Olgoonik Corporation's stated purpose is to excavate and stockpile gravel to be used for constructing and maintaining Wainwright’s roads, housing, public facilities, and airport. The project site is located within Section 11, T. 14 N., R. 31 W., Umiat Meridian; USGS Quad Map Wainwright C-2; Latitude 70.5771º N., Longitude 159.8301º W.; six miles southeast of Wainwright, Alaska. Proposed Work: Develop a gravel material pit by mechanized land clearing of 16 acres of jurisdictional wetlands, the pit would be utilized for projects within the community of Wainwright. The pit would be linear is shape with the upper portion being 2000’ x 175’ and the lower portion being 1000’ x 350’. The western side of the pit would have a minimum 25’ buffer from the Kuk River and the eastern side would also have a 25’ buffer from the pond. The pit would be developed during frozen soil conditions. Side slopes would be graded to 2H:1V. Overburden would be stored within a 60-foot by 60-foot area on the inside edge of the pit for reclamation. Excavated material would be loaded directly into trucks for haul over shore-fast ice to an existing upland storage area 2.1 miles north of Wainwright. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated October 2014. 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.
POA-2013-40, Kuk River_PN