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 October 13, 2025 to October 24, 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 31, 2025. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, 2025.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Clint McKnight
Location: The project would affect waters of the United States and navigable waters of the United States associated with an artificial canal connected to Caney Lake in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 28.801169, -95.638358
Project Description: Land reclamation and bank stabilization. To stabilize an existing bank and restore eroded land on a privately owned commercial property along an artificial canal in Bay City, Texas. The applicant proposes to discharge 95 cubic yards of fill material below the high tide line along 103 linear feet of an eroded drainage inlet (0.04-acre). The project includes the installation of a 3.5-foot-wide by 103-foot-long culvert with the installation of a 39-foot bulkhead and a 14-foot bulkhead on each end of the culvert to provide bank stabilization along the canal and along the existing roadside drainage culvert. The applicant has provided the following explanation why compensatory mitigation should not be required: Mitigation is not proposed because the project will not interfere with navigation and natural coastal processes.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application # SWG-2025-00305. 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: 26-1016-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.