Public Notices

3 May 2022

POA-2022-00034, Gillespie Creek_PN

Expiration date: 6/2/2022

Brett Nelson, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, states the purpose is to improve safety and bring this section of the Richardson Highway up to current design standards. The project is needed because the Richardson Highway throughout this corridor is substandard. This narrow section of roadway was last upgraded in 1953 and reflects the design standards of the time. The existing paved surface has two 12-foot travel lanes with many areas without a gravel shoulder. The pavement is in need of replacement and areas of the road are experiencing embankment and foundation settlement. The road embankment is steep and its alignment has numerous sharp horizontal and vertical curves that limit sight distance and exceed current design standards. Drainage problems exist in several areas due to undersized or failing culverts. DOT&PF proposes to reconstruct the Richardson Highway between mileposts 167 and 173. The scope of work includes reconstructing the road with 12-foot lanes and 6-foot-wide paved shoulders, reduce existing steep vertical grades and flatten horizontal and vertical curves, grading ditches to drain and replacing failing or undersized culverts, improve turnouts, replace roadway signs, realign the highway around Meiers Lake (MP 170), and build a temporary access road to access a retired material site where unusable material will be placed to reclaim the site. The project site is located between Latitude 62.7789114° N., Longitude 145.4682574° W.; and Latitude 62.8566343° N., Longitude 145.4738913° W.; Milepost 167 to 173 Richardson Highway, near Paxson Lake, Alaska. Please contact John Sargent at (907) 347-1803, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at John.C.Sargent@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

27 Apr 2022

POA-2021-00150, Copper River_PN

Expiration date: 5/27/2022

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) states the purpose is to improve maintenance and public safety of the Old Edgerton Highway by widening the road, clearing vegetation for sight distance and improving drainage and the driving surface. The proposed upgrades would widen the road to 24-feet with two 12-foot lanes, improve and re-establish ditches, replace culverts where needed, and clear vegetation 30 feet from edge of new roadway width. Activities would occur in a phased manner for at least 5 years. The project site is the Old Edgerton Highway, which extends from Willow Creek to Kenny Lake, Alaska and is located within USGS Quad Maps Valdez C-3, D-3, and D-4; the project mid-point is Latitude 61.7842º N., Longitude 145.0492º W. Please contact Greg Mazer at (907) 347-9059, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Gregory.j.mazer@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

12 Apr 2022

POA-2022-00130, Port Valdez_PN

Expiration date: 5/12/2022

Nathan Duval, City of Valdez; email: nduval@valdezak.gov, telephone (907) 835-4313, states purpose is to replace the aging Valdez Small Boat Harbor infrastructure to continue the current level of public service, public access, and vessel mooring. To reconstruct the Valdez Small Boat Harbor, including removing the A-G, H-K and Tour Dock floats, steel piles, and utilities. Steel piles would be reinstalled if in good conditions or replaced with new ones. Three gangways would be removed and replaced with salvaged ones or new ones. Dredging would occur at the Tour Dock south access gangway and at the travel (boat) lift gangway and a rock revetment wall would be constructed to stabilize dredged area at the south access gangway. Total dredging area would be 0.25-acre (1,550 cubic yards) and fill area (revetment wall) would be 0.02-acre (125 cubic yards of riprap). Project construction would begin Fall 2022 and is anticipated to have a duration of approximately 5-7 months. The project site is located within Section 32, T. 8 S., R. 6 W., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Valdez A-7; Latitude 61.1264º N., Longitude 146.3445º W.; City of Valdez Small Boat Harbor, at the end of Chitina Avenue, in Valdez, Alaska. Please contact Estrella Campellone at (907) 753-2518, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Estrella.f.campellone@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

11 Apr 2022

POA-2011-00622, Wrangell Narrows_PN

Expiration date: 5/11/2022

Joni Johnson, Post Office Box 602, Petersburg, AK 99833, email: jonimichelle@gmail.com, states the purpose is to construct a safe area for new home construction and additional outbuildings. Work would include removing the existing float house that is currently beached. The existing pad on the property would then be expanded 0.04-acre below the high tide line. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-3), dated March 13, 2022. The project site is located at Latitude 56.687291º N., Longitude 132.930353º W.; in Petersburg, Alaska. Please contact Emily Vullo at (907) 753-2704, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Emily.N.Vullo@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.

11 Apr 2022

POA-1998-00165, Goodnews Bay_PN

Expiration date: 5/11/2022

Dan Hall, Knik Construction, Co., Inc, 6520 Kulis Dr, Suite 5, Anchorage, Alaska 99502. Telephone number 907-245-1865 and fax number 907-249-0250, states the The applicant’s stated purpose is to provide additional docking safety and mooring stability to the existing gravel and rock barge dock system by adding an additional 4-foot diameter steel pipe pile. Additionally, the applicant is proposing maintenance dredging to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs. The proposed dredging will also improve navigation safety by eliminating the risk of barge grounding during loading operations. Work will be conducted in Goodnews Bay, a navigable water of the United States., below High Tide Line (HTL) an additional 4-foot diameter steel pile is proposed to provide increased support and safety for the existing barge dock system. The applicant is also proposing to dredge up to 7,000 cubic yards of coarse to fine sand material from approximately 1.5 acres around the barge dock system. Further maintenance dredging is estimated for up to 2,000 cubic yards every 2 years in the same area. Dredging in-water will be done using a long-reach excavator from a barge, or from the beach during de-watered tide stages. Any fallback that occurs during in-water dredging using a long-reach excavator is expected to be de minimis in volume. A dozer may also be used for certain dredge locations during de-watered tide stages. The dredged sandy material will not be disposed of in waters of the United States. There are two privately owned upland locations that will be used for the disposal of the dredged materials. The applicant proposes all or some of the dredged material may be disposed of on previously disturbed non-wetland private uplands near the proposed dredge area and/or all or some of the dredged sandy material may be disposed of on previously disturbed non-wetland private uplands within the active rock and gravel quarry. The active quarry is located approximately 8 road miles south of the proposed dredge area off the existing Red Mountain Road at approximately Latitude 58.9731º, Longitude -161.7006º. Disposal of the sandy dredged material at either location will not result in the drainage of dredged material into wetlands or waters. The upland soils adjacent to the proposed dredge project area are composed of porous sands and gravels. Any water drainage from the disposed dredge materials in that location will percolate into the soil. The upland rock and gravel quarry where dredged materials may be disposed of has existing drainage controls, which will prevent drainage into wetlands and other waters. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-2), dated December 9, 2021. The project site is located within Section 17, T. 13S., R. 75W.; Seward Meridian. Latitude 59.0491º., Longitude -161.8178º.; off Standard Oil Road, north of the City of Platinum, Alaska. Please contact Tyler Marye at (907) 753-5778, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, by fax at (907) 753-5567, or by email at Tyler.J.Marye@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.