23 Nov 2015

POA-2003-1088-M3

Expiration date: 12/23/2015

Southeast Exposure Outdoor Adventure stated purpose is to provide a safe float system that allows visitors to experience southeast Alaska via small boat and kayak, and to provide out of water floatplane storage. Construct a 22’ x 48’ wood float with a floatplane ramp and anchored by 2 – 12” diameter galvanized steel piles, a 12’ x 50’ connecting wood float, and a 12’ x 31’ skiff wood float, and to install a 14’ x 18’ HDPE float with a kayak launching ramp, and a 14.5’ x 20’ HDPE float anchored by a single 12” diameter galvanized steel pile. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan, 4 sheets, dated 9-24-15. Please contact Jack Hewitt at (907) 753-2708, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at jack.j.hewitt@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

19 Nov 2015

POA-2015-529, Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas

Expiration date: 12/19/2015

The applicant, Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC, / POC: Elizabeth Pierce, stated purpose is to provide high speed internet service to rural Alaskan communities of Oliktok Point, Barrow, Wainwright, Point Hope, Kotzebue and Nome. PROPOSED WORK: Quintillian Subsea Operations, Inc. is proposing to install a fiber optic cable within the seabed and at locations within the communities of Oliktok, Barrow, Wainwright, Point Hope, Kotzebue and Nome, Alaska, (see enclosed Figure M1). The purpose of the work is to link the new fiber optic line with an existing North Slope Terrestrial-based fiber optic line, to provide high speed internet to these six rural Alaskan communities. Comments on the described work, with the reference number, should reach this office no later than the expiration date of this Public Notice to become part of the record and be considered in the decision. Please contact John Sargent at (907) 474-2166, by fax at (907) 474-2164 or by email at John.C.Sargent@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

19 Nov 2015

POA-2014-120, Kotzebue Sound

Expiration date: 12/17/2015

The Native Village of Kotzebue's stated purpose is transportation improvements to enhance the year-round useablity, safety, and accessibility of subsistence areas along Ted Stevens Way (TSW) and Cemetery Hill Road (CHR). The proposed project would upgrade the road prism and parking lot of the 0.11 mile long CHR, and repair/improve the 4.1 miles of TSW between CHR and the intersection with Air Force Road. The proposed CHR rehabilitation to allow for year-round accessibility to the cemetery would include increasing the driving surface to a consistent 22 feet, with a 10 foot parking lane extending the length of the road; standardizing the parking area to accommodate cemetery visitor parking; and improving drainage. Improvements to TSW would include softening the side slopes from 2H:1V to 4H:1V, widening the road surface to a consistent 24 feet to allow for easier passage of two vehicles, adding six pullouts for subsistence user parking, extending 23 culverts to accommodate the widened right-of-way, reshaping the outlet of three culverts, and adding one new culvert. Please contact Ms. Heather Markway at (907) 753-2797, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Heather.N.Markway@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

18 Nov 2015

POA-2015-128, Blueberry Lake

Expiration date: 12/16/2015

Odex Investments V, LLC stated purpose is to construct a building that would provide warehouse space and offices for commercial sales, service, and distribution activities. Work would include construction of a beverage sales and distribution center and parking space that would impact up to 0.28-acre of wetlands. Work would also include construction of an access road that would be placed into 0.22-acre of jurisdictional waters and require up to 2,608 cubic yards of fill material, 63 cubic yards of asphalt, and 63 cubic yards of leveling course. Proposed work also includes increasing the drainage capacity of an existing drainage ditch on the property, which would be an additional 0.24-acre of wetland impacts. The work associated with this impact would be widening and grading the open ditch. Total impacts to jurisdictional waters from the proposed project would total 0.74-acre. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-7), dated November 12, 2015. Please contact Matt Beattie at (907) 753-2791, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Matthew.L.Beattie@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

17 Nov 2015

POA-1986-533-M3, Bucareli Bay

Expiration date: 12/17/2015

Shaan Seet, Inc's stated purpose is to facilitate loading shot rock, from the adjacent quarry, onto barges for transport to construction sites. Construct a 75-feet by 100-feet (0.16 acre) barge loading ramp by discharging 200 cubic yards of rip rap and 1,500 cubic yards of shot rock below the high tide line. Additional work includes placing a 20-feet by 30-feet floating dock, anchored by two 1-ton anchors, and accessed by a 12-feet wide by 90-feet long ramp, waterward of the mean high water mark. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan, 3 sheets, dated 07-31-2015. Please contact Jack Hewitt at (907) 753-2708, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at jack.j.hewitt@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.