Project Update
Thank you for your comments! We received more than 330 issue-specific comments on the Draft EA from 88 public e mails, comment forms, and letters and 11 agency e-mails and letters. Issue-specific comments received fall within the following areas: Access/Land Use; Air Quality; Alternatives; Amenities; Congestion; Cost; Cultural Resources; Cumulative Effects; Data; Demand; Design; Habitat; Invasive Species; Mitigation; Permitting; Process; Purpose and Need; Safety; Social Impact; Stakeholder Outreach; Visual Impacts; Water Quality; and Wildlife/Fish.
The Project Team recently finalized a summary of the comments received during the Draft EA comment period. The summary document was reviewed and approved by the USFWS and CBJ, and is posted on the project website here. Additional studies are underway to address comments received. Once these studies have been completed, the results will be incorporated into the Final EA, which will be loaded onto the project website upon completion.
The City and Borough of Juneau Docks and Harbors Department, in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for construction of a two-lane boat launch and related facilities at Statter Harbor in Auke Bay, near Juneau, Alaska. The Draft EA has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; Coastal Zone Management Act; National Historic Preservation Act; Magnuson-Stevens Act; Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; Endangered Species Act; and Executive Orders 11990 Protection of Wetlands, 11988 Floodplain Management, 11593 Historic Preservation, and 12898 Environmental Justice. The EA presents a full range of alternatives that were developed as a result of comments received during scoping. Seven of the nine alternatives were dismissed from analysis for either not being feasible to build, or not meeting the project’s intended purpose and need. Two were carried forward as the Proposed Action and the No-Action Alternative for detailed analysis.
The Proposed Action includes the following activities:
- Constructing armored slopes and a marine seawall to retain 3.9 acres of intertidal fill
- Constructing a new access driveway from Glacier Highway
- Constructing a sea walk trail near Bay Creek
- Performing temporary repairs on DeHart’s Marina float system
- Constructing a two-lane boat launch and expand parking to meet ADF&G Sport Fish design guidelines
- Reconfiguring vehicle circulation, staging, and loading areas within the harbor
- Segregating launch and retrieve operations
- Relocating the existing shelter (near the Horton Lot) to create a scenic overlook
- Constructing a restroom
- Installing landscaped buffer areas near adjacent properties
A copy of the Draft EA can be found at the project Web site on the documents page.