4 Feb 2020

POA-2010-00650-M4, Tongass Narrows

Expiration date: 3/5/2020

Rick Olson, with Olson Marine, Inc., PO Box 1417, Ward Cove, Alaska 99928, states that the project purpose is to provide home port for a barge and tug operation, upgrade float design and increase uplands support area. Work being proposes includes: fill in a barge ramp that is located at the south end of Lot 27-32 (USS 1417, Plat P-3), ATS 78 Tract B, and ATS 1641 Tract B. This fill area is proposed to be 3,696 square feet (0.0848 acre). The barge ramp will be filled in with 1200 cubic yards of clean shot rock and material that has been removed from the Berth II pinnacle removal project. The barge ramp fill area, will have a retaining wall along the seaward side. The wall will be constructed of 320 cubic yards of riprap. The wall will be 121-feet long, with a total area of 664 square feet. Tie back and erosion fabric will be used as necessary with the construction of the wall. At the north part of the property, within Tract A, a 10-foot x 90-foot float (float 4) is proposed to be supported by the existing piles from the removed hanger. Float 4 will run parallel to the existing seawall. The previously permitted float (float 3) is proposed to be modified to 16-foot x 100-foot. The modification of float 3 will include the placement of three new 16 inch HDG steel piles, along with the use of the existing five piles. Float 3 will be perpendicular to the seawall. The project site is located at Section 9, Township 75 South, Range 90 East, Copper River Meridian; Latitude 55.387028º North, Longitude -131.738739º West; in Ward Cove, Alaska. Please contact Kendra Holman at (907) 753-5693, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at: Kendra.B.Holman@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

31 Jan 2020

Revised Public Notice-POA-POA-2019-00326, Gulf of Alaska

Expiration date: 2/20/2020

The time limit to submit comments on the proposed project has been extended to provide a total 30-day comment period. All comments should reach this office no later than the expiration date of this revised Public Notice to become part of the record and be considered in the decision. 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 Randal Vigil at (907) 790-4491or by email at: Randal.P.Vigil@usace.army.mil, if further information is desired concerning this notice.

24 Jan 2020

POA-2019-00536, Sitka Harbor

Expiration date: 2/10/2020

John Hardwick. 107A Toivo Circle, Sitka, AK 99835, states that the project purpose is to build a single family residence and a multi-family rental unit. The entire project would involve both wetlands and uplands, with the majority of the work occurring in uplands. The work would involve the discharge of 856 cubic yards (CY) of shot rock and 143 CY of D-1 gravel in 0.177 acres of wetlands in conjunction with the work in uplands to construct a building pad for a single residence and a multi-family residence. The project site is located within Section 35, T. 55 S., R. 63 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Sitka A-5; Latitude 57.06225º N., Longitude -135.359667º W.; From downtown Sitka. Please contact Delana Wilks at (907) 790-4494 or by email at: Delana.P.Wilks@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

21 Jan 2020

POA-2019-00326, Gulf of Alaska

Expiration date: 2/4/2020

Matthew J. St. John, with Northern Aurora Gold Corp., P.O. Box 386, Tok, AK 9978, states that the project purpose is to mine alluvial gold. Work being proposed includes the applicant's request for authorization to excavate 24,333 cubic yards of sand from 5.85 acres below the plane of the high tide line (HTL) (approximate elevation +12.8 feet above the 0.0 foot contour) and mean high water (MHW) (approximate elevation +9.2 feet above the 0.0 foot contour), and discharge into 5.85 acres below the HTL via slurry pump the excavated sand post wash plant processing to extract gold. The project site is located within Section 30, T. 21 S., R. 18 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bering Glacier A-4; Latitude 60.064101º N., Longitude 142.405104º W.; near Yakutat, Alaska. Please contact Randal Vigil at (907) 790-4491or by email at: Randal.P.Vigil@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

17 Jan 2020

POA-1996-00352, Quartz Creek

Expiration date: 2/18/2020

Mr. Jason Otteson, with NM Operations LLC (NM Ops), states that the project purpose is to produce commercial quantities of precious metals from alluvial deposits discovered on State of Alaska mining claims. Work being proposed includes: To recover precious metals from alluvial deposits in previously mined and in un-mined stream valleys on State of Alaska mining claims owned by Mammoth Valley Mining LLC and occurring on adjacent areas of Quartz Creek, Dahl Creek, North Fork, Joe Creek and Atlas Creek, which were previously mined under separate Regional General Permit (GP) POA-2014-55. Due to the fact these individual areas are operated as one mine, NM Operations LLC has submitted plans for the four areas under the following APMAs for an Individual Permit (404) that combines the activities of all four mine sites under a single plan and bond under F-9398 as an after-the-fact individual permit to cover impacts that exceeded coverage under the General Permit (GP) POA-2014-55 last year, and to cover proposed future impacts, as well as reclamation and restoration of aquatic resources. The adjacent project sites are located as follows: Lower Quartz Bench: The project site is located within Section 30, T. 1 S., R. 29 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3659º N., Longitude 164.7141º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. North Fork: The project site is located within Section 31, T. 1 S., R. 29 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3643º N., Longitude 164.7153º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Dahl Creek: The project site is located within Section 36, T. 1 S., R. 30 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3557º N., Longitude 164.7349º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Joe Creek: The project site is located within Section 25, T. 1 S., R. 30 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3694º N., Longitude 164.7332º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Atlas Creek: The project site is located within Section 25, T. 1 S., R. 30 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3668º N., Longitude 164.7509º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Camp: The project site is located within Section 31, T. 1 S., R. 29 W., Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bendeleben B-6; Latitude 65.3621º N., Longitude 164.7148º W.; 82 Mile Taylor Highway (a.k.a. Kougarok Road), near Nome, Alaska. Please contact Laurel A. Gale at (907) 458-1601, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Laurel.A.Gale@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.