Notices

A lot of activity is happening around us, and it's hard for any one person to keep up with all of it. We are asking the community to check the links below from time to time to help monitor events that may impact us. Email links we should consider adding to this page.

Current Calls to Action!

8/9/22: Comments due on Corpus Christi Ship Channel Draft Environmental Impact Statement (over 2500 pages). This is to deepen the channel to 80 feet - deeper than the Suez Canal. Visit IOBCWA's Ship Channels page for more info.
TCEQ Sunset Review: Submit comments for the sunset review of TCEQ online at www.sunset.texas.gov, via email at sunset@sunset.texas.gov, by calling Robert Romig at 512-463-1300, or via snail mail at TCEQ, P.O. Box 13066, Austin, Texas 78711.
Deadline at end of Public Meeting TBD (Requested by Sen. Zaffirini and Rep. Lozano): Public comments on Enbridge Air Pollution Permit #122362 (see Enbridge Expansion page for more details).

Past Industry Public Notices by date

7/14/22: Public Meeting held at Portland Community Center on Flint Hills Resources Ingleside Oil Export Terminal TCEQ Air Pollution Permit #6606.
6/30/22 7:00pm: TCEQ Public Hearing at Portland Community Center on Corpus Christi Liquefaction (Cheniere) Air Quality Permit 105710.
6/22/22 3:00-7:30pm: Public Meeting on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Corpus Christi Ship Channel Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) at Corpus Christi Ortiz Center (402 Harbor Dr.). Public comments due July 25, 2022. See PAC's Top 20 Concerns.
5/24/24: Comments due on TCEQ 2022 Annual Air Monitoring Plan.
4/20/22: Comments due on Flint Hills Resources Ingleside Oil Export Terminal TCEQ Air Permit #6606.
12/13/21: Project Bluewater written comments on the DRAFT Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) due, following
11/30/21 City La Quinta Desal Final Deadline for Comments: Final written comments for the City of Corpus Christi’s desalination intake (water rights) permit (permit “WRPERM 13675”)
11/18/21 public meeting for Project Bluewater (MARAD)
11/16/21: Public meeting for City of Corpus Christi Water Rights Permit 13675
7/27/21: Public Meeting on voestalpine Air Pollution Permit 108113
7/13/21: Public Meeting on Port of Corpus Christi La Quinta Desalination Plant - Water Rights Permit WQ 13630 (See recording from July 8th Stop Desal webinar)
5/26/21: Comments due on 2022 Texas Water Plan
3/29/21: Comments due on MODA Air Pollution Permit Number 122362
3/5/21: OxyChem Ingleside WasteWater Discharge Permit WQ0003083000 to discharge an additional 2.8 MGD of effluent, including "enterococci" (fecal matter), into La Quinta Channel.
1/11/21: Deadline for comments on TCEQ's request to take over all Texas oil and gas permitting from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Here's a link to all the supporting documents and public comments.
1/11/21: Deadline for comments on the EPA's draft permit for the Bluewater Offshore Terminal, which will allow ships to emit up to 19,000 tons of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) a year off the coast of San Patricio County.
1/6/21: Public hearing on Bluewater Offshore Terminal.
1/5/21: Comments due on RESTORE Act Funded Priorities List 3b.
12/7/20: Public hearing on Steel Dynamics discharging 1.5 million gallons of waste per day into Chiltipin Creek on the way to Copano Bay. TCEQ Permit #WQ0005283000. Here is a link to the application.
12/1/20: Public hearing on MODA's response to public comments for new berths closer to IOB. USACE Application #SWG-1995-02221; TCEQ ID #20201351MIS
10/10/20: Cheniere's water use permit requests WRPERM 13605 and WRPERM 13610 to withdraw water from Corpus Christi Bay for "industrial use".
9/28/20: Deadline for IOBCWA's response to MODA's response to public comments for new berths closer to IOB.
9/11/20: Bluewater Offshore Terminal
8/6/20: Axis Midstream request to construct pipeline thru San Pat County and Redfish Bay to Harbor Island.
8/1/20: Water Board Region N Plan for 3 desalination plants on La Quinta Channel (Port of Corpus Christi, City of Corpus Christi, and City of Ingleside).
7/3/20: Port Of Corpus Christi Channel Deepening Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Scoping.
5/17/20: La Quinta Channel desalination plant discharge permit submitted by City of Corpus Christi (see application for TCEQ Permit #WQ0005290000 here)
2/6/20: MODA plans for new berths closer to IOB
(IOBCWA and state representatives were granted public meeting held on 12/1/20)
1/22/20: La Quinta Channel desalination plant water rights permit submitted by City of Corpus Christi (see application for TCEQ Permit #WRPERM 13675
1/15/20: La Quinta Channel desalination plant by Port of Corpus Christi (submit comments opposing TCEQ Permit #WQ0005254000 here)
(IOBCWA and state representatives have requested public meeting)
8/8/19: Axis Midstream crude oil export facilities from Taft to Harbor Island with associated infrastructure & pipelines in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel
8/1/19: Port of Corpus Christi Channel Deepening Project
7/11/19: Agreement to expedite processing of Port of Corpus Christi permit applications to the Department of the Army (Corps of Engineers)
6/6/19: South Texas Gateway Terminal Ingleside dredging and installing structures for a vessel berthing basin
5/30/19: Notice of June 4, 2019 Public Scoping Meeting for LaQuinta Expansion Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment (the link to the presentation is in a different location)
8/7/14: Oxy Ingleside Energy Center

Climate-Related Notices

National Weather Service

Industry-Related Notices

Port of Corpus Christi
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
United States Army Corps of Engineers