Public Notices

6 Apr 2018

POA-1991-836

Expiration date: 5/7/2018

Brian Elliott, with Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities stated purpose is to bring the highway up to current standards for a rural principal arterial to efficiently and safely serve through-traffic, local community traffic, and traffic bound for recreation destinations in the area, both now and in the future. In achieving this transportation purpose, Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (AKDOT&PF) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recognize the importance of protecting the Kenai River corridor. The Project site is located within Sections 19, 25-30, 36, T. 5 N., R. 3 W., Sections 23, 24, 26-32, T. 5 N., R. 4 W., Sections 35, 36, T. 5 N., R. 5 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Maps Seward B-8, Seward C-8, and Kenai B-1; Latitude 60.51º N., Longitude 149.90º W.; near Cooper Landing, Alaska. SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATION: The project is located within the Chugach National Forest and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is proposing to permanently discharge up to 771,510 cubic yards (cy) of Type A, B, and C material into 39.2 acres of waters of the U.S., including wetlands, and relocate up to 5,000 linear feet of stream for the installation and replacement of 61 culverts throughout the project site. In addition to the permanent fill activities, the applicant is also proposing to temporarily fill up to 5.9 acres of wetlands to facilitate the construction. The impacts to waters of the U.S., including wetlands, is for the upgrading of four miles of the existing Sterling Highway and the construction of 10 new miles of road north of Cooper Landing, Alaska. Please contact Andy Mitzel at (907) 753-2689, by fax at (907) 420-0813, or by email at andy.mitzel@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

28 Mar 2018

POA-2015-486

Expiration date: 3/23/2018

Mr. Brad Thomas, with ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (CPAI), Post Office Box 100360, Anchorage, Alaska 99510, e-mail address Brad.C.Thomas@conocophillips.com, direct telephone line 907-263-4741, and fax number 907-265-1515.907-754-5139, states that the purpose is to construct a road-accessible drillsite, associated pipelines, and ancillary facilities to safely develop, produce, and transport hydrocarbons from the GMT2 reservoir to the existing Alpine Central Processing Facility (ACF) at Colville Delta 1 (CD1) and eventually to market at a reasonable rate of financial return. The project would produce 3-phase hydrocarbons (oil, gas, and water) which would be carried by pipeline to the ACF at CD1 for processing. Sales-quality crude oil produced at the ACF would be transported from CD1 via the existing Alpine Sales Oil Pipeline and Kuparuk Pipeline to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) for shipment to market. The entirety of the project is located on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska near the Beaufort Sea and west of the Colville River, approximately 12 miles northwest of Nuiqsut, Alaska, within the following areas: • Sections 1, 11, 12, 14, 22, 23, 27, 32-34 of Township (T) 10 North (N), Range (R) 2 East (E), Umiat Meridian (UM); • Section 6 of T. 10 N., R. 3 E., UM; • Sections 24-28, 31-33 of T. 11 N., R. 3 E., UM; • Sections 12-19 of T. 11 N., R. 4 E., UM; • Sections 5-7 of T. 11 N., R. 5 E., UM; • U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangle Maps Harrison Bay A-2 and Harrison Bay A-3. 70.1730° North, -150.6934° West (GMT2 Drill Pad); Proposed Work: CPAI proposes the placement of 674,300 cubic yards (cy) of clean fill material into 78.1 acres, of which 77.9 acres are WOUS, including wetlands (see Table 1 of Public Notice), to construct: ▪ An 8.2-mile gravel access road (62.8 acres total; 62.6 acres in WOUS); ▪ A drill pad with 48-well capacity at GMT2 (14.0 acres in WOUS); ▪ Three vehicle pullout pads (0.4 acre each in WOUS) for safety and subsistence activity access; and ▪ Vertical Support Members (VSM) for 8.6-mile pipeline from GMT1 to GMT2 (total fill footprint of 0.1 acre in WOUS). Please contact Mr. Steve Moore by e-mail message at stephen.a.moore2@usace.army.mil, direct telephone line at 907-753-5713, toll free from within Alaska at 800-478-2712, or by fax at 907-753-5567 if you have questions or need further information concerning this PN.

