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®~ r <br />.A 1 ~ <br />~ ~ ~~ <br />~ ~~~ <br />/, <br />~~ <br />~-..~ <br />L' TEXA`-~ <br />January 10, 2002 <br />Mr. Kerry M. Stanley <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />Galveston District <br />Regulatory Branch <br />P.O. Box 1229 <br />Galveston, Texas 77553-1229 <br />Dear Mr. Stanley: <br />• <br />City of i~a forte <br />EstaGlished 1892 <br />Certified Mail <br />7000 1670 0002 2104 0259 <br />On behalf of the City of La Porte, please accept, record, and file this letter as the City of <br />La Porte's comments regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the <br />proposed Bayport Marine Terminal. <br />The City of La Porte appreciates the time and effort the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />has given to study the permit application received from the Port of Houston. We <br />recognize that the review was complex and voluminous. We also believe that the Port of <br />Houston has made a genuine effort to understand some of the concerns raised by <br />residents of East Harris County and the communities they reside in. <br />Our City has participated with the work group developed by the Port Authority <br />(Community Advisory Group) and has attended several public heazings and scoping <br />'meetings. The Port Authority continues to work in good faith with the Community <br />Advisory Group in addressing elements of the DEIS and other issues raised during this <br />process. However, it is the view of the Council, who represent the community, that <br />concerns raised in the August 199.9 position paper have been heard but not acted upon or <br />resolved. Consequently, the City is opposed to the Bayport site, or any combination <br />including Bayport, because we firmly believe the DEIS reinforces our concerns that this <br />site would have substantial long term negative environmental impacts for our community. <br />We would hope that before you consider issuing a permit for this location, you will <br />follow all adopted procedures to insure the public's due process and interests are held at <br />the highest degree of accountability. In addition, we would request that all issues raised <br />during the scoping process, that may not have been analyzed in the current DEIS, be <br />looked at diligently and reported in the final EIS along with all comments received on the <br />circumstances we have no c ntrol over. We further believe that the applicant has a duty <br />P.O. Box 1115 • La Porte, Texas 77572-1117 (251) -171-5020 <br />