Permit Application For Recreational Mining Using Hand Tools Or A Suction Dredge In Sixmile Creek And Resurrection Creek Drainages Near Hope Form printable pdf download

PERMIT APPLICATION FOR RECREATIONAL MINING

USING HAND TOOLS OR A SUCTION DREDGE

IN SIXMILE CREEK AND RESURRECTION CREEK DRAINAGES NEAR HOPE, ALASKA

Pursuant to AS 16.05.870(b), I hereby make application for a permit to placer mine using hand tools or a suction dredge with a nozzle intake

and suction hose six inches or less in diameter and powered by 18 HP or less in the Resurrection Creek and Sixmile Creek drainages.

NAME __________________________________________________TELEPHONE ___________________________

ADDRESS________________________________________________________________________________________

City

State

ZIP

SUCTION DREDGE INTAKE ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

inches

horsepower

gpm

I hereby certify that I am a recreational miner, that I have read and understand the permit conditions for recreational use of a suction dredge in

the Resurrection Creek and Sixmile Creek drainages (see reverse side for permit conditions), and hereby agree to be bound by these conditions

issued pursuant to Alaska Statute 16.05.870 (Anadromous Fish Act).

__________________________

____________________________________________________________

Date of Application

Driver’s License No.

Signature of Applicant

__________________________________________________________________________________

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACE BELOW - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

VALIDATION

_______________________

December 31,

1998

Date Issued

Expires

When validation seal has been stamped above, the applicant is authorized to placer mine with hand tools or operate a suction dredge in the

Resurrection Creek and Sixmile Creek drainages in accordance with the permit conditions listed on the reverse side of this permit.

The Resurrection Creek and Sixmile Creek drainages are within the Chugach National Forest. These lands are administered by the U.S. Forest

Service. On federal land, any suction dredge with an intake larger than four inches is considered commercial and requires prior approval. We

recommend that you contact the Seward Ranger District at 224-3374 and the Glacier Ranger District at 783-3242 regarding suction dredging

within the Chugach National Forest. Be advised that nothing in this permit authorizes the permittee to trespass on privately owned property,

or to use a dredge in waters passing over private lands or valid mining claims without permission. This permit is not transferable.

Both Resurrection Creek and Sixmile Creek and many of their tributaries have been specified as being important for the spawning, rearing or

migration of anadromous fish pursuant to AS 16.05.870(a). Resurrection Creek supports pink, chum, coho, and chinook salmon, and Dolly

Varden. The Sixmile Creek drainage supports pink, chinook, and coho salmon, and Dolly Varden. Major tributaries which support salmon

include Canyon, East Fork, Granite, Bench, Center, and Silvertip creeks.

Adult salmon spawning begins in mid-July and extends through the fall. The eggs deposited in the stream bed do not emerge as free

swimming fish until April or May of the following year. Salmon eggs deposited in the streambed gravels are extremely vulnerable to any type

of disturbance such as suction dredging because they cannot withstand shock and pressure. In addition, sediment deposited on top of gravels

which contain eggs or fish fry may prevent the eggs and fry from breathing, thereby killing them. For this reason, the instream use of suction

dredges is generally limited to the period between May 15 and July 15 which is when salmon eggs and fry are least vulnerable to disturbance.

Please be advised that this permit does not relieve you from complying with State Water Quality Standards specified in

regulations of the Department of Environmental Conservation (18 AAC 70.010-110). This means that dredging or mining

Permit Application For Recreational Mining Using Hand Tools Or A Suction Dredge In Sixmile Creek And Resurrection Creek Drainages Near Hope Form

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