Public Notices

11 Mar 2022

POA-1977-00016, Sagavanirktok River_PN

Expiration date: 4/8/2022

Mr. Matt Dunn, North Slope Borough, Service Area 10, P.O. Box 69, Utqiagvik, Alaska 99723. Email: MattC.Dunn@north-slope.org; telephone: 907-852-0253, states the purpose is to divert erosional water flow away from the SA-10 reservoir, with the goal of returning flow conditions as they were prior to the mining that occurred upstream in 2006. Construction of an approximate 9,950 foot channel along the westerly Sag River floodplain, which would redirect waters away from the reservoir walls and into other existing channels of the Sag River. Material removed to form the channel will be used to construct an approximate 8,100 foot dike (berm) westerly of the proposed channel, between the proposed channel and the western bank of the River. The dike is necessary to prevent waters from continuing to flow towards the reservoir walls, especially during in high water events. The project site is located within Sections 20 & 29, T. 10N., R.15 E., Umiat Meridian; Point Roberts OE N; near Latitude 70.19669º N., Longitude 148.386947º W.; North Slope Borough, in the Sagavanirktok river channel east of the existing NANA SA-10 freshwater reservoir in Deadhorse, Alaska. Please contact Steve Moore at (907) 753-5713, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at stephen.a.moore2@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

10 Mar 2022

POA-2018-00075, Ikalukrok Creek_PN

Expiration date: 4/8/2022

Teck America Inc., Ms. Leslie Olmstead, 501 N. Riverpoint #300, Spokane, WA 99202, Phone: 509-747-611, Email: leslie.olmstead@teck.com, states the purpose is to develop a gravel road and work pads, to provide safe year-round overland access and foundations for support facilities to allow a multi-year exploration drilling campaign to assess the technical characteristics and economic viability of the Aktigiruq and Anarraaq mineral deposits. Teck America Inc.’s proposed project includes: 6 gravel pads in 37.20 acres to construct an exploration camp, water treatment plant, equipment laydown areas, an underground access mining exploration portal, underground vents, and associated infrastructure; 55 culverts; 5 bridges; 5 gravel roads totaling 12.34 miles in 101.60 acres; 4 material sites in 43.5 acres. The project site is located within T. 31N. R.18W. Section 18; T. 32N. R. 18W. Sections 18, 19, 30, 31; T. 31N. R. 19W. Sections 1, 12, 13; T. 32N. R. 19W. Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 36; Kateel River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Delong Mountains A-2; Exploration Access Road Origin Latitude 68.0826º N., Longitude 162.8839º W.; Exploration Access Road Terminus Latitude 68.1596º N., Longitude 162.9570º W.; Support Facilities Area Latitude 68.1795º N., Longitude 162.9567º W; Project begins at the Red Dog Mine; near Kivalina, Alaska, and Noatak, Alaska. 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.

4 Mar 2022

POA-2003-00053-M2, Norton Sound PN

Expiration date: 4/3/2022

Mr. Craig C. Coggins, P.O. Box 1435, Nome, Alaska 99762; Phone 907 299-4292. Email: cogginsacak@gmail.com, states the purpose is to conduct offshore suction dredging for gold. Conduct an offshore suction dredging operation, using a 20-inch diameter suction nozzle mounted on a 12-ton, 30-foot long by x 8 foot wide, underwater, custom-built track crawler. The crawler operation is supported by a 66 foot by 20 foot landing craft vessel, anchored offshore and working in 40 to 60-foot depth waters. The dozer moves seabed gravels and cobbles 11/16th inch-plus size into 2-to-3-foot-high rows of tailings. 11/16th-minus sized materials are sucked up by the dredge hose, pumped to the vessel, sluiced, and returned to the ocean floor through an 8 inch diameter hose, 20-to-30 feet below the surface. Up to 20 cubic yards per hour of material would be processed. All dredged materials are returned to the ocean floor in approximately the same location from which they were removed, with reclamation conducted concurrently. The support boat would be serviced from the Nome Boat Harbor. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-3), dated March 3, 2022. The project site is located offshore from Nome, Alaska, within Alaska Department of Natural Resources' 2011 Lease Sale Tracts and Alaska Division of Lands parcels. A map and list of the parcels and tracts is on Sheet 1, attached. Please contact lesliewtose@me.com at (907) 753-5515, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at leslie.w.tose@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

