Public Notices

8 May 2018

POA-1993-00086

Expiration date: 5/8/2018

Drew Miller, With Taiga Mining Company, Inc., states that the purpose of the project is to extract mineral resources, Proposed work would be a three phase mining operation, and requests authorization for discharge of temporary fill associated with a temporary stream diversion, and discharge of temporary and permanant stream channel plugs, associated with construction of temporary and permanant stream channels, which are components of a larger, conventional placer mining operation in uplands. Jurisdictional work under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The project site is located within Sections 05 & 06, Township 09 North, Range 15 East, Kateel Meridian; USGS Quad Map Hughes A-6; Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area; Latitude 66.21335° North, Longitude -155.73468° West; near Hogatza, Alaska. Please contact Nicholas Lucore at (907) 753-5783, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Nicholas.Lucore@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

4 May 2018

POA-2005-1945-M2

Expiration date: 5/4/2018

Island Ventures, L.L.C., Post Office Box 966, Petersburg, Alaska 99833, The applicant’s stated purpose is to safely launch and haul out boats in running tides and windy conditions. Work being proposed is discharge of 100 cubic yards of rip rap, 500 cubic yards of shot rock, and 120 cubic yards of 3-inch minus rock, below high tide line, to construct a 24-feet by 200-feet boat ramp. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan, 6 sheets, dated May 2018. The project site is located within Section 4, T. 59 S., R. 79 E., Copper River Meridian; Latitude 56.7806º N., Longitude 132.9730º W., in Petersburg, Alaska. 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.

3 May 2018

POA-1994-00757-M5

Expiration date: 6/1/2018

Deborah Heebner, with Hilcorp, Alaska, LLC., 3800 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 1400, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, states that the purpose of this project is maintenance dredging and beach nourishment. The project site is located within Section 6, T. 13 N., R. 10 E., Umiat Meridian; USGS Quad Map Beechey Pt. C-5; Latitude 70.5076º N., Longitude 149.6606º W.; approximately 35 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Work being proposed is the screeding/dredging of a 100’ x 60’ area (0.14 acre Estuarine Subtidal) in front of the barge landing at F Pad, down to 3.5’ below Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) to provide enough clearance for incoming barges. If material needs to be dredged, it would be placed in a roughly rectangular area 800’ x 95’ (1.5 acres of Estuarine Intertidal) on the northwestern side of F Pad as beach nourishment. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated April 25, 2018. Please contact Mary Romero at (907) 753-YOURDESKPHONE, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at mary.r.romero@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

1 May 2018

POA-1984-12-M51

Expiration date: 5/1/2018

Chris Eckert, with Teck Alaska Incorporated, 3105 Lakeshore Drive, Bldg. A, Suite 101, Anchorage, AK, 99517, Tel. 907-754-5139, email: chris.eckert@teck.com. The stated purpose of the project is twofold, One; Waste dump facility and access road: Placement of contaminated waste rock from Aqqaluk and Qanaiyaq deposits into 31.7 acres, including uplands and wetlands. Two; Tailings storage pond: The placement of 68,085 cubic yards of clean fill into 12 acres of uplands, and the placement of 20,104 cubic yards of clean gravel into 12.5 acres of wetlands to raise the level of the Red Dog Mine Tailings Pond. This will include raising all sides of the tailings pond, including the main and back dams from 986 feet to 1,006 feet above mean sea level in phases between 2018 and 2024. The main haul road will also be relocated to accommodate the back dam raise. The approximate fill height would vary from roughly 30 inches to 108 inches. It is anticipated that there would be five culvert crossings in the road for storm water runoff, but location and number would be evaluated once construction has begun. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated March 2018.The project site is located within Section 29, T. 31N., R. 18W., Kateel River Meridian; Latitude 68.0520º N., Longitude 162.8479º W.; near Kivalina, Alaska. Please contact Janet Post at (907) 753-2831 by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Janet.l.Post@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

27 Apr 2018

POA-2018-122, North Fork of the Dall River

Expiration date: 5/11/2018

PURPOSE: The applicant, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' stated purpose is to aid in the removal of unwanted moisture, and slow the thaw settlement of perennially frozen ground in order to stabilize subsurface roadbed materials and roadway. LOCATION: The project site is located within Section 4, T. 16 N., R. 13 W., Fairbanks Meridian; USGS Quad Map Bettles B-1; Latitude 66.2486º N., Longitude 150.3164º W.; Dalton Highway Milepost 89-90, 40 miles north of the Yukon River, Alaska. PROPOSED WORK: Discharge 7, 616 cubic yards of unclassified gravel material into 1.14 acres of wetlands. For a more detailed description of work see attached permit letter submitted by the applicant. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-7), dated March 2018. All comments 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 Melissa Riordan at (907) 474-2166, by fax at (907) 474-2164, or by email at melissa.c.riordan@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.