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Home My WebLink About03112019 City Council Laydown - Public Notice of Application for Permit /9030 Cay ,, Cc mt.-) iMNOWEI US Army Corps Public Notice of Engineers t :,1�2r�c, Alaska District of Application ANCHORAGE for Permit Regulatory Division(1145) CE P OA-RD 645 G Street, Suite 100-921 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 PUBLIC NOTICE DATE: MARCH 1, 2019 EXPIRATION DATE: MAY 30, 2019 REFERENCE NUMBER: POA-2017-00271 WATERWAY: MULTIPLE Interested parties are hereby notified that Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) has submitted a Department of the Army permit application requesting authorization under Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) to perform work in or affect navigable waters of the United States (U.S.) and under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) to discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. PLP's project information is described below and shown on the enclosed project drawings (Figure 1, dated September 28, 2018; Figure 2, dated September 6, 2018; Figure 3, dated September 28, 2018; Figure 4, dated October 10, 2019; and Figures 5-11, dated January 2019). APPLICANT: Pebble Limited Partnership, 3201 C Street, Suite 505, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503 LOCATION: PLP's proposed project location is in southwest Alaska, near Iliamna Lake, approximately 200 miles southwest of Anchorage and 60 miles west of Cook Inlet. The mine site and a majority of the proposed supporting infrastructure would be located in the Lake and Peninsula Borough with the remainder of supporting infrastructure located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. PURPOSE: PLP's stated purpose is to produce commodities, including copper, gold, and molybdenum, from the Pebble Deposit, which is a naturally occurring concentration of copper-gold-molybdenum and other valuable minerals, in a manner that is commercially viable using proven technologies that are suitable for the remote project location. The pipeline construction area for the marine portion and the Lake Iliamna portion of the pipeline, including the trench and any areas where trenched material would be temporarily sidecast, would be up to 30 feet wide. Arnakdedori Port and ancillary facilities would be up to 40 acres in size. The Pebble Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) can be viewed at: pebbleprojecteis.com. An initial list of required permits and approvals, and the agencies responsible for their issuance, are listed in Appendix E of the DEIS. APPLICANT PROPOSED MITIGATION: PLP has proposed mitigation measures to avoid, minimize, and compensate for impacts to waters of the U.S. from activities involving discharges of dredged or fill material. These measures are summarized in Chapter 5 and Appendix M of the DEIS. WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION: Discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. cannot proceed until a certification or waiver of certification, as required under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (Public Law 95-217), has been received from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. CULTURAL RESOURCES: To date, investigations into the presence or absence of potentially eligible historic properties have included consulting the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS); reviews of previous studies, historic and ethnographic sources; interviews of local informants regarding cultural resources; field surveys at the proposed mine site and port site; a desktop study of the proposed transportation corridor; place name research; and landscape modeling to identify areas with low potential to contain archeological resources. There are potentially eligible historic properties in the permit area and within the vicinity of the permit area. Further information on the investigation into potentially eligible historic properties is provided in the DEIS. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has made an Adverse Effect determination for the proposed project based upon the presence of potentially eligible historic properties in the permit area and the reasonable expectation that these potentially eligible properties would be affected by the undertaking. This application is being coordinated with State Historic Preservation Officer, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and other consulting parties. Any comments concerning archeological or historic data that may affected by work under the requested permit will be considered in our final decision. ENDANGERED SPECIES: The project area is within the range of the Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni), Steller's eider (Polysticta stellen), and short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus). We have determined the described activity would have no effect on the endangered short- tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) and the Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus 3 March 27, 2019, 3:30 P.M. — 7:00 P.M. Newhalen School, Newhalen, AK, March 28, 2019, 3:30 P.M. — 7:00 P.M. Igiugig School, Igiugig, AK, March 29, 2019, 1:00 P.M. — 5:00 P.M. New Stuyahok Community Building, New Stuyahok, AK, April 8, 2019, 3:30 P.M. — 7:00 P.M. Tribal Center, Nondalton, AK, April 9, 2019, 4:00 P.M. — 9:00 P.M. Dillingham High School, Dillingham, AK, April 11, 2019, 3:30 P.M. — 9:00 P.M. Homer High School, Homer, AK, April 16, 2019, 12:00 P.M. —8:00 P.M. Dena'ina Center, Anchorage, AK, The purpose of the hearings are to acquire information or evidence which is needed to make decisions on the permit application. The presiding officer will be Colonel Phillip J. Borders, District Commander or Lieutenant Colonel Penny M. Bloedel, Deputy District Commander. Any person will be permitted to submit oral or written statements concerning the permit application, but for accuracy or record, all important facts and statements, should be submitted in writing. The hearing record will be closed on the expiration date of this Public Notice. Communications received in response to this notice are on record and will so remain and will be given the same consideration as the information presented at the hearing. The time limit for oral statements submitted at the hearing will be up to three minutes for parties wishing to speak. Cross-examination of speakers will not be permitted. The proceedings of the hearing will be recorded verbatim. Copies of the transcript may be purchased from the recorder. A copy will be available for public inspection on pebbleprojecteis.com. All written statements, charts, tabulations, and similar data offered in evidence at the hearing will, subject to exclusion by the presiding officer for reasons of redundancy, be received in evidence and will constitute a part of the record. The transcript of the hearing, together with all evidence introduced at the hearing, will be made a part of the administrative record of the permit application. All matters discussed at the hearing will be fully considered in making a final decision regarding the impact of the applications on the public interest. EVALUATION: The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impact including cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public interest. That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which may be relevant to the proposal will be considered including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shoreline erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people. The USACE is soliciting comments from all interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of this proposed activity. 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