Rick Olson, with Olson Marine, Inc., PO Box 1417, Ward Cove, Alaska 99928, states that the project purpose is to provide home port for a barge and tug operation, upgrade float design and increase uplands support area. Work being proposes includes: fill in a barge ramp that is located at the south end of Lot 27-32 (USS 1417, Plat P-3), ATS 78 Tract B, and ATS 1641 Tract B. This fill area is proposed to be 3,696 square feet (0.0848 acre). The barge ramp will be filled in with 1200 cubic yards of clean shot rock and material that has been removed from the Berth II pinnacle removal project. The barge ramp fill area, will have a retaining wall along the seaward side. The wall will be constructed of 320 cubic yards of riprap. The wall will be 121-feet long, with a total area of 664 square feet. Tie back and erosion fabric will be used as necessary with the construction of the wall. At the north part of the property, within Tract A, a 10-foot x 90-foot float (float 4) is proposed to be supported by the existing piles from the removed hanger. Float 4 will run parallel to the existing seawall. The previously permitted float (float 3) is proposed to be modified to 16-foot x 100-foot. The modification of float 3 will include the placement of three new 16 inch HDG steel piles, along with the use of the existing five piles. Float 3 will be perpendicular to the seawall. The project site is located at Section 9, Township 75 South, Range 90 East, Copper River Meridian; Latitude 55.387028º North, Longitude -131.738739º West; in Ward Cove, Alaska. Please contact Kendra Holman at (907) 753-5693
, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at: Kendra.B.Holman@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.