Public Notices

12 Jul 2021

POA-2021-00145, Sukkwan Straight_PN

Expiration date: 8/11/2021

The City of Hydaburg, states the purpose of the project is to provide safe sewage treatment and disposal system. Work being proposed, dredging of 3,000 cubic yards (CY) of fill material in 0.31 acres below Mean High Water (MHW), blasting of 500 CY of rock within an area of 0.10 acres below MHW, and discharge of 2,732 CY of fill material into 0.31 acres below the High Tide Line (HTL) for the construction of four (4) 10-foot diameter sewage settling tanks (two 25,000 gallon and two 22,000 gallon tanks), an effluent pump station, and associated appurtenances. The proposed work also involves the discharge of 1,733 CY of fill material within an area of 0.32 acres below HTL for construction of a 14-foot-high by 30-foot-wide temporary berm which will be in place for approximately 6-weeks. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-7), dated May 2021. The project site is located within Section 12, T. 77 S., R. 83 E., Copper River Meridian; Latitude 55.205º N., Longitude 132.8277º W.; near Hydaburg, Alaska. Please contact Andrew Gregory at (907) 753-2791, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at: Andrew.W.Gregory@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

2 Jul 2021

POA-2003-00764, Passage Canal_PN

Expiration date: 8/2/2021

Mr. Scott Korbe, with the City of Whittier, states the project purpose is to improve access to federal and state lands, alleviate pressure on Whittier’s regional transportation system, and realize potential economic growth. Specifically, the project is focused on providing access to federal and state coastal lands and uplands along Passage Canal, on Trinity Point, and within Prince William Sound; and provide access to City land for recreation and development. Work being proposed, project would result in the permanent discharge of up to approximately 74,000 cubic yards (CY) of fill material into approximately 12.9-acres of wetland and the discharge of up to approximately 1,010 CY of fill material into approximately 1.09-acres of streambed below the ordinary high-water mark. Additionally, the proposed project would result in temporary impacts of up to approximately 220 CY of fill material into approximately 0.13-acre of wetland and streams. The applicant proposes to extend the existing Shotgun Cove Road approximately 2.5-miles from its current terminus (mile 2.0) onto U.S. Forest Service (USFS) land at Trinity Point (mile 4.5), which includes, the construction of nine (9) new parking areas, eight (8) new spur/access roads, and minor safety improvements to two (2) portions of existing trail. The new main road and spur roads would be composed of a layer of shot rock overlain by 20-inches of Type A selected material and 6-inches of grade E-1 aggregate surface course. The new main road would have two (2) 10-foot wide gravel travel lanes and 5-foot wide gravel shoulders on each side. The spur roads would have two (2) 9-foot wide gravel travel lanes. The new parking areas would have capacities ranging from 8 to 50 cars and would be composed of a 16-inch shot rock gravel pad, overlain by 20 inches of type A selected material, and topped by 6 inches of grade E-1 aggregate surface course. Trail safety improvements would be conducted along two (2) areas of the existing Emerald Cove Trail near proposed parking areas and would consist of adding a 12-inch layer of selected material over the trail while widening the trail to a width of 4-feet. Due to the steep grade within portions of the project corridor, rock cut blasting and subgrade blasting techniques would be utilized. Blasted rock material would be collected and used for embankments and roadway structural sections. Culverted crossings with rock riprap at the outlet would be installed at major creeks and various small drainage features, including wetlands, along the length of the main road and spur roads. Culvert diameters would range from 36 to 60 inches with larger culverts being installed at major crossings. Four (4) major crossings were identified along the project corridor (i.e. Station 184+50, Station 186+50, east of Station 197+00, & west of Station 197+00) which would require the installation to culverts designed for resident fish passage. A 60-inch diameter round corrugated metal pipe (CMP) culvert would be used at Stations 184+50 and 186+50, a 20-foot wide single radius arch culvert would be installed west of Station 197+00, and a 9-foot wide single radius arch culvert would be installed east of Station 197+00. The project is estimated to commence in Spring 2022 and may take 5-10 construction seasons (i.e. years) to complete; not necessarily consecutive. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (Figures 1-45), dated June 2021. The project site is located within Sections 3, 8, 9, & 17, T. 8N, R. 5E, at approximately Latitude 60.797732º N., Longitude 148.596515º W; in Whittier, Alaska. From the Whittier Tunnel (Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel), continue onto W Camp Rd towards Whittier. Turn right onto Whittier Street. Continue onto Blackstone Rd. Turn right onto Shotgun Cove Road. Project begins at existing Shotgun Cove Road terminus (mile 2.0). Please contact Daniel Delgado at (907) 753-2586, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at: Daniel.I.Delgado@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

