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 June 2, 2025 to June 7, 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, June 13, 2025. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Blue Marlin, LLC (BMOP)
Location: The project site is located in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf of America, 86 nautical miles off the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The onshore components would be in Orange and Jefferson counties, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana and include the construction of the BMOP Pump Station at the existing Nederland Terminal in Texas.
Project Description: The applicant is proposing to construct, own, operate, and eventually decommission a deepwater port (DWP) to export domestically produced crude oil. The proposed DWP would be located in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf of America, 86 nautical miles off the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, in water depths of about 162 feet. The project would have both onshore and offshore components. The onshore components would be in Orange and Jefferson counties, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana and include the construction of the BMOP Pump Station at the existing Nederland Terminal in Texas, new and converted onshore pipelines, five aboveground mainline valves (MLVs), three located in Orange County, Texas, and conversion of two existing aboveground facilities, Station 501 and Station 701, in Louisiana. The offshore components would originate at the shoreline crossing in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, where the existing offshore pipeline would be converted to deliver crude oil to the existing platform complex. An offshore MLV would be located at converted Platform 148 at milepost 32.1 in a water depth of 37 feet. The platform complex would include five fixed platforms (i.e., Platform 509A, Platform 509B, and Platform 509C, and two vent boom tripods). All platform complex topsides would be replaced and converted to facilities for crude oil export. Platform 509A would house a vapor control system. Offshore components would also include two new loading pipelines (6,325 and 6,085 feet long), four vapor recovery pipelines (two totaling 12,844 feet and two totaling 12,604 feet), two umbilical control cables, two pipeline end manifolds, two catenary anchor leg mooring buoys to concurrently moor two Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) or other crude oil carriers, three service vessel mooring points, and an anchorage area.
Use of the DWP would load various grades of crude oil at flow rates up to 80,000 barrels per hour. The BMOP DWP would allow for up to one VLCC or other crude oil carriers to moor at the CALM and connect with the DWP via floating connecting crude oil hoses. The maximum loading frequency would be approximately 2 million barrels per day (1,920,000), 365 days per year.
Type of Application: Deepwater Port License Docket No. MARAD-2020-0127 Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
CMP Project No: 25-1224-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.