Public Notices

10 Apr 2019

POA-2017-00113

Expiration date: 5/10/2019

Native Village of Kalskag, Bonnie Persson; Post Office Box 50; Upper Kalskag, Alaska 99607, states that the purpose is to provide vehicular and pedestrian access to the new cemetery location in Upper Kalskag. The work being proposed includes the discharge of 12,900 cubic yards of fill over 2.74 acres of wetlands to create an access road, footpath and parking lot. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-9), dated April 10, 2019. The project site is located at Section 22, T. 17 N., R. 61W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Russian Mission C-4; Latitude 61.544137° N., Longitude 160.323350° W.; in Upper Kalskag, 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.

5 Apr 2019

POA-2015-00452

Expiration date: 5/5/2019

Mr. Sean McKnight, Kawerak, Inc. – Transportation Director, PO Box 948, Nome, Alaska 99762, (907) 443-4395, states that the purpose is to widen the roads and ensure roads are platted within the established right-of-ways (ROW). The project will also raise the roadway embankments to provide flood protection for the school, old water tank, city office, washateria, general store, and fuel tank farm, which are frequently threatened by flooding from strong fall storm surges and wind driven tides. Additionally, the project will improve access to and function of the community boat launch and barge landing site. The work being proposed includes the placement of up to 6,840 cubic yards cubic yards of material into 1.88 acres of waters of the United States (U.S.), including wetlands (WOTUS), for the rehabilitation of twelve existing roads and the construction of a boat ramp. The roads improvements would place 6,620 cubic yards within 1.83 acres of wetlands for portions of the roads. The construction of the 175 foot long by 28 foot wide boat ramp would place 200 cubic yards of pre-cast concrete planks, treated wooden sills, geotextile fabric, ditch lining rock, and riprap material into 0.05 acre area of waters of the U.S., below the mean high water (MHW) mark (this portion of the ramp, below the MHW, is 83 feet long by 28 feet wide). The project site is located within Sections 2, 10, 11, & 15, T. 11 S., R. 22 W., and Section 35, T. 10 S., R. 22 W., Kateel Meridian; USGS Quad Map Solomon C-3; Centroid point at Latitude 64.5436º N., Longitude 163.0273º W.; in Golovin, Alaska. Please contact Mary Romero at (907) 753-2773, 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.

3 Apr 2019

POA-2018-00204

Expiration date: 5/3/2019

Traditional Council of Togiak, Elizibeth Wassillie, Post Office Box 310, Togiak, Alaska 99678 states that the purpose is to construct an additional road to the Togiak School. The work being proposed includes the discharge of 28,820 cubic yards of fill over 2.81 acres to construct a 3,216 foot long road with a 38 foot wide footprint. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-3), dated April 2, 2019. The project site is located within Section 10 & 15, T. 13 S., R. 67 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Goodnews Bay A-4; Latitude 59.055475º N., Longitude 160.419043º W.; in Togiak, Alaska. The project is located within the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. 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.

1 Apr 2019

POA-2019-00110

Expiration date: 5/1/2019

North Slope Borough, Mr. Ian Stroud, PO Box 1050, Utqiagvik, Alaska 99723, stated purpose was the protection of life and property during the September 29th through 30th, 2017 storm. The proposed work for this project, an after the fact permit, includes authorizing the dredging/excavation of up to 13,200 cubic yards of material from 4.09 acres of intertidal waters of the United States (U.S.), which eroded from Utqiaġvik’s coastal protection berm during a storm event September 29 through 30, 2017. Up to 3,000 cubic yards of the dredged material was placed in up to 0.37 acre of intertidal waters of the U.S. below the high tide line (HTL), the remaining 10,200 cubic yards of material as well as an additional 12,000 cubic yards of locally sourced material was placed above the HTL and on top of Cakeeater Road, this fill placed above the HTL would not be under the Corps of Engineers authority as it is located in uplands. All work was performed in accordance with the enclosed drawings (sheets 1-4), dated March 1, 2019. The project site is the Utqiagvik Coastal Protective Berm that stretches from Latitude 71.2902º N., Longitude 156.79714º W.; to Latitude 71.324058º N., Longitude 156.693102º W.; within Section 7, T. 23 N, R. 17 W., Sections 12-15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 31, & 32 , T. 23 N., R. 18 W., and Section 6, T. 22 N., R. 18 W., Umiat Meridian, USGS Quad Map Barrow B-4, in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Please contact Mary Romero at (907) 753-2773, 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.

27 Mar 2019

POA-2019-00039, Walby Lake

Expiration date: 4/26/2019

PURPOSE: The applicant, Mr. Allen Short's stated purpose is to develop a private residence adjacent to Walby Lake for recreational access and privacy. LOCATION: The project site is located within Section # 26, T.18 N., R.1 E., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Anchorage C-6; Latitude 61.6174º N., Longitude 149.2226º W.; Matanuska-Susitna Borough at 9064 East Tern Drive, in Palmer, Alaska. PROPOSED WORK: Placement of fill material in 2.5 acres (2,100 cubic yards of clean gravel and rock and 801 cubic yards of topsoil and organic matter), in wetlands for a private residence to include house pad, shop, field, and access. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-3), dated 3/11/2019 and 3/6/2019. 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 John Sargent at (907) 458-1603, by fax at (907) 474-2164, or by email at John.C.Sargent@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.