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DOT&PF Notice To Begin Engineering & Environmental Studies: False Pass Airport Fence Rehabilitation

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is proposing to rehabilitate the existing facilities at the False Pass Airport. DOT&PF has informed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Alaska Region Airports Division of their intent to apply for federal funding assistance for the proposed project.

The proposed work includes the following activities:      
• Resurfacing Runway 14/32, taxiway and apron
• Resurfacing the airport access road and replace roadway guardrail and signage
• Installing or replacing airfield signage as necessary
• Adding retro reflective markers to the movement area
• Replacing the supplemental wind cone (in-kind replacement)
• Replacing the segmented circle and wind cone (in-kind replacement and moving segmented circle up to 10 feet to be outside the Runway Object Free Area [ROFA])
• Build new wind cone access road and the segmented circle pad
• Install a new access road to the supplemental wind cone
• Address bridge abutment and streambank erosion at crossing over Roundtop Valley Creek
• Vegetation clearing of the ROFA
• Implementing drainage improvements (e.g., culvert repair, ditch reconditioning, rock armoring, etc.)
• Rehabilitate RW 32 end
• Replace airport and airport access road culverts and improve drainage ditches as necessary
• Establish contractor staging area adjacent to the apron (2 acres)

Supporting field studies include topographic survey, geotechnical investigation, wetlands, invasive species, and cultural resources.

Field studies were conducted during the summer and fall of 2024 and are anticipated to continue into the spring of 2025. Construction is anticipated to begin as early as summer of 2027.

False Pass does not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. The project is adjacent to Isanotski Strait and erosion protection activities would be constructed in Round Top Valley Creek; however, DOT&PF anticipates no significant encroachments or net changes to base flood elevations.

Development of the proposed project would follow a process required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Based on project location and scope of work, the environmental document is anticipated to be a categorical exclusion (CE). Possible affected resources include wetlands, waters of the U.S., and cultural or historic properties.

The proposed project would comply with all applicable authorities including:
• Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
• Clean Air and Clean Water Acts
• Endangered Species Act
• National Historic Preservation Act - Section 106
• EO-11990 (Wetlands Protection)
• EO-11988 (Floodplain Protection)
• US Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
• U.S. DOT Act Section 4(f)

DOT&PF is soliciting comments on the proposed project. Your comments would help us evaluate potential environmental, social, and economic impacts of this project, as well as impacts to historic and cultural resources.

Please submit your written comments to:
Kathryn Erickson, Environmental Impact Analyst
DOT&PF Southcoast Region
P.O. Box 112506
Juneau, Alaska 99811-2506
Phone: (907) 465-4498
Fax: (907) 465-4414
Email: kathryn.erickson@alaska.gov

To ensure that all possible factors are considered, please provide comments via email, fax, or mailing address by May 28, 2025.

It is the policy of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) that no person shall be excluded from participation in, or be denied benefits of any and all programs or activities we provide based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, ability, or national origin, regardless of the funding source including Federal Transit Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration and State of Alaska funds. DOT&PF complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

If you or someone you represent requires special accommodations in order to respond to this public notice, please call or email the project coordinator listed above, or call Alaska Relay at 711, or call (800) 770-8973 for TTY, (800) 770-8255 for voice, (800) 770-3919 for ASCII, (866) 355-6198 for STS. Ask the communications assistant to call the project coordinator listed above so arrangements can be made to assist you.

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Created 4/28/2025 3:34:52 PM by asaggiomo

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Department: Transportation and Public Facilities
Category: Public Notices
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Location(s): Southcoast Region
Project/Regulation #: SFAPT00500
 
Publish Date: 4/28/2025
Archive Date: 5/29/2025
 
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