8 May 2020

POA-1977-00242-M2, Chiniak Bay

Expiration date: 5/26/2020

The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, 312 West Marine Way, Kodiak, AK 99615, state that the project purpose is for moorage of small boats that are used for commercial activities associated with the custom processing building Wildsource as well as future businesses that will occupy the new multi-use structure. Work being proposed includes: 1) Discharge 4,622 cubic yards of shot rock and 250 cubic yards of concrete into an 8,022-square foot area below the High Tide Line (HTL, 10.7 feet above the 0.00-foot Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) contour) to construct a solid fill dock and seawall. The seawall would be 212 linear feet and have an average height of 16 feet. 2) Repair 1,600 square feet of an existing, wooden dock extending beyond the Mean High Water Mark (MHWM, 7.6 feet above the MLLW). The project site is located within Section 31, T. 27 S., R. 19 W., Seward Meridian;USGS Quad Map Kodiak D-2; Latitude 57.786492º N., Longitude 152.415310º W.; Alaska Tideland Survey 49, Tract N17B; 419 Shelikof Street, in Kodiak, Alaska. Please contact Ben Polley at (907) 753-2627 or by email at: Benjamin.L.Polley@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

1 May 2020

POA-2020-00201, Nenana River

Expiration date: 6/1/2020

Andrew Donato, with Ketchikan Public Utilities Company, states that the project purposeis to install a fiber optic cable within the transportation and utility corridor along Parks Highway to provide infrastructure for expanded telecommunications within this corridor. Work being proposed will involve the installation of a fiber optic cable by plowing an 8 inch wide by 3.5 foot deep trench, and backfilling native soil over the cable, with handholes being placed every 5,000 feet and splice vaults being placed every 20,000 feet. The trench and bury technique used to complete this project will result in temporary impacts to 12.6 acres of wetlands. A wetlands delineation has been provided, and will be reviewed by this office. Directional boring methods will be used to cross below all perennial channels within the project area, including the Nenana River, which is a Section 10 waterway. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-27), dated March 23, 2020 & April 8, 20202. The project site is located within Section 5, T. 13 S., R. 7 W., Fairbanks Meridian; beginning at Latitude 64.290º N., Longitude -149.146º W. and ending at Latitude 63.820º N., Longitude -148.986º W; beginning on Clear Highway in Clear Air Force Base and ending at Parks Highway MP 247 south of Healy, Alaska. Please contact Ashley Kraetsch at (907) 458-1606, or by email at: Ashley.M.Kraetsch@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.