POA-2002-869

Joy Baker (907) 304-1905 jbaker@nomealaska.org.  The applicant’s stated purpose is to construct additional small boat moorage and associated support infrastructure, which would alleviate congestion within the existing Nome small boat harbor.  LOCATION:  The project site is located at Section 26, T. 11 S., R. 34 W., KATEEL Meridian; Latitude 64.5017º N., Longitude 165.4289º W.; at Nome Inner Harbor on Port Road, in the City of Nome, Alaska.  SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATION:  The project is located within the Nome Inner Harbor.  PROPOSED WORK:  The proposed project includes: dredging 80,000 cubic yards from the mooring basin (a portion of which was completed under the 6^th permit modification); construction of a 900-foot stabilizing revetment along the western shoreline (quantities are shown on sheet 3 of 7 and a typical section drawing is shown on sheet 5 of 7); installation of two new access ramps, one north and one south, for small boat access and egress (the south access ramp would be equipped with two new three-pile dolphins for which eight (8) 30-inch piles would be driven using vibratory and/or impact pile drivers) (both ramps would have a similar ramp slope and revetment side-slope, as shown on sheet 5 of 7).  Please contact Heather Markway at (907) 753-2797, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Heather.N.Markway@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.