Public Notices

10 Feb 2023

POA-2006-02047-M1 Fish Creek PN

Expiration date: 3/12/2023

Bartly Kleven, Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc., P.O. Box 73726, Fairbanks, AK 99707, states the purpose is to expand the existing Gil Mine Project, which began in 2021. The purpose of the Gil Mine Project - 2023 Modification is to profitably produce gold from mineral reserves on State of Alaska Land, utilizing open-pit mining methods and existing recovery processes. The proposed project would expand an existing mine on state-owned land northeast of Fairbanks and southeast of Chatanika to continue extracting gold. Impacts to waters of the United States. caused by construction of the existing mine totaled 3.27 acres; these impacts were authorized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District (Corps) on August 6, 2021. The proposed project would be authorized by a modification of the existing permit. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-5), dated January 2023. The project site is located within Sections 2, 3, 10 & 11, T. 2 N., R. 3 E., Fairbanks Meridian; Latitude 65.024400º N., Longitude 147.104700º W.; near Chatanika, Alaska. From Fairbanks, travel North on the Steese Highway, turn right on Fish Creek Road to the Fort Knox security office. Traveling on site, go east below tailings storage facility, across the existing Gil Causeway, and continue east approximately six miles on the existing access road to the Gil Project. Please contact Greg Mazer at (907) 347-9059, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Gregory.J.Mazer@usace.army.mil, if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

8 Feb 2023

POA-1983-00465-M8 Thorne Bay PN

Expiration date: 3/10/2023

Mr. John Huestis, City of Thorne Bay, P.O. Box 19110, Thorne Bay, AK 99919, 907-828-3380, administrator@thornebay-ak.gov, states the purpose is to provide additional boat trailer and vehicle parking adjacent to the existing launch ramp and harbor because a planned fire station will displace some of the few parking spaces that currently exist, and the site is very underserved for parking. The applicant proposes to expand the Davidson Landing Harbor parking area by filling in a corner bounded by the boat launch ramp to the south, the existing gravel pad and access driveway to the west, harbor access/entrance to the north, and the South Davidson Inlet to the east. Approximately half of this corner area appears to have been partially filled prior to 2008, but not brought up to the surface grade of the surrounding gravel pads/access roads so it is not a useable surface. This previously filled area is lower than the high tide line, but higher than the mean high water, and much higher than the natural beach. The applicant proposes to place clean fill material from a local quarry consisting of 1494 cubic yards of shot rock, 119 cubic yards of D-1 gravel, and 411 cubic yards of armor rock as fill in 0.132-acre of waters of the U.S. to bring this corner area up to grade as a functional parking area. The surface of the proposed parking area would be approximately 74 feet at the widest point and 124 feet long at the longest point, with a 2:1 riprap slope on the east side. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-5), dated July 14, 2022, and November 28, 2022. The project site is located within Section 34, T. 71 S., R. 84 E., Copper River Meridian; USGS Quad Map Cape Flattery; Latitude 55.6706º N., Longitude -132.5239º W.; in the city of Thorne Bay, Alaska. Please contact Heather Markway at (907) 753-2797, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Heather.N.Markway@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

1 Feb 2023

POA-2022-00381 Wrangell Narrows PN

Expiration date: 3/3/2023

Christian W. Buschmann, P.O. Box 898, Petersburg, Alaska 99833, states the purpose is to provide access and utilities for a residential development. Construction of a 1,250-foot-long by 50-foot-long roadway. Within the roadway footprint would be overhead electric line and waterline utilities. Additionally, construction of three (3) 24-inch diameter culverts and one (1) 30-inch culvert. The total work includes discharge of 6,000 cubic yards of shot rock into 1.26-acre of palustrine wetland and 6.7 cubic yards of rip rap into 315-square-feet below the Ordinary High Water mark of four (4) unnamed tributaries. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-3), dated January 2023. The proposed project is located within Section 3, T. 59 S., R. 79 E., Copper River Meridian; Latitude 56.78835º N., Longitude 132.962369º W.; Back Forty Subdivision in Petersburg, Alaska. Please contact Andrew Gregory at (907) 753-2791, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Andrew.W.Gregory@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

31 Jan 2023

POA-2015-00025-M7 Ugnuravik River PN

Expiration date: 3/2/2023

Oil Search (Alaska), LLC, a subsidiary of Santos Limited, Attn: Kollin Fencil kollin.fencil@santos.com, P.O. Box 240927, Anchorage, AK 99524 states the purpose is to provide a long-term supply of fuel gas and sea water that is reliable and in sufficient quantity to allow Oil Search (Alaska) to optimize production efficiency from the Pikka Development project. Discharge 7,900 cubic yards of fill into 1.2 acres of wetlands for Sea Water Treatment Plant (STP) equipment crossings. Discharge 8,800 cubic yards of fill into 0.4-acre of wetlands for STP road pipeline crossings. Discharge 1,600 cubic yards of fill into 0.2-acre of wetlands for STP Pigging Platform at Spine Road Y. Discharge 3,000 cubic yards of fill into 0.5-acre of wetlands for Gas Spur Pipeline (GSP) equipment crossings. Discharge 4,400 cubic yards of fill into 0.4-acre of wetlands for GSP parking Pad/Platforms at DS-1C Road. Discharge 1,500 cubic yards of fill into 0.2-acre of wetlands for 30 STP Vertical Support Members (VSM). Discharge 1,840 cubic yards of fill into 0.1-acre of wetlands for 460 GSP VSMs. Discharge 170 cubic yards of fill into 0.1-acre of wetlands for bonding cable trenching. For a total discharge of 29,210 cubic yards into 3.1 acres of wetlands. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-21), dated November 2022. The proposed project is located at several sites: Latitude 70.511017º N., Longitude 149.862592º W.; Latitude 70.292828º N., Longitude 149.877171º W.; Latitude 70.26676º N., Longitude 149.561747º W.; 32 miles west of Deadhorse, Alaska. Please contact Janet Post at (907) 753-2831, toll free from within Alaska at (800) 478-2712, or by email at Janet.L.Post@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this public notice.

11 Jan 2023

POA-2012-00033-M1 Akutan Harbor_PN

Expiration date: 2/10/2023

The City of Akutan (point of contact: Joe Bereskin), P.O. Box 109, Akutan, AK 99553, states the purpose is to provide road access between Akutan boat harbor and Trident Seafood Plant. To discharge 29,500 cubic yards of crushed rock, 20,000 cubic yards of riprap, and 2,000 cubic yards of surface aggregate (gravel/sand) into 0.8-acre of wetlands and 2.6-acres of marine waters of Akutan Harbor, a navigable water of the U.S. The work would include a 1.25-mile road with 12 foot wide drivable surface with several turnouts along the way, as well as, a culvert in North Creek and a bridge over Whalebone Creek. All work would be performed in accordance with the enclosed plan (sheets 1-18), dated December 13, 2022. The project site is located within Section 9, 10, 11, T. 70 S., R. 112 W., Seward Meridian; USGS Quad Map Unimak A-6; Latitude 54.131º, Longitude -165.833º; in Akutan, Alaska. Please contact Ms. Delana Wilks by phone at (907) 201-5021 or by email at Delana.P.Wilks@usace.army.mil if further information is desired concerning this notice.