Public Notices

18 Sep 2015

POA-2006-464-M1, Wood River

Expiration date: 10/19/2015

ADOT&PF's stated purpose is to provide a road link between the two portions of the community of Aleknegik, which is separated by Wood River. The need for the project includes enhancement of public safety, improved access to health care, schools and local services; enhancement of the local economy and increased community cohesion. Place 9,000 cubic yards of fill into 0.8 acres of wetlands in order to reconstruct 1.7 miles of existing roadway, including widening the existing road. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-6), dated July 2015. 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.

18 Sep 2015

POA-2015-449, Tongass Narrows

Expiration date: 10/19/2015

Steve Hanis' stated purpose is to provide a safe and stable bank in front of the new home to prevent erosion and a suitable rock pad to provide vertical support to the new homes. Proposed work would install up to 140 cubic yards of rip-rap along 177 linear feet of tidelands and then fill 0.062-acre with up to 700 cubic yards of shot rock to create a rock pad. Two single family residences would then be built atop the shot rock pad. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-3), dated September 16, 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.

16 Sep 2015

POA-2015-371, Taiya Inlet

Expiration date: 10/15/2015

The applicant, The Municipality of Skagway's, stated purpose is to redevelop the Skagway Ore Terminal through the demolition of existing in- and over-water infrastructure, environmental dredging of contaminated sediments, and construction of new shoreline infrastructure to facilitate ongoing and new ore loading operations, accommodate a wider variety of vessels, and improve environmental conditions in the Skagway Harbor. PROPOSED WORK: PROPOSED WORK: The applicant is proposing to conduct the following work: Demolish and remove existing in- and over-water infrastructure, located in and over waters of the United States (U.S.), (seaward of the Mean High Water [MHW] + 15.7 feet above the 0.0 foot contour line) including: Alaska Marine Lines dock (4,000 square feet); Ore dock and Walkways (32,000 square feet); Ore loader platform (3,000 square feet); Ore conveyor (1,500 square feet); and approximately 465 creasote treated piles. Dredge 17,300 cubic yards of contaminated sediments from 62,245 square feet of waters below MHW. The contaminated sediment is estimated to contain 60 to 78 tons of lead, 0.05 to 0.06 tons of Mercury, and 0.0007 to 0.074 tons of Polucuclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). The material would be removed from waters of the U.S., placed in an upland disposal area, and processed to remove/reduce contamination. Discharge 6,000 cubic yards of sorted sand and gravel mix with grain size ranging from coarse sands to quarry spalls, 18-inches deep, into 67,242 square feet of waters of the U.S. below the High Tide Line (HTL), (+21.1 feet above the 0.0 foot contour line) and MHW to cap the underlying material from exposure to the aquatic environment. Discharge 1,000 cubic yards of riprap ranging from 50 lbs to one ton each, into 15,992 square feet of waters of the U.S. below the HTL and MHW to armor the underlying material from disturbance of mooring vessels bowthrusters during moorage activities. Construct new infrastructure including a new sheet piling bulkhead and the placement of 4,000 cubic yards of sandy gravel behind the bulkhead within 4,135 square feet of Waters of the U.S. below the HTL. Construct a new ore terminal wharf, Alaska Marine Line (AML) pier, AML ramp, ore dock platform, ore dock approach, two catwalks, fuel pier, fuel pier approach, pedestrian access platform, gangway, floating dock, and a floating dock transfer bridge. All of these structures would be supported with 16 ea 24 –inch steel piles, 121 ea 36-inch steel piles, 4 ea 48-inch steel piles, 7 ea 60-inch steel piles, and 6 dolphin structures. The new structures would occupy 28,102 square feet of waters of the U.S. seaward of the MHW reducing the existing over-water footprint by 12,498. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan, (sheets 1-14), dated August 25, 2015. 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 Matthew Brody at (907) 790-4493, or by email at Matthew.T.Brody@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

15 Sep 2015

POA-1996-72-M4, Pullout Creek

Expiration date: 10/14/2015

The applicant's stated purpose, Mr. Douglas Jones,is to construct a road to provide access to 22 acres of uplands for the purpose of developing 18 residential lots. PROPOSED WORK: The applicant proposes to construct a 3,600 linear foot (lf) access road, with a 38-foot base and 26-foot crest, resulting in the discharge of 5,130 cubic yards of gravel and other fill into 1.185 acres (1,302 lf) of wetlands and other waters of the United States (U.S.), as follows: • Discharge 3,720 cubic yards (cy) of fill into 0.976 acre of wetland, over a distance of 1,076 feet, including the installation of three 18-inch diameter culverts and five 5-foot wide permeable roadbed sections, • Discharge 1,410 cubic yards of fill into 0.209 acre of Pullout Creek and adjacent wetlands, over a distance of 226 feet, including the installation of a 10-foot x 50-foot counter-sunk corrugated metal pipe culvert, a 2-foot x 40-foot corrugated metal pipe overflow culvert, and three 5-foot wide permeable roadbed sections. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan, (sheets 1-8), dated February 4, 2005, and June 6, 2005. 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 Jen Martin at (907) 753-2730, by fax at (907) 420-0813, or by email at jen.l.martin@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

14 Sep 2015

POA-1980-201, Beaufort Sea

Expiration date: 10/13/2015

Royce Robert's stated purpose is to expand gravel pads in support of oil and gas industry operations. The proposed work entails placing a total of 35,000 cubic yards of gravel on approximately half of Tracts 19B and 20B, to expand the pads by approximately fifty percent. The project site is located within Section 18, T. 10 N., R. 15 E., USGS Quad Map Beechey A-3, Umiat Meridian; Latitude 70.21836º N, Longitude 148.433091º W, Deadhorse, Alaska. Please contact Steve Moore at (907) 753-5713, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Stephen.A.Moore2@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.