Public Notices

3 Apr 2025

POA-2025-00140 Boulder Creek PN

Expiration date: 5/5/2025

Kawerak, Incorporated, Mr. Ben Payenna; stated the purpose is to improve surface transportation of goods and supplies including fuels, between the barge landing at Tin City and the community of Wales as identified in the Wales 2023-Long Range Transportation Plan. PROPOSED WORK: Approximately 47,000 cubic yards of fill material would permanently fill about 8.89 acres of palustrine wetlands and 0.04 acre of riverine areas including 575 linear feet of creek for improvements along about 4.25 miles of existing roadway. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plans (sheets 1-14), dated 2/10/2025. Please contact John Sargent at (907) 347-1801, or by email at John.C.Sargent@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

2 Apr 2025

POA-2025-00081 Tanana River PN

Expiration date: 5/5/2025

John Binkley, Godspeed Leasing, LLC; stated the purpose is construct a gravel road to access their property and existing cabin, which is currently only accessible by snowmachine or foot. PROPOSED WORK The applicant proposes to discharge up to 15,000 cubic yards of fill into 1.9 acres of wetlands to construct a new road; and excavate up to 15,000 cubic yards of gravel from 2.1 acres below the ordinary high water (OHW) of the Tanana River. The proposed road would measure approximately 4,067 linear feet in total, with 3,208 linear feet of road length requiring discharge in wetlands. The proposed alignment would begin at Rosie Creek Trail, an existing gravel road, and extend eastward to the applicant’s property. The roadbed would measure 26 feet wide at the toe slope, with an 18-foot wide road surface, 1:2 side slopes, and 4 foot wide shoulders. Additionally, two feet on either side of the road would be cleared of woody vegetation using a Fecon mulching head. Vegetation would be cleared without disturbance to the ground surface or soils. Approximately 2,500 linear feet of road would be located along a previously cleared property line boundary, reducing the requisite amount of land clearing. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-5), dated March 2025. Please contact Gwen Jacobson at (907) 347-5802, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Gwendolyn.A.Jacobson@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

27 Mar 2025

POA-2014-00064_Kuskokwim River Revised PN

Expiration date: 4/28/2025

On March 15, 2022, the Alaska District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a public notice for Department of the Army (DA) permit number POA-2014-00064, Kuskokwim River for a DA permit application from Knik Construction for the Bethel Yard Dock to construct an open-cell steel bulkhead dock along approximately 1,100 linear feet of the Kuskokwim River shoreline at an average depth of -15 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). The project site is located within Section 17, T. 8 N., R. 71 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bethel D-8; Latitude 60.7790º N., Longitude 161.7756º W.; two river miles downstream from Bethel, Alaska. This public notice revision is to note that a primary purpose of the proposed Bethel Yard Dock is to facilitate transportation supply logistics for the Donlin Gold Project. The proposed project is a connected action to the Donlin Gold Project as indicated in the Donlin Gold Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The proposed project will allow for temporary storage of fuel and cargo as well as the transfer of cargo and fuel between ocean barges and river barges related to the Donlin Gold FEIS. Please contact Carolyn Farmer at (561) 785-5634, or by email at carolyn.h.farmer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

25 Mar 2025

POA-2023-00172 Hammer Slough PN

Expiration date: 4/25/2025

Petersburg Medical Center (PMC); Philip Hofstetter; stated the purpose is to extend the road to connect Haugen Drive to Excel Street, for routing emergency vehicles and hospital visitors from downtown and north Petersburg. The proposed water line connection would provide a loop to improve pressure and limit users effected by repairs or emergency shutoff of the water system. PROPOSED WORK: The applicant is proposing to discharge 6,267 cubic yards of structural fill into 0.32-acre of palustrine wetlands in order to create an additional emergency access route and water line access to the Petersburg Medical Center. Overburden generated by access route and water line construction would be hauled to an existing material site near the rock quarry. The work would start the summer of 2025 and be completed in the fall of 2025. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4) dated March 12, 2025. Please contact Estrella Campellone at (907) 753-2518, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Estrella.f.campellone@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

20 Mar 2025

POA-1979-00412 Knik Arm PN

Expiration date: 4/21/2025

Tom Adams, Matanuska Susitna Borough; stated the purpose is to construct a new sloped haulout ramp for marine barges and other watercraft at Port Mackenzie. The ramp would allow barges to be grounded on a rising tide and then pulled up onto uplands for storage and inspection. The proposed haulout is intended to improve existing infrastructure to increase frequency and diversity of use at the Port, thereby reducing land transportation from other ports; and to serve as a back-up facility in the event of disruption to the Port of Alaska or road or rail supply lines. PROPOSED WORK: The applicant proposes to discharge 10,300 cubic yards of rip rap and 49,300 cubic yards of sand and gravel fill into 2.8 acres of Knik Arm below the high tide line (HTL). Prior to ramp installation, approximately 3,050 cubic yards of riprap and 38,500 cubic yards of soft marine deposits would be excavated from the same 2.8-acre footprint. Excavated riprap would be temporarily stockpiled on the Port uplands and reused to armor the toe of the new ramp, resulting in a net volume of 43,000 cubic yards of fill. Excavated sediments would be disposed of at a nearby upland disposal facility. . Please contact Gwen Jacobson at (907) 347-5802, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Gwendolyn.A.Jacobson@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.