Filed Date: November 22, 2024
Event Date: November 22, 2024 17:00PM
Board: Federal Consistancy
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, November 7, 2024 to November 15, 2024. 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, November 22, 2024. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 22, 2024.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Epic Crude Terminal
Location: The project site is located in the Inner Harbor of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC), within the EPIC Crude Terminal at the intersection of Lantana Street and Up River Road, in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 27.816600, -97.470351
Project Description: The applicant proposes to deepen the existing basin from the currently authorized maximum depth of -49ft mean lower low water (MLLW) to a maximum depth of -53ft MLLW and conduct 10-year maintenance dredging to maintain the terminal basin at -53ft MLLW depth. The project will consist of dredging to deepen and maintain the existing dock slip, including the slip’s side and end slopes. Approximately 76,560 cubic yards of material will be dredged by mechanical and/or hydraulic dredge methods to deepen the slip to the proposed -53ft MLLW depth. After the deepening has been completed, the proposed 10-year maintenance dredging activity would consist of mechanical/hydraulic dredging, as well as silt blade dredging. Mechanical/hydraulic maintenance dredging will occur once per year and result in the removal of approximately 4,000 cubic yards of dredged material. Silt blade maintenance dredging will occur in between mechanical/hydraulic maintenance dredging events. Silt blade dredging will only be used for minor slip maintenance activities where the majority of the slip is at the appropriate depth, but spot specific maintenance is required to address high spots and/or shoaling along the fender line. Silt blade bottom contouring is a dredging method that involves the redistribution of bottom sediment within the permitted slip limits. Redistribution will be accomplished by spreading the material from one area of the slip to another in order to achieve target depth. In no case will material be redistributed outside the slip limits or into the Federal Channel. Silt blade bottom contouring will primarily be used to evenly contour the bottom elevation of the berthing areas and along the side slopes of the docking facility. The material dredged by mechanical and/or hydraulic dredging will be discharged into one or more of the following Dredge Material Placement Areas (DMPA): Suntide DMPA, Tule Lake DMPA No. 6, South Shore DMPA - Cells A & B, DMPA No. 1, Herbie A. Maurer DMPA, Rincon B West, DMPA 14, DMPA 13, and/or Good Hope DMPA Cell J & I. The applicant does not propose compensatory mitigation for the project because it would occur within an existing and actively maintained terminal basin and would not result in the loss of waters of the US.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application # SWG-1991-01796. This application will be reviewed pursuant to 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as part of its certification under §401 of the Clean Water Act.
CMP Project No: 25-1048-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.