21 Mar 2018

POA-1984-12-M51

Expiration date: 4/20/2018

Chris Eckert, (with Teck Alaska Incorporated), 3105 Lakeshore Drive, Bldg. A, Suite 101, Anchorage, Alaska, 99517, Tel. 907-754-5139, email: chris.eckert@teck.com, states that the purpose is to expand the Red Dog Mine’s Tailings Storage Facility and Waste Dump facility to contain mill material and waste rock from the Red Dog Mine’s Aqqaluk and Qanaiyaq deposits. The project site is located within Section 29, T. 31N., R. 18W., Kateel River Meridian; Latitude 68.0520º N., Longitude 162.8479º W.; near Kivalina, Alaska. The applicant proposes the following: • Waste dump facility and access road: Placement of contaminated waste rock from Aqqaluk and Qanaiyaq deposits into 31.7 acres, including uplands and wetlands. • Tailings storage pond: The placement of 68,085 cubic yards of clean fill into 12 acres of uplands, and the placement of 20,104 cubic yards of clean gravel into 12.5 acres of wetlands to raise the level of the Red Dog Mine Tailings Pond. This will include raising all sides of the tailings pond, including the main and back dams from 986 feet to 1,006 feet above mean sea level in phases between 2018 and 2024. The main haul road will also be relocated to accommodate the back dam raise. • All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed main waste dump extension plans (sheets 1-3), dated March 8, 2018 and tailings pond expansion (sheet 1) dated March 8, 2018. Please contact Janet Post at (907) 753-2831, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at janet.l.post@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

15 Mar 2018

POA-2017-00212

Expiration date: 4/16/2018

Mr. Drew McLaughlin (Ridge Contracting, Inc.) stated the purpose is to build storage in a highly visible and easily accessible location for storage of commercial and personal belongings. The project site is located within Section 18, T. 12 N., R. 3 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Anchorage A-8; Latitude 61.1372º N., Longitude 149.8876º W.; the site is located at the southern end of C Street between Diamond Boulevard and Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Alaska. The applicant proposes to construct a structural pad on the subject property to support a 56-unit garage and storage facility. Overburden, slash and peat excavated from the site and not used for a proposed buffer around the property would either be disposed of at a local soil manufacturer or brought to the AS&G organic disposal facility located near Sand Lake Road. Approximately 80,000 cubic yards of structural fill would be placed filling approximately 4.27 acres of wetlands. Once final grade has been met, concrete foundations would be poured for the structures and asphalt driveways and surfaces would be installed. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-5), dated March 14, 2018. Please contact Mr. Jesse DeWitt at (907) 753-2719, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at jesse.l.dewitt@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

15 Mar 2018

POA-2018-00082

Expiration date: 3/30/2018

Brice Conklin stated that the purpose is to develop a gravel mine site. The project site is located within Section 2, T. 11 S., R. 22 W., Kateel Meridian; USGS Quad Map Solomon C-3; Latitude 64.56208º N., Longitude 163.0137º W.; north of Golovin, Alaska. The applicant proposes to perform Mechanized land clearing of 1.01 acres for the development of a 210’ x 210’ gravel mine site in order to mine 15,000 cubic yards (cy) of Crushed Aggregate Surface Course (CASC) material and the placement of approximately 85 cy of fill material into 0.017 acre for the construction of a 30’ x 25’ access road, with a total impact to 1.03 acres of wetlands. Overburden and materials not meeting CASC specifications would be stockpiled in the Existing Landfill Pit #1 as shown on sheet 2 of 5. Work is proposed to start May 15, 2018 with mining being completed by June 1, 2018. Ground disturbance would be completed by May 19, 2018, to conform to the bird window of May 20 – July 20. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-5), dated March 5, 2018. Please contact Mary Romero at (907) 753-2773, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at mary.r.romero@usace.army mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.