, .,.,.-" Z,6 JAY GOVERNOR

STATE OF ALASKA OFFICE OF THE PIPELINE COORDINATOR s. MAILING , .,Box ,1782.. , ""' A "'"'""' R • P .O ~ ~(o TE L ELPHO N ~ ( 907 ) 27•9 NCHORAGE . ALASK A 99!11 0 c:::::.::::::::~ _j_)_ • 1502 TELEX 26-599 ~ t..(.A/ (\._.,. ~:~~~~ April 10, 1979

Mr. Edwin A. Kuhn Director, Government and Environmental Affairs Horthwest Alaskan Pipeline Company 1801 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036

Dear Hr. Kuhn:

Please find enclosed a preliminary list of key fish streams crossed b y the proposed Northwest A1 ask an Plpe l ine Company .Gas PIPELINE between Delta and the Canadian Bqrder h As outlined in sti pul ati on 2 .5.4.1 of the current draft State and Federal Grants of Right-of-Way, this stream list also includes a esi nation of sensitive times for each of the watercourses. Data contalne ln t e document s ou e utilized in planning for preconstruction, construction, operation and maintenance, and termination activities associated with the PIPELINE SYSTEM. This document does not constitute a complete listing of streams that require Alaska Statute Title 16.05.870 authorization for in-stream activities.

A fish stream list for the area north of Delta also will be prepared. Both lists will be updated annually.

Sincerely,

~~L~State Pipeline Coor

ACM:AGO:cd

Enclosure

cc: Curtis McVee, BLM, Anchorage Colonel George R. Robertson, COE, Anchorage Richard Thiel, EPA, Anchorag e Morris J. Turner, APO, Anchorage Harry Hulsing, USGS, Anchorage FISH STREAMS CROSSED BY THE PROPOSED

NORTHWEST ALASKAN PIPELINE COMPANY

GAS PIPELINE, DELTA TO THE CANADIAN BORDER

MARCH, 1979 Introduction

A list of fish streams along the proposed Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company gas pipeline route from Delta to the Cana­ dian border has been compiled by the Interagency Fish and Wildlife Task Force as outlined by draft Stipulation 2.5.4.1 of the current State and Federal Grant of Right-of-Way. This document is a preliminary listing prepared by the IFTWF.

Fish streams that cross the p roposed pipeline alignment are identified from Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company construc­ tion drawings by alignment sheet, milepost , and station number. Streams listed have been documented to contain fi§b p urees unless otherwise noted. Periods of sensit1v1ty when in-stream disturbance f or construction or maintenance activities should b e limited have been determined through presence and site specific knowledge of fish utili­ zation of a system. £;itical periods encompassing migration, ~ awning, incubation, and overwi n t ering have been del lneat e d by a sol id line; sensitive per1od s, de t 1ned as fish p resence 4 uring less critical life stages, are delineated by a dashed line. KEY TO SPECIES ABBREVIATION

Abbreviation Common Name Scientific Name AB Alaska Blackfish Dallia pectoralis AC Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus AL Arctic Lampetra japonica BB Burbot Lota lota BC Bering Cisco laurettae BL American Brook Lamprey Lampetra lamottei BW Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus CA Arctic Cisco Coregonus autumnalis CD Sculpins Family Cottidae CI Cisco Coregonus sp. CN Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus CS Least Cisco Coregonus sardinella DS Chum (Dog) Oncorhynchus keta DV Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma GR Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus HO Pond Smelt Hypomesus olidus HW Humpback Whitefish Coregonus pidschian IN Inconnu leucichthys KS Chinook (King) Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha LC Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus LS Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus LT Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush LW Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis NP Northern Pike Esox lucius S9 Ninespine Stickleback Ptillgitius pungitius OM Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax PS Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha RB Rainbow Trout Salmo gairdneri RS Sockeye (Red) Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka ffi~ Round Whitefish cylindraceum SB Sticklebacks Family Gasterosteidae SH Steelhead Trout Salmo gairdneri SK Suckers Family Catostomidae SS Coho (Silver) Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch TP Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus WF Whitefishes Family X Fish present but species not identified * * * Potential fishery habitat that merits additional field survey to document presence or absence of fish

