PUBLIC NOTICE for
Extension of Administrative Decision
RST 564- Purinton (a.k.a. Puritan) Creek Trail
A Qualifying Segment of
Knik- Chickaloon- Nelchina Trail
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF MINING, LAND AND WATER/ SOUTHCENTRAL REGION
Purinton Creek Trail
Subject to Alaska Statute 38.05.035, 38.04.058, the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW), Southcentral Region Office (SCRO) is extending the effictive date of the 2013 Administrative Decision to temporarily restrict motorized travel on the Purinton Creek Trail Route A, as depicted on Figure 1 (attached) to vehicles with a curb weight of 1500 pounds or less. This restriction applies only to that portion of trail passing through private ownership. Parking and camping within the private property is also prohibited during this temporary restriction. Travel through the private property utilizing equipment in excess of 1500 pounds may be authorized by the individual permits issued by the SCRO. Any application for permit will be adjudicated for the uses and activities related to access (11AAC 96.025(9)). Temporarily close to all uses, Routes B, C, and D (see attached Figure 1). The effected portion of RST 564 begins at approximately MP 89.5 of the Glenn Highway, and ends where it intersects State land and ADL 52374-M in Section 23, T 20 North, R 7 East, Seward Meridian. The proposed extension is being taken in order to; implement a long term management strategy for the Puritan Creek area trails.
A person affected by this decision may appeal it in accordance with 11 AAC 02. Any appeal must be received within 20 calendar days after the date of “Issuance” of this decision, as defined in 11 AAC 02 (c) and (d). Appeals should be mailed or delivered to Joseph R. Balash, Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1400, Anchorage, AK 99501, faxed to (907) 269-8918, or sent by electronic mail to dnr.appeals@alaska.gov . If no appeal is filed by that date this decicion goes into effect as a final order and decision on the 31st day after “issuance”. An eligible person must first appeal this decision in accordance with 11 AAC 02 before appealing this decision to the Superior Court. A copy of 11 AAC 02 may be obtained from any regional information office of the Department of Natural Resources.
The State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Individuals with disabilities who may need auxiliary aids, services, or special modifications to participate in this review may contact the DNR Public Information Center from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F at TDD 269-8411. Copies of the Alaska Statute referenced above may be accessed online by searching the State of Alaska website at www.legis.state.ak.us/folhome.htm.
The division reserves the right to waive technical defects in this publication.
/s/
Clark Cox
Regional Manager Signature
DMLW Southcentral Region.