilovolt overhead transmission line to transmit the power generated at Thayer Creek to Angoon, which would consist of two segments: a. An overhead transmission line, approximately 6.7 miles long, to transmit power from the switchyard to a transition staging area directly across from Angoon, and b. An approximately 1,400 foot long submarine cable in a directionally drilled micro-tunnel under Kootznahoo Inlet to an interconnection point in Angoon. 9. A marine barge landing and small boat boarding float on Kootznahoo Inlet (Stillwater Anchorage). The landing area’s drivable surface would be approximately 24 feet wide and 225 feet long. Ten 24-inch diameter steel pipe piles would be permanently installed below the Mean High Water Mark (approximate elevation +13 feet below the 0.0 foot contour) would support the boarding float. 10. A 125 by 200 foot staging and permanent storage yard upslope from the marine landing to facilitate construction and for long-term storage and maintenance, including quarry site(s) adjacent to the access route to generate fill material for staging areas and an access route connecting to the marine access point. 11. A 50 by 100 foot work area from which to conduct horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and transition the above-ground transmission line to a submarine cable in the directionally drilled micro-tunnel from Turn Point to Angoon. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-29), dated November 24, 2021. The project site is located within Section 35, T. 49 S., R. 67 E., Section 2, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25, T. 50 S., R. 67 E., and Section 30, T. 50 S., R. 68 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Sitka C-2; Latitude 57.553709º N., Longitude 134.600859º W.; near Angoon, Alaska. Please contact Randal Vigil at (907) 201-5022, or by email at Randal.P.Vigil@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

POA-2001-00086, Thayer Creek_PN
5 Jan 2022
POA-2021-00515, Zimovia Strait_PN

Expiration date: 1/20/2022
The City and Borough of Wrangell, P.O. Box 531, Wrangell, Alaska 99929, states the purpose is to provide parking and new trail access to Mt. Dewey Trail for recreational activities. Construction of an off-road parking lot and new recreational trail to the existing Mt. Dewey Trail. Specifically, the work will include discharge of approximately 1,770 cubic yards of fill material into 0.55 acres of palustrine wetland for construction of a 60-foot-long by 46-foot-wide parking lot with a 26-foot-long by 54-foot-wide driveway entrance from Airport Road and a 2,527-foot-long by 3 to 6-foot-wide recreational trail leading from the proposed parking lot to the existing Mt. Dewey Trail. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (Sheets 1-7), dated December 20, 2021. The project site is located within Section 30, T. 62 S., R. 84 E., Copper River Meridian; Latitude 56.480125º N., Longitude 132.378353º W.; in Wrangell, Alaska. Please contact Andrew Gregory at (907) 753-2791, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Andrew.W.Gregory@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

POA-2021-00515, Zimovia Strait_PN