Public Notices

3 Oct 2024

POA-2020-00061 Turnagain Arm PN

Expiration date: 11/4/2024

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC), stated the purpose is to stabilize the bank and prevent continued erosion. The current vegetation is not adequate to prevent erosion, and there is a need to slow the loss of AWCC land. Erosion of the banks is decreasing the upland area. Continued erosion would threaten AWCC land and on-site vehicle routes. PROPOSED WORK: The proposed project would discharge up to 309.1 cubic yards of base fill material and 1,135.3 cubic yards of large stone riprap 1, for a total of 1,444.4 cubic yards of fill material in 0.47-acre below the high tide line (HTL) but above the mean high water (MHW) mark at the confluence of Portage Creek and Placer River in Turnagain Arm. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-10), dated September 18, 2024. Please contact Kerri Hancock at (907) 753-2719, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Kerri.C.Hancock@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

3 Oct 2024

POA-1985-00696 Port Frederick PN Revised

Expiration date: 10/7/2024

************************************************************************************************** Revision The original notices and plans showed October 4, 2024, as the expiration date. This change is necessary to refine the Public Notice to allow a full 15-day comment period and should instead read: October 5, 2024 as the expiration date. 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. **************************************************************************************************** City of Hoonah stated the purpose is to construct a new cargo dock in Hoonah to enable barges to land, unload, and load during all weather conditions. The project is needed to allow for the safe, reliable, and economical transport of freight to and from Hoonah. PROPOSED WORK: To construct a bulkhead cargo dock consisting of approximately 330 linear feet of sheet pile adjacent to and within the footprint of the existing gravel barge landing. Approximately 542 sheet piles would make up an “open cell” structure and 21,160 square feet (23,220 cubic yards [cy]) of armor rock, shot rock, surfacing course, and concrete fill would be placed to make up the cargo dock. The proposed project would also include the installation of a barge Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) ramp on the cargo dock deck, five fender piles, and three breasting dolphins (one southeast of the proposed dock and two northwest of the proposed dock). All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-7), dated March, 2024. Please contact Delana Wilks at (907) 201-5021, or by email at Delana.P.Wilks@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

2 Oct 2024

POA-2010-00163 Wrangell Narrows PN

Expiration date: 11/1/2024

Stephen Giesbrecht, Petersburg Borough, stated the purpose is to construct a new boat haul out ramp and extend the existing rock jetty at Scow Bay to develop the site into a functional boat haul out and work yard with a dedicated ramp with capacity for a 100-ton hydraulic trailer, a boarding float, a vessel washdown area, and associated utilities. PROPOSED WORK: The proposed project would discharge 80,850 cubic yards of material into 4.5 acres below high tide line (19.7 feet above the 0.0-foot contour) of Scow Bay in order to extend the existing jetty, expand and improve the existing gravel pad, construct a boat haul out ramp, and construct a new boat washdown pad. The applicant also proposes to remove one (1) 12-inch timber pile and install four (4) 12.75-inch steel pipe piles via vibratory and impact hammer below the mean high-water mark (15.2 feet above the 0.0-foot contour) in order to construct a 10-foot by 345-foot boarding float. The proposed work is expected to commence between 2025 and 2027 with work expected to last for 10 to 12 months. No in water work is planned to be performed between April 1st and June 15th of any given year. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-8), dated August 2024. Please contact Hayley Farrer at (907) 753-2778, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Hayley.M.Farrer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

30 Sep 2024

POA-2024-00143 Unnamed tributary PN

Expiration date: 10/14/2024

***** This notice was originally sent by the Alaska District Corps of Engineers Regulatory Division directly to all agencies and other interested parties who have requested to be included on our Public Notice distribution list. However, it has recently come to our attention that, through an administrative error, some public notices were not sent via hard copies through the US postal service. Therefore, this public notice is now being posted to our public website and remailed to allow for a new 15-day public comment period. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your interest in the Corps of Engineers Regulatory Division public notices and encourage your comments on proposed projects. If you have commented on the past May 17, 2024, Public Notice, you do not need to resubmit comments as they have been included in the administrative record. ***** Eric Schall, City of Wasilla, stated the purpose is to construct a Wastewater Treatment System utilizing natural wetlands to improve wastewater treatment and expand treatment capacity. PROPOSED WORK: The applicant proposes to discharge up to 8,926 cubic yards of fill in 1.6 acres of wetlands and 0.01-acre below the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) in order to utilize the wetlands for a Waste Treatment System for the disposal of municipal treated wastewater. Specifically: • -construct two (2) 250-foot by 10-foot diversion dikes (0.1-acre total would be in wetlands), • -construct a 230-foot by 14-foot impoundment dike with three (3) 4-foot culverts (0.01-acre below the stream OHWM for a 17-foot by 15-foot bedding area), • -construct a 3675-foot by approximately 19-foot minimum width, with a 15-foot drivable surface access road (1925 linear feet (1.1-acre) would be in wetlands), • -construct the expansion of an existing separation dike to 880-foot with 60-foot hammerhead, to 40-foot max with a 15-foot drivable surface (0.3-acre would be in wetlands), • -place boundary signage into less than 0.001-acre of wetlands. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-5), dated November 17, 2023. Please contact Leah Barrett at (907) 753-2760, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at leah.barrett@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

20 Sep 2024

POA-1985-00696 Port Frederick PN

Expiration date: 10/4/2024

City of Hoonah stated the purpose is to construct a new cargo dock in Hoonah to enable barges to land, unload, and load during all weather conditions. The project is needed to allow for the safe, reliable, and economical transport of freight to and from Hoonah. PROPOSED WORK: To construct a bulkhead cargo dock consisting of approximately 330 linear feet of sheet pile adjacent to and within the footprint of the existing gravel barge landing. Approximately 542 sheet piles would make up an “open cell” structure and 21,160 square feet (23,220 cubic yards [cy]) of armor rock, shot rock, surfacing course, and concrete fill would be placed to make up the cargo dock. The proposed project would also include the installation of a barge Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) ramp on the cargo dock deck, five fender piles, and three breasting dolphins (one southeast of the proposed dock and two northwest of the proposed dock). All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-7), dated March, 2024. Please contact Delana Wilks at (907) 201-5021, or by email at Delana.P.Wilks@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.