Public Notices

25 Jun 2025

POA-2006-01418-M8 Tongass Narrows PN

Expiration date: 7/28/2025

Mr. Ethan Berto, Ketchikan Dock Company, LLC.; stated the purpose is to upgrade Berth IV so that it can safely accommodate a class of increasingly larger cruise ships docking in Ketchikan. Currently, Berth IV is unable to accommodate large, modern cruise ships built to support a significantly larger capacity of cruisers than those typically seen in Ketchikan at the of Berth IV’s 2007 construction. PROPOSED WORK: The proposed project would be the eighth (8) modification to the original permit. The applicant proposes to remove existing structures and expand the dock. The proposed project is anticipated to begin in January 2026, and construction would take three (3) to four (4) months to complete. Pile installation activities are expected to occur approximately 305 hours over 64 non-consecutive days. The total project timeline is not expected to last more than six (6) months. The construction timeline takes into account the mobilization of materials and potential delays due to delayed material deliveries, equipment maintenance, inclement weather, and shutdowns that may occur to prevent impacts to protected species. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-8), dated June 6, 2025. Please contact Hayley Farrer at (907) 753-2778, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Hayley.M.Farrer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

18 Jun 2025

POA-2024-00028 Mud Bay PN

Expiration date: 7/3/2025

Russell Thomas, Gateway Aviation II, LLC stated the purpose is to provide a storage and maintenance facility for its use, and for initial use by other closely held businesses tied to the applicant. The facility must be located adjacent to the water to remove vessels from the water. The facility would likely store aircrafts, large passenger vessels, heavy construction equipment, fleet vehicles, and small watercrafts. The development footprint was designed to accommodate inside storage, as well as outside storage, and provide space to remove large vessels from the water by truck and trailer (up to 80 feet in length) and move them around the property and/or into the building. PROPOSED WORK: Place 22,925 cubic yards of shot rock, 2,670 cubic yards of D-1 crushed base, 2,100 cubic yards of armor rock, and 3,150 square yards (0.65-acre) of filter fabric into 3.7 acres of wetlands and 0.445-acre of tidelands to construct a storage and maintenance facility. A rock pad measuring approximately 660 feet long by 270 feet wide would be used as the foundation for the facility. A 50-foot-wide by 114-foot-long haul out ramp would be placed below the mean high water mark (MHWM) (14.6 feet) into Mud Bay. A total of approximately 789 linear feet of perennial stream would be diverted. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-8), dated May 12, 2025. Please contact Olivia Ortiz at (907) 753-2586, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Olivia.K.Ortiz@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

16 Jun 2025

POA-2018-00302 Miluveach River PN

Expiration date: 7/2/2025

Ms. Ana E. Fisk, Afognak Leasing, LLC. stated the purpose is advise the public that the following request associated with the Cama’I Gravel Pad has been submitted for a Department of the Army (DA) permit under the provisions of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. In EO 14156 the President declared a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621) based upon the finding that the United States’ insufficient energy production, transportation, refining, and generation constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to our Nation’s economy, national security, and foreign policy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Alaska District has found that this permit request meets the terms of EO 14156 and is therefore subject to special emergency permitting procedures to address an energy supply situation which would result in an unacceptable hazard to life, a significant loss of property, or an immediate, unforeseen, and significant economic hardship if corrective action requiring a permit is not undertaken within a time period less than the normal time needed to process the application under standard procedures. The Alaska District will implement the special processing procedures approved by Pacific Ocean Division in accordance with 33 CFR § 325.2(e)(4). PROPOSED WORK: The applicant proposes the discharge of approximately 135,500 cubic yards of fill resulting in impacts to 16.24 acres of palustrine wetland to facilitate the completion of the Cama’i gravel pad. The project received prior authorization on May 15, 2019, though the work was not completed before the April 30, 2024, expiration. The original project intent was to construct the pad in three phases, though the original phasing timeline has passed, therefore, the project would be fully constructed with the issuance of this proposal. Comments and requests for additional information should be submitted electronically to Drew Sliger by email at drew.e.sliger@usace.army.mil or via the Regulatory Request System at https://rrs.usace.army.mil/rrs.

13 Jun 2025

POA-2025-00278 West Fork Comeback Creek PN

Expiration date: 7/14/2025

Mr. Drew Miller, Taiga Mining Company Inc, stated the purpose is to economically recover placer gold resources in the lower reaches of the West Fork of Comeback Creek drainage. PROPOSED WORK: The applicant proposes to discharge fill material into approximately 18.5 acres of wetlands during placer mining activities. Approximately 3,300 linear feet of incised stream channel (average 5 to 6 feet wide by 3-foot high banks, and 0.5 feet to 2.5 feet water depth) would be diverted into a temporary 3,450-foot bypass stream channel during mining. The bypass channel would be 6 to 8 feet wide, with 4-foot-high banks. After mining is completed the bypass stream would be reclaimed with connecting ponds, shallow littoral areas, and wetlands. A 2,740 linear foot 15- to 20-foot-wide gravel access road would be constructed that would fill about 0.18 acres of wetlands. For access to the mine site a temporary bridge would span the channel at Aloha Creek. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-7), dated June 9, 2025. Please contact John Sargent at (907) 314-1801 or by email at John.C.Sargent@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

13 Jun 2025

POA-2020-00147-M1 Sagavanirktok River PN

Expiration date: 6/30/2025

Hilcorp North Slope, LLC, stated the purpose is to support and maintain the integrity of bridge supports over the Sagavanirktok (Sag) River. PROPOSED WORK: The Applicant states that the scope of this project is to improve flow under the Sagavanirktok (Sag) River vehicle bridge and pipe bridge, by dredging and recontouring the river bottom to follow the natural slope of the riverbed. This would be done by removing approximately 45,000 cubic yards of material from 13 acres of riverbed, focusing on excavating high areas down to 4 feet above sea level elevation and filling low areas to 4 feet above sea level elevation. Additional areas downstream of the bridges would be scoured to remove gravel that tends to plug the pump supplying water for Prudhoe Bay Operations Center (PBOC). Leftover material would also be placed in the bridge bulkhead area to replenish the east bank. Please contact Andrew Kastning at (907) 753-2554, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Andrew.C.Kastning@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.