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ADEC

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  • We have researched the ADEC Contaminated Sites, Spills and LUST program databases and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other confirmed or suspected contaminated sites, spills and any registered underground or above-ground fuel storage tanks that may affect or be affected by the proposed project please provide that information.
  • Identify any water quality concerns.
  • Provide information and/or data on existing (permitted or unpermitted) solid waste landfills, dumps, discharges, or sewage lagoons in the project area.
  • Provide information and/or data on existing drinking water supplies in the project area.
  • Identify any permits and/or clearances to be obtained from your agency for the proposed project.


ADNR-POR

ADNR, Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. State Parks - We have researched the ADNR DPOR Catalog of the Alaska State Park System for the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other existing or proposed State Parks in the vicinity of the project, and can identify any Park objectives or activities that may conflict with the proposed project please provide that information
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ADNR-RAD

ADNR, Division of Mining, Land and Water, Resource Assessment & Development Unit

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  • Land Use Plans - We have researched the ADNR Land Use Plan for the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other existing and/or proposed land use plans and can identify any land use objectives that may conflict with the proposed project please provide that information.

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ADNR-NRO

ADNR, Division of Mining, Land and Water, Northern Region Office

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. Land Use - Are there any state lands in the project area and if so have any authorizations such as Land Use Permits, Leases, Right-of-ways, Material Site Contracts or ILMA's been issued which would conflict with the project?
  2. Permits - Identify any permits or clearances to be obtained from your agency for the proposed project.
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ADNR-OHMP

Alaska Department of Natural Resources Office of Habitat Management and Permitting

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. We have researched the ADF&G's An Atlas to the Catalog of Waters Important to the Spawning, Rearing or Migration of Anadromous Fishes and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you have any other information and/or data on anadromous or resident fish streams in the vicinity of the proposed project, including spawning/rearing habitat and migration corridors please provide us that information.
  2. Identify any fish species within the project boundaries that may be used for subsistence.
  3. We have researched the ADF&G State of Alaska Refuges, Critical Habitat Areas and Sanctuaries and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If these special areas exist in the project vicinity, would the normal activities of these areas be affected by the proposed project?
  4. Provide information on wildlife other than fish in the vicinity of the proposed project.
  5. Would the project affect wildlife migration corridors or bisect/segment wildlife habitat?
  6. Identify any permits and/or clearances to be obtained from your agency for the proposed project.


BLM

Bureau of Land Management

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. We have researched the BLM website with respect to BLM Recreation Areas for the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you have any other information and/or data on Recreation Areas or Native Allotments in the project area that might potentially be affected by the proposal, please provide that information.
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Regional Corporations, IRAs and Traditional Councils

We have researched the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS) for the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other confirmed or potential archaeological, historical, cultural and/or religious sites that may be affected by the proposed project please provide that information.


USCBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  • Would the proposed project have an affect on the operation of the Alcan Border Station? 


USACE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. We have researched the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Maps for the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other information and/or data with respect to the base floodplains, regulatory floodways, and/or special flood hazard areas of drainages that may be affected by the proposed project, please provide that information.
  2. Are there any navigable waters of the U.S. in the project vicinity over which the COE has Section 10 authority?
  3. Identify any permits and/or clearances to be obtained from your agency for the proposed project.


USEPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. Identify any sole source or principal drinking water sources that may be affected by the proposed project.
  2. We have researched the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Contaminated Sites, Spills and LUST program databases and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other confirmed or suspected contaminated sites, spills and any registered underground or above ground fuel storage tanks that may affect or be affected by the proposed project please provide that information.
  3. Identify any permits and/or clearances to be obtained from your agency for the proposed project
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USFWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. We have researched the USF&WS website with respect to known threatened and/or endangered species and their habitat for the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you have any other information and/or data on threatened and/or endangered species in the project area that might potentially be affected by the proposal please provide that information.
  2. We have researched the USF&WS website with respect to identifying National Wildlife Refuge lands in or adjacent to the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other existing or proposed refuge lands in the vicinity of the project, and can identify any refuge objectives or activities that may conflict with the proposed project please provide that information.
  3. We have researched the USF&WS National Wetland Inventory Maps with respect to identifying wetlands in or adjacent to the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you know of any other wetlands that may be impacted by the project, please provide that information.
  4. Provide information or data on important fish and wildlife habitats or migration corridors potentially affected by the proposal.
  5. Provide information on known active or inactive eagle nests in the project area.
  6. Identify any permits and or clearances to be obtained from your agency for the project.


USNMFS

U.S. Dept. of Commerce (National Marine Fisheries Service)

In addition to identifying any concerns and/or issues your agency might have with the proposed project, the following information is requested:

  1. We have researched the NMFS website with respect to known threatened and/or endangered species and their habitat for the project area and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you have any other information and/or data on threatened and/or endangered species in the project area that might potentially be affected by the proposal please provide that information.
  2. We have researched the NMFS website to determine if essential fish habitat (EFH) pursuant to the Magnuson Act will be impacted by the proposed project and any findings are identified in the scoping letter and/or Appendix A. If you have any other information and/or data on EFH species or habitat please provide that information.

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