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Report: Temporary Land Use Permit #19-03 for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Agent for TAPS Owners, for Six Months, for a Seventeen (17) Acre Portion of Tract D Section 34 ASCS 98-30
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SUBMITTED BY: Nicole LeRoy, Planning Technician
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Receive and file.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
On March 15, 2019, Planning Department staff received temporary land use permit application 19-03 from the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, an agent of Trans-Alaska Pipeline owners, for use of a portion of Tract D Section 34 ASCS 98-30 (per plat 2016-7) owned by the City of Valdez. Alyeska has requested use of sections of ASCS 98-30 adjacent to Brown's Creek for access, and equipment and fill staging, for flood mitigation work to preserve depth of cover over the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in Brown's Creek (see attached application.) The area requested is vacant, zoned unclassified lands, totaling seventeen (17) acres. Alyeska has requested use of the property from May through October. Equipment utilized for the project, and brought through the permitted area, will be dozers, excavators, trucks, and loaders. In addition, the applicant has indicated some brushing through city property may be necessary to access the creek at the appropriate locations.
Alyeska has applied for the required permits with Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the Army Corp of Engineers, for the work in Brown's Creek. They have also submitted an application for a City of Valdez floodplain development permit. Staff recommended approval of temporary land use permit application #19-03 be conditioned on the applicant achieving the appropriate State of Alaska and Army Corp permitting. Per 15.30.040 A, Alyeska is also required to have an approved City of Valdez floodplain development permit for their proposed work.
It should also be noted that whi...
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