ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NOTICE OF PROPOSED LEASE AMENDMENT
ADL 108853
to Era Helicopters, LLC

In accordance with AS 38.05.035, the Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW) has issued a preliminary decision to amend the leasehold, ADL 27108, to include an additional half acre, more or less, of preexisting filled tideland, and to adjust the assessed fair market use fee based on the additional area. The subject filled tideland is adjacent to ATS 602, in Gastineau Channel, within the Copper River Meridian, Township 41 South, Range 67 East, NW ¼ of Section 8. The Applicant plans to continue to use the additional area as part of its heliport facility.

Public notice of the preliminary written decision and the associated documents will be posted on the Alaska Public Notice System website for 30 calendar days (http://notice.alaska.gov). The public may provide written comments to DMLW during that time. Additionally, notice of the preliminary decision will be given to adjacent landowners. Juneau post offices will also be requested to post the notice of the preliminary decision.

The public is invited to comment on the preliminary decisions. Written comments must be received by DNR no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 19, 2018. All comments must be submitted to: DNR, Division of Mining, Land and Water, Southeastern Regional Office by mail at 400 Willoughby Avenue, P.O. Box 111020, Juneau, AK 99811-1020, by fax at 907-465-3886, or by electronic mail to adam.moser@alaska.gov in order to ensure consideration. Please include your mailing address and telephone contact.  DNR reserves the right to issue additional public notice as it determines necessary.

Following the close of the comment period, all timely written comments will be considered, and DNR may make appropriate revisions to the decision or issue the preliminary decision as a final written decision. A copy of the final decision will be sent to all persons who comment on the preliminary decision. Persons who are aggrieved by the final decision will have the right to appeal it.

The Division of Mining, Land and Water reserves the right to waive technical defects in this publication