Public Notices

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.

26 Mar 2019

POA-2019-00097

Expiration date: 4/25/2019

The North Slope Borough, Mr. Meryl Guevara, PO Box 350, Barrow, Alaska 99723 states that the purpose for this project is to expand the existing Point Lay Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed work includes the placement of 250 cubic yards of gravel fill into 0.03 acre of jurisdictional wetlands to expand the Point Lay Wastewater Treatment Plant to accommodate increased truck haul of holding tank septage and honey buckets, and enable its pretreatment before passing into the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant. Additionally, the North Slope Borough is requesting authorization to retain the approximately 4,500 cubic yards of fill placed into 0.56 acre for the construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant pad in 1997, and approximately 8,800 cubic yards of fill placed into 1.09 acre for the construction of the Warm Storage Building pad a few years later. This would be a total of 1.68 acres of jurisdictional wetland impacts. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-6), dated March 6, 2019. The project site is located at Section 36, T. 5 N., R. 45 W., Umiat Meridian; USGS Quad Map Point Lay C-2; Latitude 69.7401º N., Longitude 163.0054º W.; in Point Lay, 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.

20 Mar 2019

POA-2019-00131

Expiration date: 4/19/2019

BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., states that the purpose is to construct a gravel pad for the siting of an updated Class I waste disposal facility (WDF). The work being proposed involves the discharge of 20,000 cubic yards of fill into 2.58 acres of wetlands in order to construct a pad for a waste disposal facility. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-3), dated March 13, 2019. The project site is located within Section 26, T. 11 N., R. 15 E., Umiat Meridian; USGS Quad Map Beechey Point B-3; Latitude 70.276939º N., Longitude -148.27539º W.; near Prudhoe Bay, 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.

19 Mar 2019

POA-2019-82, Haggard Creek

Expiration date: 4/17/2019

PURPOSE: The applicant, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' stated purpose is to improve safety on this stretch of highway. Proposed work intends to make it compliant with current standards. LOCATION: The project site is on the Richardson Highway between Mile Posts (MP) 159 and 167, located within: USGS Quad Gulkana C–3, T 10 N., R 01 W., Sections 5 & 6, T 11 N., R 01 W., Sections 6, 8, 16, 17, 21, 28, 29, and 32 and USGS Quad Gulkana D–3, T 12 N., R 01 W., Section 32. Project begins at: 62.67423 N., -145.4699 W. near Glennallen, Alaska, and ends at 62.77906 N., -145.4683 PROPOSED WORK: Proposal consists of reconstructing a 2-lane roadway, widening lanes to 12-foot with 6-foot shoulders, and re-contouring and decreasing slopes to bring sharp horizontal and vertical curves and steep grades into current specifications (Figure 2). Proposed impacts include the permanent fill of 57.27 acres of waters of the U.S. located within the Haggard Creek channel and the project corridor. Approximately 400,000 cubic yards of permanent fill in waters of the U.S. will be placed as a result of the construction of stabilization berms, slope flattening, and channel work within Haggard Creek including construction of a new bridge and riprap for bridge abutments and culvert replacement. Approximately 14.12 acres of temporary fill may occur in a 10-foot wide active work area due to sidecast / mechanized clearing and vehicle maneuvering. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (Sheets 1–8), dated March 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 Amy Tippery at (907) 458-1602, by fax at (907) 474-2164, or by email at amy.c.tippery@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.) 474-2169.

13 Mar 2019

POA-2018-00418

Expiration date: 3/28/2019

Mr. Ronald Nordquist states that the project purpose is to block the new channel that the river has cut, which is eroding the applicant’s property, in order to prevent additional bank erosion. Work being proposed includes the placement of twelve 2-feet x 2-feet x 6-Feet concrete blocks and discharge approximately 66.7 cubic yards of river rock fill material into 0.008 acre five feet from the main channel of the Copper River, and discharge approximately 100 cubic yards of fill material into 0.03 acre of back channel along the applicant’s property in order to stabilize the bank of the Copper River and prevent further erosion at the applicant’s property. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-4), dated March 10, 2019. The project site is located on Cordova Avenue, Lot 6, Block 6, Copperville Subdivision #1, at Latitude 62.076933o N, Longitude: 145.415668o W, within Copperville, Alaska. Please contact Jeremy Grauf at (907) 753-2798, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Jeremy.Grauf@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.