Filed Date: January 10, 2025
Event Date: January 10, 2025 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, December 7, 2024 to December 23, 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, January 10, 2025. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2025.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Ascend Performance Materials LLC
Location: The project site is located in an existing barge channel, connected to Chocolate Bayou, approximately 1.96 miles north of State Highway 2004, in Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 29.239528, -95.217531
Project Description: The applicant proposes to conduct maintenance dredging on an existing 42-acre barge channel, connected to Chocolate Bayou, to a maximum depth of -12 feet below mean lower low water for a period of 10 years. Approximately 10,000 cubic yards will be hydraulically dredged at a maximum frequency of every other year. The applicant proposes to dispose of the dredge material into a privately owned dredge material placement area located approximately 0.75-mile southwest of the facility entrance as depicted in the project plans. The applicant is not proposing mitigation.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application #SWG-1992-02784. 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: 25-1085-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.