Filed Date: December 16, 2024
Event Date: December 16, 2024 17:00PM
Board: Federal Consistency
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 18, 2024 to December 6, 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, December 16, 2024. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2025.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Valero Refining - Texas. L.P.
Location: The project site is located in the Inner Harbor of the Port of Corpus Christi along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC), on the south side of Tule Lake Channel at 1147 Cantwell Lane, in the vicinity of Corps of Engineers Station 1414+35.00 to Station 1388+30.00, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 27.82056, -97.48278
Project Description: The applicant requests a modification to the existing SWG-2007-00263, which expires on 31 December 2027. The current permit authorizes the structures and maintenance dredging activities at their Ship Dock 3, located on the west end of the inner harbor along the CCSC. The applicant seeks to perform various upgrades to their existing dock in order to accommodate deeper drafts at their berth. The activity would consist of constructing a 10-foot by 70-foot pile-supported extension along the face of the dock, installing six (6) new mooring structures, four (4) breasting structures, and four (4) barge monopiles. Piles would be installed from a marine rig and driven to final grade via diesel impact hammer. The applicant would also install new walkways and improvements to 527 linear feet of an existing steel sheet pile bulkhead consisting of installation of new steel sheet pile with 5 feet of crushed stone backfill (2,635 square feet of fill), and concrete revetment or riprap along 632 linear feet of currently unprotected shoreline and in front of an existing timber bulkhead. 1,353 cubic yards (CY) of fill would be discharged below the Mean High Water (MHW) mark within an approximate 12,640-square-foot area. Additionally, the dredge area would be deepened to match the new CCSC depth of (-)54 ft. plus 2 ft. advanced maintenance with 2 ft. allowable overdepth to a maximum depth of (-)58 ft. Mean Lower-Low Water (MLLW). An estimated amount of up to 182,570 CY of new work dredging would be required, consisting of 140,052 CY of required dredging (-54 ft. plus 2 ft. of advanced maintenance) and 42,518 CY of allowable overdepth (total of (-)58 ft. MLLW).
The applicant is currently authorized to utilize the following DMPAs for placement of maintenance dredge materials from its ship and barge docks per SWG-2007-00263: South Shore DMPA Cells A and B, DMPA No. 1, Herbie Maurer, Tule Lake DMPA Cells A, B and C, and Suntide DMPA. The applicant requests use of the same DMPAs for placement of new work and maintenance material from this proposed project. No utilization of new/ additional DMPAs is requested. Additionally, the applicant requests a 10-year authorization to conduct maintenance dredging. No compensatory mitigation is being considered for this project.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application # SWG-2007-00263. 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: 25-1062-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.