BOYER TOWING LOG STORAGE
DEC is seeking public comment on a draft Wastewater Disposal Individual Permit to authorize the discharge of bark waste to water by Boyer Towing, Inc., from log rafts stored temporarily in three locations in Southeast Alaska.

One location is a cove known as The Pothole on Woewodski Island at the south end of Wrangell Narrows approximately 18 miles south of Petersburg . The other two locations are at the east and west ends of Dry Pass on the northwest side of Prince of Wales Island approximately 45 miles north of Klawock. Boyer Towing proposes to tow log rafts from the Tonka Log Transfer Facility in Wrangell Narrows to the Viking Sawmill in Klawock. Temporary log storage would take place in the three locations for one to three days out of several two week periods from spring through fall in 2007 and 2008. Log rafts would be tied to mooring buoys while stored in each location. The proposed permit would authorize a Zone of Deposit for bark waste on the ocean bottom at each location. Little bark typically is discharged from logs in storage.

Comments must be submitted in writing by e-mail, fax, mail, or hand delivery to the
contact below by 5 p.m., May 18, 2007.

Chris Foley E-mail: chris.foley@alaska.gov
ADEC/Water Division Phone: 907-465-5257
410 Willoughby Ave., Suite 303 FAX: 907-465-5274
P.O. Box 111800
Juneau , AK 99801

The draft permit, a fact sheet, and the public notice may be accessed through the links below.

WARD COVE LOG TRANSFER AND STORAGE
DEC issued Individual Wastewater Disposal Permit number 2003-DB-0034 to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough for the discharge of bark and wood waste from log transfer and storage in Ward Cove near Ketchikan , with effective date of May 14, 2004, and expiration date of May 13, 2009. The permit was transferred to Renaissance Ketchikan Group in January 2007, with no change to the permit.

The permit and related documents may be accessed through the links below.

BAREFOOT BAY LOG TRANSFER FACILITY
DEC issued Individual Wastewater Disposal Permit number 2005-DB-0002 to Koncor Forest Products for the discharge of bark and wood waste from log transfer and storage at the Barefoot Beach Log Transfer Facility on Afognak Island , with effective date of March 21, 2005, and termination date of March 21, 2010.

The permit and related documents may be accessed through the links below.