Reference: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada. 3rd ed. Reeve X. Bailey, Editor. Special Publication No. 6 September 1970. l PERIODS OF SENS I TI VITY I NORTHWEST NORTHHEST STATION STREAN NAME FISH I SPECIES MI LEPOST ALIGN~IENT NUHLER M A M J J A s 0 N D SHEET J F i i I 28 . 5 6P (Rev . 2) 1527+62 Gerstle River '~ * * I I I I I I I I I i ' ~ i I ' . I ------I 33 . 2 6P (Rev . 2) 17 50+46 Little Gerst le CN , DV (?) GR , LS , RW I River I I I' I

7.. . ---f----1- --- ~ - -- 40. 9 8P (Re ·; . 2) 2162+28 Johnson River b R, WF (? ) '

~ . ------43 . 2 8P (Rev . 2) 2287+60 Dry Creek DV , GR , LS(? RW - ~ I PE RIO DS OF SE NS ITIVITY NORTH\~EST NO RTHWEST STATION STREAN NAHE FISH I ALIGNHENT NUNBER SPECIES HILE POST A 0 N D i J F M A M J J s I SHEET I / I ------46.9 9P (Rev. 2) 24 77+90 Sear s Creek ,s,GR .... ~

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lI I ! i I I ~ I - I I ------I I 50.1 9P (Rev. 2) 264 1+83 Be rry Creek BB, CN, DV, GR, LS, RW

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---1----1------52 .3 9P (R.2 v. 2) 2755+61 Unn amed Creek CN, GR, LS, RW

,ffl ~ v'\.. ------~ 55.4 lOP (Rev. 2) 2924+00 Sam Creek · GR, LS, NP , RW \

-- --I I PE RIODS OF SENSITIVITY • i NORTHWEST NORTHHEST STATION ST REA1'1 NAME FISH l ALIGNHENT NilllBER SP ECIES '? - HILEPOST A M J J A s 0 N D SHEET J F H ! ,:'~f) t40 • I ~.~ i Unnamed Creek GR , NP ------(Dot Lake) I I I I I i i - l ' I -z ~ I . I GR ------I 62 .4 llP (Rev . 2) 3297+97 Chief Creek ~ i I I I I

------63 . 8 llP (Rev . 2) 3368+51 Bear Creek DV, GR, LS QN I

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------73 . 3-73 . 6 13P (Rev . 2) 38 7l+OO( N) Robertson River DV, GR, RW I 388 7+00 ( s) ! I I I I I I l -- J PERIODS OF SENSITIVITY I NORTHWEST NO RTHHEST STATION ST REAH NAHE FISH MIL EPOST ALICmiENT NUl-illER SPECIES J A s 0 N D SHEET J F M A M J

I ------81.3 14P (Rev.2) 4295+30 Unn amed Slough GR, LC, LS, NP, RW

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I ,!/ I - I -' ? ] ' I ------i 86.9 lSP (Rev . 2) 4588+83(N) Yerrick Creek CN, DV, GR, RW 4590+35 (S) I I ! i I I

I I ..l( i ~(t~~ I 'Z I . ------I 92 .9 16P (Rev . 2) 4902+10 Unn amed Creek GR I \--.'::> ~ I I I I I i I I I i ------11 2.0 20P (Rev . 2) 5900+70(N) Tok Riv e r BB, CN, GR, 5901+80(S) LC, LS, NP, RW

I I I I PERIODS OF SENSITIVITY NORTHWEST NO RTHHEST STATION STREM'! NAI>!E FISH I HILEPOST ALIGNr!ENT NUHBER SPECIES J F H A H J J A s 0 N D ! SHE ET I l 118 . 3 2 1P ( Rev . 2) 6241+09 (S) Tana na River BB, CN, ® 624 7+39 ( N) I GR, HW, I LC, I @ I '7 LS, NP, RW, I • i ® I

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w; «.w ---1------140. 3 24P (Rev . 2 ) 7407+ 17 Bitters Creek CN, GR I

---f----1------151.3 26P (Rev . 2) 7984+68 Beaver Creek GR , NP(?), RW ~~

- .-, > PERIODS OF SENSITIVITY I NORTHI~EST NORTHWEST STATION STREAH NAHE FISH : MILEPOST ALIGm!ENT NUMBER SPECIES J M A M J J A s 0 N D SHEET Fl i ? I I . i Chisana River BB, {i) GR, -- ---1------! HW, NP ' I

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; I I 158.9 2 7P (Rev. 2) 8379+57 Silver Creek l ~fNj) ------~w

( 164.5 27P ( Rev . 2) 8688+31 Tenmile Creek @· ------1------

--- 170.5 29P (Rev . 2) 9008+22 Gardiner Creek CN, GR, ------HW(?), LS, NP, RW

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