The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has received a Multi-Agency (State and Federal) application for Placer Mining in the Koyukuk Mining District near the town of Wiseman. The mining related activity is located within Township 030N, Range 017W, Fairbanks Meridian. The USGS 1:250,000 Quadrangle is Wiseman. DNR authorizations include Alaska Coastal Zone Consistency, Water Use Permits, Miscellaneous Land Use Permits, Approved Plan of Operations, and Reclamation Plan of Approval for a Mining Operation.

The Mining Section of the Division of Mining, Land and Water proposes to issue a Miscellaneous Land Use Permit pursuant to 11 AAC 96.010 for mining and/or exploration activity on state mining claims as well as reclamation approval on state or private lands. Winter cross country travel on state lands not within state mining claims may also be authorized.

A Water Right or a Temporary Water Use Permit may be issued and state land use beyond the mining claims will be adjudicated by DNR.

Applications for mining-related activity within the Coastal Zone require a Consistency determination by the Division of Coastal and Ocean Management (DCOM). See the “ACMP” subdirectory (http://notes4.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/PNByDeptActive?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=12.4#12.4) of this web site for those projects that have not previously been found consistent with the Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP). Additional information may be found at the Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) website at http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/acmp/.


A copy of the application may be obtained from DNR. For applications within the Northern Region contact Jack Kerin by phone at (907) 451-2736, by fax at 451-2703, by email at jack.kerin@alaska.gov, or by mail to 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709. For applications within the Southcentral or Southeast Regions contact Linda Books by phone (907) 269-8647, by fax at 269-8949, by email at linda.books@alaska.gov, or by mail to 550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 900B, Anchorage, AK 99501.

The web posting of this notice exceeds the requirements of AS 38.05.945 since the proposed activity does not include the disposal of a state interest and the authorization is a revocable permit. Your comments about this activity will receive consideration even though this is a courtesy notice provided they are received within 14 days (21 days for locations within the Coastal Zone) from the posting date of this notice. Your comments on the Miscellaneous Land Use Permit should be submitted to the same contacts listed in the proceeding paragraph.

Other State Agencies which use this application include the Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Fish and Game (ADF&G) and Revenue (DOA). Federal Agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) also reviews this application. These agencies adjudicate this application for the permits they require for mining related activities. Their adjudication may include additional separate notice and there is the opportunity to comment on the same activity to each of the agencies. Mining Fact Sheets about the Agencies which receive the application can be found at http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/factsht/mine_fs/apmathru.pdf and http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/factsht/mine_fs/fed_permits.pdf. A more detailed discussion of the agencies that use this application is given in the application itself http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/forms/08apma/placer.pdf.

DNR reserves the right to waive technical defects in this publication.