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<br />oa' ~ST~IV °0~0 <br />~94o r:. ~qU <br />° 4' ,~ <br />'~ O <br />~ ~_ <br />O ~ .'~ <br />a "~ <br />S ~: <br />e <br />OG .~__... ~~o <br />~~oo TON , .~~ e <br />BAYPORT CONTAINER & CRUISE TERMINAL <br />DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE ~, <br />2005 Phase lA of Bayport is operational, including 1,660 feet of the ultimate <br /> 7,000 ft. whazf and approximately 65 acres of the ultimate 1,043 acre <br /> facility. Additional phases will be built incrementally over many years <br /> according to market demands. . <br />April 2003 The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) conducts a <br /> public meeting on the Port Authority's 401 water quality permit. Later this <br /> month, the Corps is expected to release its Final Environmental Impact <br /> Statement. The Corps' schedule calls for a record of decision on the permit <br /> for Bayport neaz the end of this month. The Port Authority anticipates a <br /> favorable decision. <br />August 2002 The Port Authority's Bazbours Cut Container and Cruise Terminal and the <br /> Central Maintenance facility became the first Port facilities in the U.S. to <br /> develop and implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) that <br /> meets the rigorous standazds for ISO 14001 compliance. <br />May 2002 Cruise Terminal design changed to reduce the number of berths to three <br /> from five to lessen the environmental and bay bottom impact necessary for <br /> the facility. Changed mitigation to address the verified wetland delineation <br /> at Bayport with a 3.6:1 ratio of new wetlands to impacted wetlands on the <br /> conservation easement. Increased the conservation easement size to 173 <br /> acres. The Port has proposed to create 66.8 acres of freshwater wetlands, <br /> enhance 12 acres of existing wetlands, preserve 23.7 acres of forested and <br /> shrub uplands and 71 acres of restored coastal prairie on the easement. <br />March 2002 Written comment period on the DEIS closes. <br />February 2002 The Port makes further minor changes to the master plan to improve <br /> stormwater drainage, location of the three-mile long, 130-foot wide, 20-foot <br /> tall sight and sound berm located on a 128-acre buffer zone, sound barriers <br /> on the north shore of the Bayport Channel, the use of high-tech spreader <br /> bars on the wharf cranes to reduce noise and add a new 75-foot set aside <br /> between the vegetated berm and Pine Gully for habitat purposes. <br />December 2001 A public workshop followed by the official public hearing was held at the <br /> George R. Brown Convention Center. Three to four thousand attended the <br /> public hearing. The group was split between opposition and supporters. <br />sayport Comainer & anise Ternunal <br />page 1 of 9 <br />May 2003 <br />