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Report: Issuance of Temporary Land Use Permit #26-02 for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Agent for TAPS Owners, for Six Months, for a .57 acre Portion of Tract C 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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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 a .57 acre portion of Tract C Section 34 ASCS 98-30 (Brown's Creek) per Plat 2016-7 for six months starting February 1, 2026.
Alyeska has requested use of the property to support investigation of the buried pipeline at Trans-Alaska Pipeline Milepost 784-6.
"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, boom-trucks, 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 work pad and be confined to the right-of-way including at the Browns Creek crossing. 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 work pad and re-used as backfill of the excavation. The disturbed areas will be restored to their pre-dig grade and drainage patterns in accordance with TAPS manual MR-48, Section 23, Erosion Control" (see attached application and narrative). The area requested is vacant, zoned public lands, total...
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