City
of Valdez, Ms. Diane Kinney's stated
purpose is to increase the harbor depth to -15 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW)
to maintain and improve safe navigation within the existing Valdez Small Boat
Harbor (SBH). Proposed work is to dredge
within the U.S. Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal navigation channel,
maneuvering channel and basin to deepen these areas to a final depth of -15
feet MLLW, re-establishing and improving safe passage for vessels entering the
Valdez SBH. Sediment removal would range from 1 to 4 feet on average to meet
the proposed -15 feet MLLW dredge depth. Up to 32,000 cubic yards (CY) of
sediment would be dredged within the 10 acre basin. To improve access to the
vessel grid on the south side of the Valdez SBH, 500 CY of clean cobble would
be placed following dredging. The fill would be placed within the dredging
footprint. The dredged material would be disposed of at an approved deep-water
disposal area located 1.6 nautical miles south of the harbor within Port
Valdez. All work would be performed in
accordance with the enclosed plan (Figures 1-5), dated March 2016. The project site is located within Sections 6
and 32, T. 8 and 9 S., R. 6 W., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Valdez
A-7; Latitude 31.1241º N., Longitude 146.3346º W.; Valdez Small Boat Harbor; in
Valdez, Alaska. Please contact Ms.
Amanda Whittier at (907) 753-5582, toll free from within Alaska at (800)
478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Amanda.L.Whittier@usace.army.mil
if further information is desired concerning this notice.
POA-2016-154, Port Valdez_PN