Mason Villarma states the purpose is to protect a residential property from wave action while also providing the applicant with additional usable area within their privately-owned tidelands. The project site is located within Section 24, T. 62 S., R. 83 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Petersburg B-2 NE; 56.473242º N., 132.389871 Xº W.; 223 Stikine Avenue in Wrangell, Alaska. The applicant proposes to discharge no more than 450 cubic yards of riprap and shotrock into 0.04 acre below the high tide line (HTL, approximately 19.7 feet above the 0.0-foot contour) of Zimovia Strait, a navigable water of the United States (WOTUS), for the purpose of constructing a rock wall and fill pad for erosion control. The proposed seawall would extend 29 feet seaward of the existing structure. Fill would be placed 8.19 feet below the HTL for 44 linear feet along the length of the treated bank. Work is proposed to take place during the winter of 2023-2024. All work would be performed in accordance with the attached project plans, sheets 1 – 4, dated September 2023. Please contact Jennifer Mercer at (907) 753-2779, or by email at Jennifer.A.Mercer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.
POA-2023-00458 Zimovia Strait PN