06-30-2003 Bayport Expansion Review CommitteeMeeting

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30. Other alternative sites have been identified within the Galveston Bay system for locating this terminal facility that are less environmentally damaging and that aze acceptable to the plaintiffs. 31. A scoping meeting on the proposed Bayport Project was conducted by the Galveston District in 1999 pursuant to the rules of the CEQ for preparing environmental impact statements (EISs) and about 2,500 people attended. 32. A Draft EIS (DEIS) on the proposed Bayport Project was prepazed by the Galveston District and released in November, 2001. 33. Over 6,000 people came to the Galveston District's public hearing regarding the DEIS for the Bayport Project, which was conducted in December, 2001 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston. 34. Numerous issues were raised by the public at the December 2001 hearing about the lack of adequate analysis in the DEIS of the Bayport Project's environmental impacts, including wetlands, air quality, and noise impacts, as well as reasonably foreseeable future impacts to Galveston Bay. 35. The Galveston District has received over 2,000 comments regarding the Bayport Project from not only flee public, but also local, state, and federal agencies, as well as elected officials. 36. Included in these comments were requests for a Supplemental DEIS that would address the inadequacies of the Bayport DEIS. 37. On May 2, 2002, GBCPA wrote to the Corps requesting a Supplemental Draft EIS regarding wetlands, noise, and the alternatives analysis as well as requesting a re- examination of jurisdictional wetlands. 7.