28 Jun 2021

POA-1983-00359-M42, Chukchi Sea_PN

Expiration date: 7/28/2021

Mr. Jesse Peterson, with Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, states the project purpose is to conduct annual maintenance dredging and beach nourishment at the DeLong Mountain Transportation System Port, which services the Red Dog Mine, in western Alaska. The proposed project, dredge up to 500,000 cubic yards (cy) of subsurface marine material for a period of 10 years (an average of 50,000 cubic yards annually) from an 8.5-acre area of located within navigable waters of the U.S. Materials would be dredged to a depth of minus 22 feet elevation (relative to 0 feet Mean Low Lower Water) waterward of the mean high-water mark. Discharge up to 500,000 cy (an average of 50,000 cubic yards annually) of dredged material into an adjacent 5.7 acres shallow water, intertidal disposal area below the High Tide Line (HTL). Excavate up to 0.05 acres of beach sand between Mean High Water and the HTL, discharge beach sand into the 5.7-acre shallow water discharge area. Dredging below waterline in the port basin has been done historically with a clam shell on the dock crane, and when required, a clam shell on a barge. The plan is to continue with clam shell dredging. Excavation and discharge of beach sand would occur using a dozer. Some non-jurisdictional excavation of beach sand may take place above HTL. Work would start annually June 1 or as soon as the port is ice free. The dredging and discharge areas are shown on the attached plans. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-1), dated June 24, 2021. The project site is located within Section 10, T. 25 N., R. 24 W., Kateel Meridian; Latitude 67.5766º N., Longitude 164.0600º W.; approximately 90 miles north of Kotzebue, Alaska. Please contact Leslie Tose 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.

26 May 2021

POA-2021-00196, Zimovia Strait_PN

Expiration date: 6/25/2021

THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, STATES THE PROJECT PURPOSE IS TO DEVELOP LAND FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THE APPLICANT'S “COMPREHENSIVE PLAN” IDENTIFIED THAT PRIVATELY OFFERED RESIDENTIAL LOTS OR HOMES WERE NOT KEEPING UP WITH DEMAND FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, AND THE BOROUGH IDENTIFIED MUNICIPAL OWNED LOTS THAT WERE SUITABLE FOR SINGLE OR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT AREA WAS IDENTIFIED AND ZONED FOR LIGHT RESIDENTIAL USE AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WOULD ALLOW ACCESS TO THE 40 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. WORK BEING PROPOSED, DISCHARGE UP TO 11,400 CUBIC YARDS OF SHOT ROCK MATERIAL INTO 3.36 ACRES OF WETLANDS IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A 4,200-FOOT LONG, 44.7-FOOT WIDE TOE-TO-TOE ROAD WHICH WOULD ALLOW ACCESS TO THE FUTURE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THE ROAD WOULD INCLUDE A 24-FOOT TOP WIDTH FOR DRIVING, A 2-FOOT WIDE GUTTER BETWEEN THE DRIVING AREA AND SIDEWALK, A 5-FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK, AND A 1.5:1 SIDE SLOPE EMBANKMENT (APPROXIMATELY 5-FOOT WIDE EMBANKMENT). THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD ALSO INSTALL WATER LINES, FIRE HYDRANTS, SEWER LINES, MANHOLES AND 20 WOOD POWER POLES. THESE ITEMS WOULD ALL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPOSED ROAD, EXCEPT FOR 2,008 LINEAR FEET OF ONE SEWER LINE. THIS SEWER LINE WOULD BE INSTALLED THROUGH MULTIPLE LOTS AND IN A 10-FOOT WIDE TRENCH. AFTER INSTALLATION, THE TRENCH WOULD BE BACKFILLED WITH EXCAVATED MATERIAL. CULVERTS WOULD BE INSTALLED AT SEVERAL DRAINAGES AND AT ONE STREAM THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTED ROAD TO ALLOW FOR THE HYDROLOGY OF THE AREA TO BE MAINTAINED. ALL WORK WOULD BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENCLOSED PLAN (SHEETS 1-16), DATED APRIL 12, 2021. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 56.4160º N., LONGITUDE 132.3423º W.; AT THE WRANGELL INSTITUTE SITE, IN WRANGELL, ALASKA. PLEASE CONTACT ROBERTA BUDNIK AT (907) 753-2785, TOLL FREE FROM WITHIN ALASKA AT (800) 478-2712, BY FAX AT (907) 753-5567, OR BY EMAIL AT: ROBERTA.K.BUDNIK@USACE.ARMY.MIL IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS DESIRED CONCERNING THIS NOTICE.

26 May 2021

POA-2021-00031, Tanana River_PN

Expiration date: 6/25/2021

Mr. Stephen Morrow, with the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Western Federal Lands Highway Division, states the project purpose of the Tanana River Recreation Area (TRRA) Improvements Project is to implement road infrastructure, multi-modal access, and site improvements identified in the 2007 Tanana Lakes Recreation Area (TLRA) Master Plan linking the City of Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Northstar Borough (FNSB) to the TLRA and to federally-managed lands along the river. The proposed improvements would facilitate public access to the Tanana Flats Training Area across the river, as well as other federal, State, and Native Alaskan lands within the Tanana and Yukon River watersheds, and fulfills recommendations of the 2007 TLRA Master Plan. Work being proposed, comprises the extension of South Lathrop Street and Northlake Lane, addition of an entrance station, parking improvements, restrooms, accessibility improvements, road surface paving and gravel improvements, and overhead power line installation. The project footprint is approximately 18.5 acres of which permanent impacts to wetlands and waters of the U.S. would total 2.93 acres and temporary impacts would total 0.01 acres. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1–3), dated May 21, 2021. The project site is located within Sections 21, 22, 27 and 28, T. 01 S., R. 01 W., Fairbanks Meridian; USGS Quad Map Fairbanks D–2; Latitude 64.8058º N., Longitude 147.7443º W.; Tanana Lakes Recreation Area in Fairbanks, Alaska. Please contact Amy Tippery at (907) 458-1602, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at: Amy.C.Tippery@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.