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 May 11, 2026 to May 29, 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, June 5, 2026. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 5, 2026.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Enterprise Products Operating LLC
Location: The project site is located in the Neches River at the Enterprise Beaumont Marine East (BME) terminal, in an area approximately 5.3 miles southeast of Beaumont, in Orange County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 30.0333682, -94.0271223
Project Description: The applicant proposes to permanently discharge fill into 9.93 acres of palustrine emergent (PEM) wetlands, 1.37 acres of palustrine scrub shrub (PSS) wetlands, 17.49 acres of palustrine forested (PFO) wetlands, and 0.02 acre of intermittent stream to construct a new marine terminal and heavy haul access road, as well as expand storage and processing facilities, at the Enterprise Beaumont Marine East (BME) terminal facility. The new dock facilities will consist of a 60-foot by 150-foot platform supported by forty-eight 36-inch-diameter support piles, three 72-inch-diameter protective dolphins, four 96-inch-diameter breasting dolphins, four 84-inch-diameter mooring dolphins, a 20-foot by 123-foot access trestle, a 20-foot by 123-foot pipe rack supported by thirty-five 24-inch-diameter support piles, and a 30-foot by 22-foot fire water dock platform supported by four 24-inch-diameter support piles. New work dredging at the proposed dock would consist of hydraulic and/or mechanical dredging of approximately 975,000 cubic yards (CY) of material with a 17.55-acre area to maximum depth of -54 feet mean lower low water (MLLW). Additional new work dredging would consist of removing approximately 51,000 CY of material at the BME Ship Dock and 105,000 CY of material at the Neches River Terminal (NRT) Ship Dock to deepen the berths to a maximum depth of -54 feet MLLW to match future federal channel depths. Lastly, the applicant has requested 10 years of future maintenance dredging within the proposed and previously authorized dredge footprints. Depending on the results of sediment testing and analysis, the dredge material will be utilized as fill on site and/or be placed in the following Dredged Material Placement Areas: Placement area (PA) 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, as well as the Texas Parks and Wildlife beneficial use site within the Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area. The purpose of the proposed project is to provide the necessary terminal infrastructure and dock facilities to meet growing market needs at the Enterprise Beaumont Marine East terminal to support vessel loading and unloading for the transportation, importing, and exporting of industry products. The purpose also includes dredging activities to deepen the existing ship docks to be consistent with future federal navigation channel depths for safe navigation to the terminal docks.
The applicant has stated that they have avoided and minimized environmental impacts to waters of the United States associated with the proposed activity by designing project footprint to be the minimum needed to meet the need and purpose of the project. During construction, the applicant would utilize Best Management Practices where possible to confine any temporary impacts to the location of the construction activity. The applicant has proposed to purchase wetland mitigation credits from an approved mitigation bank to offset unavoidable impacts to waters of the US. The applicant stated that the project site is within the primary service area of 1 mitigation bank and within the secondary service area of 3 mitigation banks, with all 4 banks having sufficient credits available for purchase to offset impacts to riverine forested and non-forested wetlands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will determine the type and amount of compensatory mitigation necessary to offset losses of waters of the United States which may result from the proposed activity in accordance with 33 CFR § 332.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application # SWG-2013-00749. This application will be reviewed pursuant Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and Sections 10 and 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Note: The consistency review for this project may be conducted by The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as part of its certification under §401 of the Clean Water Act.
CMP Project No: 26-1149-F1
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