Ms. Gail Fisher (China Bay, LLC) stated the purpose is to develop a mixed use site, with a commercial lodging facility and a residential house for the owners, with boat access at all tide elevations.
The project site is located within Section 15, T. 7 S., R. 12 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Seldovia C-4; Latitude 59.5755º N., Longitude 151.3146º W.; China Poot Bay; Kenai Peninsula Borough tax parcel 193-270-03; 4.4 miles southeast of Homer, Alaska. The project is located within the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Kachemak Bay State Critical Habitat Area.
PROPOSED WORK: The applicant proposes to construct a 125 foot by 8 foot wide long floating dock, a 100 foot long by 4 foot wide aluminum gangway, and a 607 foot long by 6 foot wide timber boardwalk below the mean high water mark (MHWM, 17.2 feet above the mean lower low water elevation of 0 feet) of China Poot Bay, which is a navigable water of the U.S. In addition, the applicant proposes to temporarily sidecast 360 cubic yards of native substrate into 0.08-acres below the high tide line (HTL, 23.1 feet above the mean lower low water elevation) of China Poot Bay. The applicant proposes to begin work as soon as October 2017 and to complete work by the end of August 2018. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheet 1), dated September 6, 2017, (sheet 2), dated September 12, 2017, and (sheet 3), dated September 13, 2017.
Please contact Ms. Katherine A. McCafferty at (907) 753-2692 by fax at (907) 420-0813, or by email at Katherine.a.mccafferty2@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.
POA-2017-336, China Poot Bay_PN