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• <br />Natural Resource Conservation Commission) to reduce its use of <br />absorbent materials by 50 percent to meet the EMS objective. The <br />goal was attained by using a cement mixer to distribute oil evenly <br />throughout all used absorbent material. The material can then be <br />reused to absorb six or seven additional spills. <br />Traffic Congestion: The Port Authority recognized the need for <br />roadway improvements neaz its projects and has made the <br />commitment to fund the local share of port access projects to <br />improve traffic flow, allow quicker transactions, reduce emissions, <br />improve safety and allow for efficient cazgo movement. Some of <br />the projects proposed for Bayport include a flyovers that would <br />link State Highway 146 and Port Road, a flyover from State <br />Highway 146 that would connect to a new Cruise Road for <br />passengers azriving at our cruise facility, and grade separations <br />west of State Highway 146 over our proposed north-south rail <br />corridor that pazallels the existing Union Pacific track. Our <br />designs also include special intersections that would prevent truck <br />traffic from using city streets and we have proposed that Port Road <br />be widened and straighten to improve traffic flow. <br />Noise: The Bayport Facility will be surrounded on the south and <br />east portions of the property by athree-mile long, 130 foot wide, <br />20-foot tall earthen sight and sound berm planted with trees and <br />native vegetation. This berm will effectively limit noise and light <br />exposure outside of the terminal. Additionally, the truck entrance, <br />roadways, cruise road, rail yard, container facility, cruise terminal, <br />warehouses, and empty container yard will all be inside the berm. <br />For the north shore of the Bayport Channel, the Port Authority will <br />build a 20-foot tall sound and sight wall to protect comrriunities to <br />the north. Additionally, the Port Authority will use the best <br />available, high tech spreader bazs on our wharf cranes to dampen <br />sound. <br />Our existing Bazbours Cut Container Terminal, which is just four <br />miles north of Bayport, serves as an example of the limited noise <br />impact of the facility. During tours by our visitors we often drive <br />just a few blocks away from Bazbours Cut Boulevazd, turn off the <br />car engine, roll down the windows, and let people deten~nine if <br />they can heaz the terminal. So far, everyone has told us that they <br />do not heaz any noise. Moreover, Bazbours Cut was not designed <br />with the same mitigation plan as Bayport. We are confident that <br />our terminal will be community friendly. <br />Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay: The deepening and <br />widening project for the Houston Ship Channel is creating 4,200 <br />acres of new marsh for the Galveston Bay area and restoring <br />Saypon Container & c]uise iemimal <br />page 7 of 9 <br />May 2003 <br />