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• <br />23. The proposed Bayport Project site is located between the cities of Seabrook (to <br />the south) and Shoreacres/LaPorte (to the north) and is bounded on the south by Pine Gully, on <br />the east by Galveston Bay and the El Jardin subdivision of Pasadena, and on the north by the <br />Bayport deepwater channel. <br />24. In order to construct docks along the Bayport Channel, to conduct dredging <br />activities in the Bayport Channel and in Galveston Bay, and to discharge dredge and fill material <br />into waters of the United States, all of which are necessary to build the proposed Bayport facility, <br />the PHA was required to obtain permits from the Galveston District of the Corps of Engineers <br />under § 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. § 403) and § 404 of the Clean <br />Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1344). <br />25. The proposed Bayport Project permit application #21520 by the PHA was first <br />filed with the Galveston District in 1998. <br />26. There have been several revisions made by the PHA to its original permit <br />application, as reflected in various public notices. <br />27. The most recent public notice dated May 16, 2003 announced to the public that <br />the PHA proposes to construct seven container ship berths, three cruise ship berths, associated <br />docks and storage and a large rail yard at the Bayport site. <br />28. The cost of the proposed Bayport facility is approximately $1.2 billion, with most <br />if not all of this cost being provided by taxpayers. <br />29. Since 1998, GBCPA, as well as other environmental groups and many local <br />municipalities, have opposed the PHA's proposed terminal facility being located at Bayport. <br />6. <br />