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 September 22, 2025 to September 26, 2025. 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, October 3, 2025. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: John Street - Sand on the Floor, Inc.
Location: The project would affect waters of the United States associated with the Gulf of America and is located in coastal dune swale wetlands adjacent to the Gulf of America at 12083-12135 at Bluewater Highway; Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 29.068941, -95.128453
Project Description: Residential development. The overall project purpose is to prepare individual residential lots and to provide safe vehicular access and utilities to service a future residential development. The applicant proposes to discharge fill material into a total of 2.51 acres, 0.44 acre temporary and 2.07 acres permanently, of coastal dune swale wetlands adjacent to the Gulf of America during the construction of a residential development. Of the 0.44 acre of temporary impacts, 0.21 acre is due to utility installation and stormwater conveyance and 0.23 acre is due to roadway construction. Of the 2.07 acres of permanent impacts, 0.16 acre is due to utility installation and stormwater conveyance, 0.77 acre is due to roadway construction, and 1.14 acres is due to the residential development.
The applicant proposes to mitigate for the permanent loss of 2.23 acre of impacts by purchasing 16.665 E2EM credits from the Gulf Coastal Plains Mitigation Bank. The applicant proposes a 3:1 ratio for the purchase of the credits as they will be in kind and out of the secondary service area for the impact area.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application # SWG-2007-00485. 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as part of its certification under §401 of the Clean Water Act.
CMP Project No: 25-1006-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.