ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., stated the advise the public that the following request associated with the Oliktok Dock Dredging Project has been submitted for a Department of the Army (DA) permit under the provisions of Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and/or Section 103 of the Marine Research, Protection, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended. In Executive Order (EO) 14156 the President declared a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621) based upon the finding that the United States’ insufficient energy production, transportation, refining, and generation constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to our Nation’s economy, national security, and foreign policy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Alaska District has found that this permit request meets the terms of EO 14156 and is therefore subject to special emergency permitting procedures to address an energy supply situation which would result in an unacceptable hazard to life, a significant loss of property, or an immediate, unforeseen, and significant economic hardship if corrective action requiring a permit is not undertaken within a time period less than the normal time needed to process the application under standard procedures. PROPOSED WORK: The proposed project would involve annual screeding of approximately 2.5 acres and annual dredging of approximately 5.84 acres between May 1 and October 31 in the Simpson Lagoon to provide vessels access to the Oliktok Dock and to maintain continued seawater flow at the Seawater Treatment Plant intake bays. A maximum of up to 10,000 cubic yards of material would be dredged and disposed of at 5 upland locations above the high tide line for erosion control. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plans. Comments and requests for additional information should be submitted electronically to Jonathan Hegna by email at Jonathan.R.Hegna@usace.army.mil or via the Regulatory Request System at https://rrs.usace.army.mil/rrs
POA-2020-00066 BeaufortSea PN