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• <br />156. The Bayport DEIS does not include any evaluation or analysis of impacts from <br />the future deepening of the Houston Ship Channel or Bayport Channel to at least 50 feet. <br />157. In the Bayport FEIS, the Corps again stated that in order to accommodate existing <br />and projected growth in vessel activity, further deepening/widening of the Houston Ship Channel <br />and its connecting channels would likely be necessary. (FEIS, p. 4-19) <br />158. In the Bayport FEIS in the section entitled "Issues Raised During the Scoping <br />Process", the Corps again identified key topic areas that have been addressed in the FEIS, <br />including "the impacts of the proposed dredging on marine life in Galveston Bay, including the <br />impacts of future deepening of the Houston Ship Channel and Bayport Channel to at least 50 <br />feet." (FEIS, p. 6-3). <br />159. The Bayport FEIS also does not include any evaluation or analysis of impacts <br />from the future deepening of the Houston Ship Channel and Bayport Channel to at least 50 feet. <br />160. In the FEIS in the response to comments, the Corps states that it decided to <br />exclude consideration of a 50-foot channel based upon the overriding fact that such a project has <br />not been authorized. (FEIS, p. 453, Response to Comment 35-2). <br />161. In the FEIS in the response to comments, the Corps further states that in a <br />regulatory EIS, the Corps only reviews the project as proposed by the applicant and the PHA has <br />not proposed to widen or deepen the Houston Ship Channel or the Bayport channel. (p. 10, <br />response to comment 1-47). <br />162. The Bayport FEIS now includes a diagram where wharf cranes proposed for <br />construction at the Bayport site aze specifically labeled as being designed to unload post- <br />Panamax vessels. (Figure 5, Appendix 1.1 containing the PHA permit application). <br />21. <br />