DEC clears Parkdown Estates water pipe rehab from environmental review

Parkdown Estates residents can weigh in on a state environmental determination that clears the way for rehabilitating roughly 2,050 feet of water pipe in their neighborhood.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation issued the Categorical Exclusion on June 22, exempting the project from further environmental review under the agency's EPA-approved State Environmental Review Process and regulation 18 AAC 76.235. The project is seeking a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan. DEC based the exemption on findings that the work will not significantly affect the degree of treatment or capacity of the existing facility, will not directly or indirectly affect cultural resources, habitats of threatened or endangered species, or environmentally important natural resource areas, and will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment or cause significant public controversy.

The determination is not final. DEC's notice states it "can be revoked at any time that adverse information is made available."

Residents can contact Environmental Impact Analyst Adele Fetter at (907) 269-7428 or [email protected] to request a copy of the CE or obtain supporting documentation on file with the State Revolving Fund Program. The primary notice does not independently confirm a July 10 comment deadline or specify that Fetter's contact serves as the formal comment-submission channel. Residents should contact DEC directly to confirm public-participation instructions and any applicable deadline.