Public Notices

18 Feb 2016

POA-1998-979-M1 Dutch Harbor

Expiration date: 3/21/2016

The applicant’s stated purpose is to provide additional berthing capacity within Dutch Harbor at the Light Cargo Dock (LCD). The LCD currently acts an overflow area for the nearby Unalaska Marine Center (UMC) Dock and also provides berthing space for other commercial and private users. The applicant proposes to expand the existing LCD, including: 1) the removal of two existing dolphins and catwalks (six 36-inch diameter steel king piles would be removed with a vibratory hammer, with batter piles cut off at the surface and buried); 2) removal of the existing armor rock between the existing bulkheads; 3) installation of an open cell sheet pile bulkhead backfilled with 5,800 cubic yards (cy) of gravel fill into 0.11 acre of navigable waters of the U.S.; 4) installation of five 36-inch diameter steel fender piles and four 24-inch support piles with an impact hammer [with ten temporary 18-inch diameter steel piles, installed with a vibratory hammer, for support during construction activities]; and, 5) construct a 0.20 acre concrete dock surface over new fill/sheet pile/fender piles. Work would occur over, and below, the high tide line (HTL, approximate elevation +6.7’ above the 0.0 foot contour) and mean high water mark (MHWM, approximate elevation +3.3’ above the 0.0 foot contour) of Dutch Harbor. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated January 4, 2016. Please contact Jen Martin at (907) 753-2730, by fax at (907) 420-0813, or by email at jen.l.martin@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

3 Feb 2016

POA-2016-030, Crooked Creek

Expiration date: 3/4/2016

The applicant, Mr. Sam Koppenberg's stated purpose is is gold recovery by the use of placer mining. PROPOSED WORK: The applicant’s proposed work is to mine gold from the 66.7 acre project site by using a mobile placer mining system consisting of an eight foot trammel with an eight foot sluice box and a three foot wide oversized conveyer. The project would involve the placement of fill, via mechanized landclearing in 64.7 acres of wetlands. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-6), dated December 28, 2015. Comments on the described work, with the reference number, should reach this office no later than the expiration date of this Public Notice to become part of the record and be considered in the decision. Please contact Laurel Gale at (907) 474-2166, by fax at (907) 474-2164, or by email at Laurel.A.Gale@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

28 Jan 2016

POA-2002-977, Beluga Slough

Expiration date: 2/12/2016

The applicant’s stated purpose is to “protect homes and property from erosion and loss, and to restore the gravel berm.” The applicant is proposing to relocate the existing Beluga Slough outlet channel 1000 feet (ft) northwest of the existing channel. The proposed project would require excavation of 2,000 cubic yards (cy) of material from below the mean high water mark (MHWM 17.3 ft) to construct a new outlet for Beluga Slough. Additionally 4,000 cy of material from above the MHWM will be excavated for the construction of the new outlet channel. The new outlet would be 10 ft wide at the base, by 500 ft long, and at the deepest point 8 ft deep with 10 to 1 side slopes at the completion of the construction. The excavation would be conducted during low tides while the project location is dewatered. The 2,200 cy of excavated material from the construction of the outlet would then be used to fill in the existing channel. The existing channel to be filled is 1,000 ft long, 20 ft wide, and 3 ft deep. The remaining 3,800 cy of material that would be excavated would be discharged below the high tide line (HTL 23.4 ft) over an area of 4 acres along the channel to be filled. The material would be smoothed and contoured to match the existing beach configuration. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated January 18, 2015. Please contact Andy Mitzel at (907) 753-2689, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 420-0813, or by email at andy.mitzel@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

22 Jan 2016

POA-1981-432-M5, Charlie Creek

Expiration date: 2/22/2016

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc's stated purpose is to expand the Kuparuk Construction Services (KCS) pad to support growth necessary for the continued development and production of oil and gas resources within the Kuparuk River Unit. Expand the KCS gravel pad approximately 58.6 acres by placing 502,000 cubic yards of gravel fill in wetlands. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated 05/12/15. The gravel will be obtained from Mine Site C or Mine Site E. The pad would be constructed in three phases and the gravel would be placed in the winter of 2016(Phase I), 2017(Phase II) and 2018(Phase III). Upon completion of phase three, the existing power poles on the northern edge of the existing KCS pad would be removed and the cables buried. 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.

22 Jan 2016

POA-2015-5825, Lake Colleen

Expiration date: 2/22/2016

Arctic Assets, LLC's stated purpose is to develop a gravel pad for a hangar along with a taxiway to connect to the existing Deadhorse Airport. The placement of 30,000 cubic yards (cy) of gravel into 3.503 acres of jurisdictional Palustrine emergent wetlands for the construction of a gravel pad for an airplane hanger and a taxiway to join the hanger to the taxiways adjacent to the Deadhorse Airport. 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.