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 501. Requests for federal consistency review were deemed administratively complete for the following project(s) during the period of July 22, 2019 to July 26, 2019.  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 §§506.25, 506.32, and 506.41, 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, August 2, 2019.  The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 1, 2019.

FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS:

Applicant: Texas City Terminal Railway Company

Location: The project site is located in Texas City Ship Channel, at 2201 Dock Road, in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas.

Latitude & Longitude (NAD 83): 29.378523, -94.86894

Project Description:  The applicant proposes to construct a new bulk liquids dock at the Port of Texas City facility (Dock 42/43). To facilitate proper access to the dock, and to improve navigation safety, the applicant proposes to deepen 2,400 linear feet of the industrial canal from -41 mean lower low water (MLLW) to -46 MLLW and re-align 900 feet of the green toe of the channel. Re-aligning the green toe would result in an incremental widening of the channel by 0 feet to 104 feet and an additional 1.4 acres of maintained channel. The proposed project would be constructed using a hydraulic (or cutter-head) dredge, and dredged spoil for this project would be placed in existing dredged material placement area on Snake Island (Shoal Point Terminal: Cell A), which is immediately adjacent to the project area. The expected dredge quantity for the

initial deepening is approximately 194,000 cubic yards. This includes maintenance and virgin material to a proposed maintained depth of -46 MLLW, plus 2.0 feet of advanced maintenance and 1.0 feet of allowable over depth. A portion of this material could be utilized to raise, improve, and/or construct levees within the dredged material placement area as needed to increase the capacity.

Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) permit application # SWG-2016-00153. 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: 19-1265-F1

Further information on the applications listed above, including a copy of the consistency certifications or consistency determinations for inspection, may be obtained from Ms. Allison Buchtien P.O. Box 12873, Austin, Texas 78711-2873, or via email at federal.consistency@glo.texas.gov. Comments should be sent to Ms. Buchtien at the above address or by email.