Russell Thomas, Gateway Aviation II, LLC stated the purpose is to provide a storage and maintenance facility for its use, and for initial use by other closely held businesses tied to the applicant. The facility must be located adjacent to the water to remove vessels from the water. The facility would likely store aircrafts, large passenger vessels, heavy construction equipment, fleet vehicles, and small watercrafts. The development footprint was designed to accommodate inside storage, as well as outside storage, and provide space to remove large vessels from the water by truck and trailer (up to 80 feet in length) and move them around the property and/or into the building. PROPOSED WORK: Place 22,925 cubic yards of shot rock, 2,670 cubic yards of D-1 crushed base, 2,100 cubic yards of armor rock, and 3,150 square yards (0.65-acre) of filter fabric into 3.7 acres of wetlands and 0.445-acre of tidelands to construct a storage and maintenance facility. A rock pad measuring approximately 660 feet long by 270 feet wide would be used as the foundation for the facility. A 50-foot-wide by 114-foot-long haul out ramp would be placed below the mean high water mark (MHWM) (14.6 feet) into Mud Bay. A total of approximately 789 linear feet of perennial stream would be diverted. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-8), dated May 12, 2025. Please contact Olivia Ortiz at (907) 753-2586, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Olivia.K.Ortiz@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.
POA-2024-00028 Mud Bay PN