Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency
Agreement/Concurrence Under the Texas Coastal Management Program
On January 10, 1997, the State of Texas received federal approval of the Coastal Management Program (CMP) (62 Federal Register pp. 1439 - 1440). Under federal law, federal agency activities and actions affecting the Texas coastal zone must be consistent with the CMP goals and policies identified in 31 TAC Chapter 26. Requests for federal consistency review were deemed administratively complete for the following project(s) during the period of March 16, 2026 to March 27, 2026. As required by federal law, the public is given an opportunity to comment on the consistency of proposed activities in the coastal zone undertaken or authorized by federal agencies. Pursuant to 31 TAC §§30.20(f), 30.30(h), and 30.40(e), the public comment period extends 30 days from the date published on the Texas General Land Office web site. The notice was published on the web site on Friday, April 3, 2026. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Kinder Morgan
Location: The project would affect waters of the United States and navigable waters of the United States associated with the Sabine River. The project site is located underneath the Sabine River and throughout various wetlands, directly adjacent to the existing Golden Pass Export Facility, in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 29.756627, -93.921102
Project Description: The overall project purpose is to construct a natural gas pipeline from Jefferson County, Texas to Cameron Parish, Louisiana to better supply the new growth demand in the southwest Louisiana Liquid Natural Gas Corridor. The applicant requests authorization to horizontally directionally drill underneath the Sabine-Neches waterway approximately 5,243 linear feet shoreline to shoreline. The project will also permanently impact 1.902 acres of estuarine scrub-shrub, 1.25 acres of palustrine emergent, and 0.049 acres of palustrine scrub-shrub. Various temporary impacts to different wetland types are also listed for the project. The project will install approximately 3.05 miles of a 48- inch-diameter natural gas pipeline from Jefferson County, Texas to Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The remainder of the pipeline outside of the Sabine-Neches crossing (approximately 2.07 miles) will be installed via conventional trenching. Additionally, the project will construct an approximately 120' x 200' TAP Launcher Facility, including a new permanent access road and associated piping to clean and inspect the new pipeline. Finally, an approximately 540 feet of 42-inch-diameter pipe will be installed to connect the new facility to existing/previously permitted by others' infrastructure and 70 feet of 42-inch-diameter pipe for connection of gas supply. Two laydown yards will be used to store equipment and materials.
The applicant offered the following compensatory mitigation plan to offset unavoidable functional loss to the aquatic environment: The applicant has proposed to purchase mitigation credits from either the Anahuac Wetlands mitigation bank or the Sea Breeze mitigation bank.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application # S. This application will be reviewed pursuant Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Note: The consistency review for this project may be conducted by The Railroad Commission of Texas as part of its certification under §401 of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has found that this permit request meets the terms of Executive Order 14156 and is therefore subject to special emergency permitting procedures and an expedited review process.
CMP Project No: 26-1114-F1e
Further information on the applications listed above, including a copy of the consistency certifications or consistency determinations for inspection, may be obtained from the Texas General Land Office Public Information Officer at 1700 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701, or via email at pialegal@glo.texas.gov. Comments should be sent to the Texas General Land Office Coastal Management Program Coordinator at the above address or via email at federal.consistency@glo.texas.gov.