Boyer Towing, point of contact: Mike Cloudy; Phone: 907-225-2090: Post Office Box 8000, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901, states the purpose is to is to continue improvements to the owners’ property in support of their barge and tugboat business. The applicant proposes to improve mooring and erosion control in support of a mooring/loading facility. This will be accomplished through the installation of 1) an additional five (5) 24-inch or 36-inch dolphins to continue the pier line along the property, 2) up to seven (7) 16-inch piles to secure a 6-foot by 180-foot floating dock on the shoreside of the mooring piles, 3) approximately 35-foot wide by 25-foot deep barge loading bulkhead, which will consist of sixteen (16) 12-inch steel H piles installed in drilled rock sockets, a poured concrete backwall and approximately 400 cubic yards of backfill (350 cubic yards clean shot rock and 50 cubic yards stacked rip rap), 4) twelve (12) concrete and steel bridge deck panels to prevent further erosion of the ramp and 5) a 6-foot by 70-foot aluminum gangway and
20-foot by 20-foot floating dock. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-10), dated October 17, 2022. The project site is located at 6579 North Tongass Highway within Section 33/34, T. 74 S., R. 90 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Ketchikan B-6; Latitude 55.4033° N., Longitude 131.7204° W.; in Ketchikan, Alaska. Please contact Carolyn Farmer at (561) 785-5634, or by email at Carolyn.h.farmer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice. Please contact Carolyn Farmer at (561) 785-5634, or by email at Carolyn.h.farmer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.