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SWG-2001-02395 - 5700 PIB, LLC - Galveston Bay - Galveston County, Texas

USACE Galveston District
Published May 29, 2025
Expiration date: 6/13/2025
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Public Notice          Project Plans

The applicant proposes to mechanically and/or hydraulically dredge approximately 600,000 cubic yards of material from a 47-acre area to maintain a depth of -25 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) for access to the existing Newport Dock.  The footprint of the access channel would be widened from the previously authorized maximum width of approximately 200-250 feet to a maximum width of approximately 336 feet at the connection to the GIWW, 363 feet between the cells of Placement Area (PA) 50, 280 feet at the area adjacent to the proposed Texas International Terminal (TXIT) beneficial use dredge material placement area (BUDMPA), which is currently pending evaluation under SWG-2025-00116, and 231 feet at an area near the Newport Dock basin.  Dredged material is proposed to be placed into the following dredge material placement areas (DMPAs):  Port of Galveston Ship Slips (SWG-2011-00162), Pelican Island Cells A and B, San Jacinto, Port of Texas City (Snake Island), Pierce Marsh (SWG-2015-00313), and the proposed TXIT BUDMPA, currently pending evaluation under SWG-2025-00116.  These DMPAs are in addition to the previously authorized placement areas that include the uplands on the Newport Dock site, TXIT PA 5600, Pelican Island Cell C, Pelican Island Disposal Site #3 (Todd Disposal Area), and Pelican Island Disposal Site #4 (Corps).

The purpose of the project is to conduct maintenance dredging to maintain vessel access to the Newport Dock.