Notice: NOTICE OF VIOLATION – UNAUTHORIZED STRUCTURES IN COPANO BAY

July 05, 2019

July 05, 2019 17:00PM

Coastal Coordination Advisory Committee



ATTENTION – OWNER AND/OR ANY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE STRUCTURES:

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE, pursuant to the provisions of §51.3021 of the Texas Natural Resources Code (TNRC), that you are in violation of TNRC §51.302 because you do not possess a proper easement, lease, permit, or other required instrument for the placard-noticed facilities or structures described below:

UNAUTHORIZED FACILITIES OR STRUCTURES: Derelict oil and gas platform and all associated structures, equipment, tanks, process flow-lines, gathering lines, transmission lines, fixtures, and furnishings appurtenant thereto.

LOCATION: State Tract 97, Latitude 28.081787°, Longitude -97.155709°, in Copano Bay, Aransas County.

You are required to remove the placard-noticed facilities or structures described above. Violation of TNRC §51.302 and failure to remove the facility or structure within thirty (30) days after the date on which this notice is served will subject you to: the imposition of penalties of not less than $50 or more than $1,000 per day for each day that each violation occurs; removal of the facility or structure by the Land Commissioner and liability for the costs of removal; attachment of a lien to adjacent littoral property to secure payment of the penalty and costs of removal; or any combination of the foregoing.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that you may submit, not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which this notice is served, a written request for a hearing. The request for hearing should be sent to the Administrative Hearings Clerk, General Land Office, 1700 North Congress Avenue, 9th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701. FAILURE TO TIMELY REQUEST A HEARING WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE LAND COMMISSIONER’S FINDINGS AND ORDERS AND REQUIRES YOU TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE FACILITY OR STRUCTURE AND PAY ANY PENALTIES, REMOVAL COSTS, AND OTHER ASSESSED FEES AND EXPENSES.


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