Pursuant to AS 38.05.035, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Mining, Land & Water (DMLW) has issued a preliminary decision to authorize a 25-year lease to Smart Construction Company, Inc. for a 2 acre parcel of State tidelands.
The improvements are already in place and are used to tie and lay up barges for periodic moorage and maintenance.
The proposed tidelands lease is located in Tongass Narrows, a navigable body of water in Southeast Alaska, within the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, seven miles north of Ketchikan, USGS map Ketchikan B-6 within the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 75S Range 90E CRM.
The lease is located seaward of and adjacent to Lots 32 and 33 of Block 2, Gravina Island Subdivision, U.S. Survey No. 3840 and seaward of and adjacent to ATS 1477, which itself is seaward of and adjacent to Lot 34 of Block 2, Gravina Island Subdivision, U.S. Survey No. 3840.
DMLW invites and welcomes the public to comment on this Preliminary Decision and note any concerns within a thirty-day notice period.
30 DAY REVIEW
DAY 1 ISSUANCE:…………………………………………………..December 30, 2016
DAY 30 COMMENT DEADLINE:…………………………………..January 30, 2017
A copy of the Preliminary Decision is attached to this notice, or is available in upon request. Questions concerning how to comment should be directed to Theodore Deats at (907) 465-3462, by e-mail at sero@alaska.gov, by fax at (907) 465-3886, or by postal mail to the Division of Mining, Land & Water, 400 Willoughby Ave., 4th Floor, Juneau, AK 99811. Please include your mailing address and telephone number.
All comments must be received in writing at the above e-mail or postal address on or before 5:00 PM on January 30, 2017.
To be eligible to appeal DNR’s final decision, under AS 38.05.035(i)–(m), a person must have submitted written comments during this comment period.