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Approval of Temporary Land Use Permit #26-07 for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Agent for TAPS Owners, for an Approximately 2.5-acre Portion of Tract B &E Section 34 ASCS 98-30 (Brown's Creek) Per Plat 2016-7 Owned by the City of Valdez
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SUBMITTED BY: Nicole Chase, Senior Planner
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Approve temporary land use permit #26-07 for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, agent for TAPS owners for an approximately 2.5-acre portion of Tract B & E Section 34 ASCS 98-30 (Brown's Creek) per Plat 2016-7
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Community Development staff received temporary land use permit application from the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, an agent of Trans-Alaska Pipeline owners, for use of an approximately 2.5 acre portion of Tract B & E Section 34 ASCS 98-30 (Brown's Creek) per Plat 2016-7 for five months starting no later than July 1, 2026.
Alyeska has requested use of the property to support investigation of the buried pipeline at Trans-Alaska Pipeline Milepost 784-6. "The proposed land use will support the investigation of the buried pipeline at Trans-Alaska Pipeline Milepost 783.89. One edge of the excavation will likely extend onto the City property with the majority being inside the TAPS right-of-way on state land. Excavators, dump trucks, pick-up trucks, boomtrucks, abrasive-blasting and pipe coating skids, welding skids, heaters, light plants will be used, with all except the excavator bucket expected to be situated within the existing right-of-way. Site ingress and egress from/to the Richardson Highway will use the existing TAPS access roads and workpad within the existing rights-of-way. The excavation will extend to about 2.5 feet beneath the bottom of the pipe and will remain open at that depth until the inspection, repairs and re-coating are complete. The excavated materials will be temporarily stockpiled on the workpad an...
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