24 Feb 2022

POA-2022-00055, Nushagak River_PN

Expiration date: 3/26/2022

Nushagak Cooperative; Trung Vo, 907-842-5251, states the purpose is to install new fiber optic cable to Aleknagik and Dillingham via connection to an existing fiber optic cable in the Levelock area. This will provide needed middle mile transport to the Nushagak Telephone Cooperative exchange area allowing the offering of improved broadband for those areas, with the additional benefit of potential backhaul for the provider at Ekwok. With the installation of this new "middle mile" fiber optic cable, new Fiber To The Home (FTTH) will be installed in the Village of Aleknagik. Upon completion, both Aleknagik and Dillingham will be brought up to current standards for available broadband, and in tum will also provide increased broadband for schools and medical facilities. The applicant proposes to discharge 6,755-cubic yards of fill into 57.5-acres of Waters of the United States (WOUS), including wetlands, to install approximately 70 miles of fiber optic cable between the cities of Aleknagik, Ekwok, and Levelock, Alaska. The proposed project would result in less than 0.01-acres permanent impacts and 57.49-acres temporary impacts to WOUS. Vegetation would be cut and grubbed along the route to allow passage of trenching equipment and crews. Trenching equipment would excavate a 6-inch-wide slot by 2-feet deep, temporarily side cast excavated material, install the fiber optic cable, and then backfill the trench. Boring equipment would be used at 7 river crossings, to install the cable a minimum of 3.5-feet under the riverbed. Splice vaults to provide access to the buried cable would be set in place every 20,000 feet, and at both sides of a river boring. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-61), dated January 22, 2022. The linear project site is located within multiple Townships, Ranges, and Sections (see plan sheets); Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Maps Dillingham B-8 SE, B-7 SW, B-7 SE, B-6 SW, B-6 SE, B-5 SW, B-5 SE, B-4 SW, B-4 SE, A-4 NE, A-3 NW, A-3 NE; between terminus at Latitude 59.26756º N., Longitude 158.62652º W. and terminus at Latitude 59.15734º N., Longitude 156.88230º W.; the project runs cross country from Aleknagik to Ekwok and a point approximately three miles north of Levelock, Alaska. Please contact Jason Brewer at (907) 753-2823, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Jason.D.Brewer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

11 Feb 2022

POA-2020-00523 Beluga Lake_PN

Expiration date: 3/14/2022

Trilogy Development LLC, Point of Contact: Jason Weisser, Post Office Box 2913, Homer, Alaska 99603 states the purpose is to create affordable residential parcels served by municipal services within the City of Homer to meet the continued high demand from existing residents who currently rent, and incoming residents, for such parcels. A total of 40 parcels, many at the minimum size allowed by the city for the zoning district, would be created by this project. The applicant proposes to discharge 2,696 cubic yards of granular fill into 0.67 acre of wetlands to construct roadways, utility lines, driveways and building pads for the development of the 40-parcel Jack Gist Subdivision No. 3. Additionally, there would be 6,051 square foot (0.14 acre) of permanent wetland impacts through hydrologic isolation (impoundment), resulting in overall permanent impacts to 0.81 acre of waters of the U.S., including wetlands. The above includes 2,200 cubic yards of fill into 0.55 acre of wetlands for right-of-way, utility locate and road construction and 496 cubic yards of fill into 0.12 acre of wetlands for lot development consisting of driveway and house pad construction. Building lots containing wetland would have utility lines installed within the proposed driveway alignment to avoid additional wetland impacts. Wetland impacts due to driveway and building limits for each lot are shown on Sheets 3 and 4. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-35), dated January 20, 2022. The project site is located within Section 15, T. 6 S., R. 13 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Seward C-4; Latitude 59.6581º N., Longitude 151.4853º W.; Kenai Peninsula Borough Parcel 179-010-29, Jack Gist Subdivision No. 2, Lot 1-B; between Meadow-Wood Place Subdivision and the Jack Gist Softball and Disc Golf Park, in Homer, Alaska. Please contact Ms. 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.