SWG-2015-00404 - Kinder Morgan Terminals - Nueces County

Full Public Notice     Project Plans

The applicant proposes to construct a marine terminal and tank farm facility for the import of chemical and general grade condensate and refined petroleum.  The project would consist of filling 6.30 acres of tidal wetlands, 0.35-acre of non-tidal wetlands, and 6.78 acres of other waters of the U.S. during plant construction.  Fill material at the site would consist of dredge material, concrete and asphalt.  A ship docking structure consisting of a 141-foot-long by 50-foot-wide access trestle with a 60- by 80-foot terminal dock platform would be constructed.  Six monopole mooring dolphins and 4 breasting dolphins would be constructed to moor ships at the facility and distributed evenly on each side of the dock platform.  Dredging operations would be carried out in two phases.  In the first phase, approximately 12.6 acres would be dredged along the facility shoreline using mechanical and hydraulic methods to achieve a total depth of -52 feet mean low water (-50 feet MLW and -2 feet of allowable overdredge).  Approximately 610,000 cubic yards of material would be dredged during this phase.  Dredged material would be used to raise the elevation of the onshore facility prior to construction, and excess material would be placed into the following dredged material placement areas (DMPAs): Suntide, DMPA No. 1, DMPA No. 4, DMPA No. 5, South Shore Cells A and B, Herbie Mauer DMPA, and Tule Lake DMPA Cells A, B, and C.  Geotextile material would be placed as slope protection along the first phase dredging area and would cover approximately 2.23 acres.  The second phase of dredging would be for an expansion of docking area and would cover a 7.14-acre area.  The applicant has not developed an exact timeline or dredge specifications for the second phase.