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 March 10, 2025 to March 14, 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, March 27, 2025. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025.
Federal License and Permit Activities:
Applicant: Port of Corpus Christi Authority
Location: The project site is located in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC) Inner Harbor (IH), in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
Latitude and Longitude: 27.818308, -97.464568
Project Description: The applicant proposes to modify Department of the Army Permit SWG-2013-00922 at Oil Dock (OD) 14 by dredging an additional 140,000 cubic yards (CY) of material to deepen and extend dredging thresholds within the existing dredge prism to new depth of minus (-) 60 feet mean lower low water (MLLW). The proposed activity will align with the CCSC IH authorized -60 feet MLLW. The 10.6-acre dredge prism includes all side slopes that would be dredged at a 3 horizontal to 1 vertical grade (3:1). The additional 140,000 CY of material would be dredged to achieve seamless transition between the basin and adjacent ship channel.
Deepening the OD 14 basin requires structural upgrades for site stability and integrity. The applicant proposes to install an approximate 1,450-foot-long toe wall immediately in front of the existing bulkhead by driving 230 steel sheet piles and 80 (60-inch) steel pipe piles utilizing impact and/or vibratory impact methods dependent on in-situ soil material of the project area. The toe wall installation will occupy a total area of 14,301-square-foot and result in 540 CY of fill below the high tide line (HTL). To reinforce the toe wall, approximately 2,400 CY of cementitious fill will be placed between the toe wall and existing bulkhead. The cementitious fill will be placed in sleeve casings to predetermined target elevations. Sleeve casings will be removed once fill placement activities are completed. All proposed work will be performed via barge within the CCSC IH utilizing marine construction equipment. A designated staging area within the existing upland dock area will be utilized, as necessary, for equipment and materials necessary for the project.
Dredged material would be placed within any of the following designated dredge material placement areas (DMPAs): DMPA No. 1, Herbie Maurer DMPA, Rincon B West, DMPA Cell A-South Shore, DMPA Cell B-South Shore, Causeway Bird Island BUS, Horseshoe BUS, Elbow Corridor BUS, DMPA No. 6-Tule Lake, DMPA No. 8-Suntide, La Quinta DMPA No. 13, La Quinta DMPA No. 14, and Good Hope DMPA, or within an existing authorized beneficial use site (BUS). The designated DMPAs are privately held and located in existing uplands.
Following completion of the proposed project, maintenance dredging would occur approximately biennially over a period of 10 years. Maintenance dredging activities would either be performed by mechanical or hydraulic dredging with material deposited into one or more of the listed DMPAs above or qualifying BUS. No mitigation is proposed for the project impacts to aquatic resources as no wetlands or other special aquatic sites will be impacted.
Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application # SWG-2013-00922. 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: 25-1149-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.