Public Notices

1 May 2014

POA-2014-20, Colleen Lake

Expiration date: 6/2/2014

Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities stated purpose is to provide space for equipment, sand, de-icing chemicals, workers living quarters, and on site wastewater treatment facilities. The proposed project is to construct a 160 x 640 foot gravel pad permanently impacting 2.35 acres of waters of the U.S. by placement of approximately 25,000 cubic yards of clean, gravel fill. The proposed pad would allow the construction of an 80 x 105 foot extension of the existing Deadhorse Airport ARFF Sand/Chemical Storage Facility, which would house three equipment bays, a sand/storage bay, and eight dorm rooms. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheet 1), dated February 2014 and (sheets 2 and 3) dated March 2014. Please contact Janet Post at (907) 753-2831, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at janet.l.post@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

21 Apr 2014

POA-2014-109, Zimovia Strait

Expiration date: 5/20/2014

Big Bites Fishing stated purpose is to construct a causeway, floatplane dock, and ramp and dredge a basin to obtain sufficient water levels to moor boats and aircraft on the water for a commercial fishing operation. Placement of 11,348 cubic yards of shot rock and 3,500 cubic yards of dredged material within a 0.93-acre area below the high tide line of Zimovia Strait to construct a causeway. The causeway would vary in length from 508-feet to 604-feet. The shore end of the causeway would be 26-foot wide at the base and beginning at 400 feet from shore the base would be 94-foot wide. The causeway would be used to access a 5-foot by 70-foot aluminum ramp, a 10-foot by 70-foot concrete float, and a 10-foot by 50-foot concrete float supported by (8) 12-inch diameter steel piles. The work would also include a 0.31-acre dredge basin to allow for boats and float planes to float at all tide levels. The current depth is at the +3 tide level and the proposed dredging of 3,500 cubic yards of sand/gravel/clay material would provide a -6 tide level depth for the basin. The material would be dredged with an excavator. The core at the end of the causeway would be used to deposit the dredged material. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-6), dated April 17, 2014. Please contact Marcia L. Heer at (907) 753-5759, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Marcia.L.Heer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

18 Apr 2014

SPN-2014-0162,Statewide

Expiration date: 6/5/2014

On 21 April 2014, the USEPA and the Corps of Engineers (Corps) are publishing a Notice of Availability and Public Comment to announce the availability of an interpretive rule regarding the applicability of the exemption from permitting provided under section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) for discharges of dredged and/or fill material associated with certain agricultural conservation practices based on the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) conservation practice standards that are designed and implemented to protect and enhance water quality. The interpretive rule was effective on April 03, 2014.

18 Apr 2014

SPN-2014-0161, Statewide

Expiration date: 7/21/2014

On 21 April 2014, the USEPA and the Corps of Engineers (Corps) are publishing for public comment a proposed rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA), in light of the U.S. Supreme Court cases in U.S. v. Riverside Bayview, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (SWANCC), and Rapanos v. United States (Rapanos). The proposed rule was developed to enhance protection for the nation’s public health and aquatic resources, and increase CWA program predictability and consistency by increasing clarity as to the scope of “waters of the United States” protected under the Act.

16 Apr 2014

POA-1968-33-M2,Gastineau Channel

Expiration date: 5/16/2014

City of Juneau stated purpose is to allow for all tide moorage and improved access and navigability. To dredge 2,600 cubic yards of native material from a 15,322 square foot area below the mean high water mark (MHWM, 15.4’) of Gastineau Channel to -22 feet mean lower low water (MLLW), box cut with ½:1 side slopes to minimize overall dredge quantities in navigable waters of the United States. Dredging would be conducted with a clam shell bucket or conventional hydraulic excavator from an anchored barge. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated February 2014. The contract documents mandate that the contractor provide a non-wetland, non-jurisdictional uplands dredge disposal site. Primary dewatering would be onsite within the harbor basin prior to hauling to the site in a water tight haul truck. Construction activities would occur between September 2014 and May 2015. Please contact Denise Koopman at (907) 753-2537, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at denise.koopman@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.