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Home My WebLink About13649 RES - 02/23/1977^ \til °i �. 7r' DEPARTM';ii OF THE ARMY _ GALYESTGN GISTRIC!',CGRPS OF ENGINEERS �• X228 6.LYES'0NSX7N. TEXp^ 77553 • �•- RECEIVED 2 -1. 1877 - REPLY TO "n`—GN OF. ' NuccC , Co. nx Dist No.1 SI000 1.21 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. N[= -I•1-2 24 January 1977 (Supplements Public Notice No. NUEC -M -1) UAS1ti UNANCE DREDGING CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL This public notice is issued in accordance with provisions of established Federal regulations, Title 33 CPR 209.145, concerning the policy, practice and proced_res to be followed by the Corps of Engineers in connection. with the disposal of dredged material in navigable waters or the transportation of dredged material for the purpose of depositing it in ocean waters associ- ated with Federal projects. This notice is being distributed to all interested State and Federsl'agencies and knosn interested persons in order to assist in developing facts and recommendations concerning the proposed continuation of maintenance dredging activities. Comments must be submitted to the District Engineer at the above address on or before 23 February 1977. This public notice supplements Public notice INEC- :•! -1, dated 18 September 1975, which covered maintenance dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel from about 2 miles east of the Corpus Christi Turning Basin inland, to and ir_clud- ing the Viola Turning Basin. Laws under which the proposed dredging is to be reviewed, Federal Water Pollution Control Act Coastal Zone I•Tanagement Act of 1972 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 Migratory Marine Game -Fish Act Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Endangered Species Act of 1973 National historic Preservation Act of 1966 PROJECT n7cam•g^aiT: Portion of Corpus Christi Ship Channel - From two mile reach in Corpus Christi Bay through landlock reaches to and including Viola Turning Basin. This notice concerns a portion of the existing 40 -foot project. Deepening to provide 45 -foot depth will be the subject of a future notice. PROJECT LOCATION: Near the City of Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The authorized Federal project provides for a channel from the Gulf of Nexico, through a jettied entrance near Port Aransas, Texas, across SWGCO -1,S4 PUBLIC lIOT_ICE ? ;0. MiDC -M -2 24 Januard 1970 Corpus Christi Bay and through the Viola Tl,nLing Basin near Corpus Christi, a distance of about 32.2 miles. Included under the original = intenance dredging public notice, PIUEC -J�_I, was the reach from approximately 2 miles east of the Corpus Christi Turning Basin inland, to and including the Viola Turning Basin. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that an additional area is being irec:porated into the disposal plan presented by the original maintenance d:-edging notice, IIUEC- I.1 -1. DISPOSAL APP?..: The Nueces County Navigation District No. 1, the sponsoring agency, is r- �: :ponsible for furnishing the necessary rights- of-umy and disposal area::. The attached drawing shows the proposed additional disposal area,sha.ded in green. The draiTing also shows the locations of the rive disposal areas presented by the original maintenance dredging notice which are not shaded'. DISPOSAL AREA N0. 6 (TULE LAKE TRACT) - The area is located south of the channel. from the vicinity of the Tule- Lace Turning Basin to the vicinity of the Viola Turning Basin. When used, the area will be leveed as necessary and the discharge water will be directed through a controlled spillway back to the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. COI -TOSITION AND QUANTITY OF YMTERIALS: Materials to be re- -oved from the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and to be placed in Disposal Area 11o. 6, consist of fine grained sand, clay, and silt. Shoaling in this portion of the project is a result of bank erosion, tidal action in Corpus Christi Bay and alluvial deposits occurring from upland drainage during high rainfall periods. The shoaling rate for this reach of the project is approximately 1.3 million cubic yards annually. MET1110D OF DREDWG: Contract pipeline dredges are utilized to maintain the channel. The frequency of dredging for selected reaches of the ebanr_el is about 24 months. The average quantity of materials dredged per contract is about 1.5 million cubic yards. Portions of the landlocked reach of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel were last maintained during the period August -. September 1971. The Bay reach was last dredged during July - October 1976. PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO DISPOSAL AREAS: DISPOSAL AREA N0. 6 (TULE LAKE TRACT) is located south of the channel from the vicinity of the Tule Lake Turning Basin to the vicinity of the Viola Turning Basin. The area is bound on the east by undeveloped land, on the south by Up River Road, on the west by =con Tank Farm and on the north by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. SWGCO -NM PUBLIC NOTICE 110. IRM -ht -2 24 January 1977 DREDGUNG By OTHERS: The Nueces County Navigation District No. 1, Mbbil Oil Company, Southwestern Refining Company, Centex Cement Company, Champlin Petroleum Company, P.P.G. Industries, Coastal Iron Works, ARSCO, Producers Grain Cooperative, C.P.C. International Company and Saber Petroleum Company are the principal companies having terminal facilities located adjacent to the Federal project inside the landlocked reach of channel from the Corpus Christi Hain Turning Basin through Viola Turning Basin. The estimated annual quantity of material dredged from these non - Federal facilities is about 160,000 cubic yards. Private dredging activities are regulated through a Department of the Army Permit program. DESIGNATION OF DISPOSAL SITEES: The proposed disposal site has not been previously designated by the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. COORDINATION: The following is a list of Federal, State and local agencies with whom these activities are being coordinated. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Region VI Environmental Protection Agency U. S. Department of Commerce U. S. Department of the Interior Eighth Coast Guard District Budget & Planning'Office, State of Texas Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Texas Historical Commission Texas Industrial Commission Nueces County Navigation District No. 1 Commissioners' Court of Nueces County Commissioners' Court of Aransas County Commissioners' Court of San Patricio County City of Corpus Christi My_'of or d ENVIROMEUM STATEIMM Continued maintenance dredging of the upper Corpus Christi Ship Channel will significantly benefit the economic and social well -being of the public. The adverse and beneficial effects of dredging and disposal of dredged material on navigation, fish and wildlife, water quality, aesthetics, ecology, ]and use, etc., will be evaluated in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969 (P. L. 91 -190). An environmental statement for maintenance dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel was filed with the Council on Environmental Quality on 14 January 1976. Any person who has an interest which may be affected by the use of the proposed Disposal Area No. 6 may request a public hearing. The request must be submitted in writing to the District Engineer, within 30 days of the date of this notice and must clearly set forth the interest which may be affected and manner in which the interest may be affected by this activity. 1 • 8WGCO -MP4 PUBLIC NOTICE PIO. NUEC -M -2 24 January 1977 Designation of the proposed disposal plan for dredged material associated with this Federal project shall be made through the application of guide- lines promulgated by the Administrator EPA in conjunction with the Secretary of the Arzy. If these guidelines alone prohibit the designation of this proposed d-l;oosal plan, any potential impairment to the maintenance of navigaticn, including any economic impact on navigation and anchorage which would re_!:_; prom the failure to use this disposal plan, will also be considere, . COI4AL'��ITS: ?ersons desiring to express their views or provide information to be considered in evaluation of the impact of using Disposal Area No. 6 are requested to mail their comments to: District Engineer, Galveston District,.Corps of Engineers ATM: SWGCO-M P. 0. Box 1229 Galveston, Texas 77553 with specific reference to Public Notice No. NUEC -44 -2 dated 24 Jaraary 1977. 1 Incl JON C. VANDMI-BOSCH Drawing, Jan 1977 Colonel, CE District Engineer 4 MLM:jkh:2••23 -77; 1st A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, GALVESTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT STYLED MAINTENANCE DREDGING, CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL; INSTRUCTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO SEND TRUE COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Department of the Army, Galveston District, Corps y of Engineers has distributed Public Notice No. NUEC -M -2 in accordance with the provisions of established federal regulations, calling for recommenda- tions concerning the proposed continuation of maintenance dredging activities; and WHEREAS, Public Notice NUEC -M -2 supplements a previous public notice, NUEC -M -1, and increases the scope of the project originally described; and WHEREAS, it is proposed that Disposal Area No. 6, known as the Tule Lake Tract and shown on the attached map, Exhibit "A", be used as a newly designated disposal area for continued dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel area; and WHEREAS, continued maintenance dredging of the Upper Corpus Christi Ship Channel will significantly benefit the economic.and social well -being of the public, and a new disposal area should be designated: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi hereby expresses its support of and encourages the use of the proposed disposal area known as Disposal Area No. 6 (Tule Lake Tract) so that maintenance dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel may be continued. SECTION 2. That the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi hereby finds that continued maintenance dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and the use of the proposed Disposal Area No. 6 are in the public interest. SECTION 3. That the City Secretary is hereby instructed to furnish a true copy of this resolution to the District Engineer, Galveston District, Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas. • MICROFILMED 1191649 JUL 0 71980 SECTION 4. The public importance and necessity to express the support of the City Council for the Department of the Army, Galveston District Corps of Engineers Project, dredging in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, as aforesaid, creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this resolution take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED this the—'?�7 day of ��$ 1977. ATTEST: �7 44� City Secretary MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TE AS APPROVED: 23rd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1977: J. BRUCE AYCOCK. 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SCALE Of FEET •0000 ?000 ZI - CHANNEL MILE JAAUARY 1977 SHEET 1 OF 1 • CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Z14d DAY OF , 19 7'1 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN- SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL) 1, THEREFORE, REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI- NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MWYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, S THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JASON LUBY DR. BILL TIPTON EDUARDO DE ASES RUTH GILL BOB GULLEY GAGE LOZANO, SR. EDWARD L. SAMPLE THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JASON LUBY DR. BILL TIPTON EDUARDO DE ASES RUTH GILL t1w -0 BOB GULLEY GABE LOZANO, SR. EDWARD L. SAMPLE ]_3649