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Ship ChannelsThe Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) manages two ship channels that converge at Ingleside on the Bay: the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and the La Quinta Ship Channel. Currently open for comment is a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to deepen Corpus Christi Ship Channel to 80' so that VLCCs can be fully loaded with crude oil for foreign EXPORTS.
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Corpus Christi Ship ChannelClick HERE to learn more about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Permit to deepen Corpus Christi Ship Channel to 80 feet and how you can submit comments (due 7/25/22).
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La Quinta Ship ChannelClick HERE to learn more about La Quinta Ship Channel, including what we know about plans to lengthen and extend it.
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The Port of Corpus Christi's New Socioeconomic Justification for Channel Modifications - from PETROLEUM IMPORTS to EXPORTS:
The last Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) authorizing the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CCSCIP), shown above, was completed in 2003 and has served to guide industrial development on Corpus Christi Bay for nearly 20 years. In 2003, the project was socioeconomically justified to taxpayers based on the Port's serving as a hub for oil imports and agricultural exports. However, after the 40-year-old ban on oil exports was lifted in 2015, the Port shifted to become "The Energy Port of the Americas", a hub for oil exports, which only serve to enrich private petroleum companies. The Port's recent permit requests to modify the channels have all shifted toward increasing oil exports to foreign countries, which has led to explosive industrial growth in the Coastal Bend in the last five years, harming both local communities and the environment. Even though it is the public Navigation District of Nueces County, the Port of Corpus Christi aggressively attracts and supports petroleum companies to the Coastal Bend, often prioritizing the profits of its private "customers" over the public interest.
The last Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) authorizing the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CCSCIP), shown above, was completed in 2003 and has served to guide industrial development on Corpus Christi Bay for nearly 20 years. In 2003, the project was socioeconomically justified to taxpayers based on the Port's serving as a hub for oil imports and agricultural exports. However, after the 40-year-old ban on oil exports was lifted in 2015, the Port shifted to become "The Energy Port of the Americas", a hub for oil exports, which only serve to enrich private petroleum companies. The Port's recent permit requests to modify the channels have all shifted toward increasing oil exports to foreign countries, which has led to explosive industrial growth in the Coastal Bend in the last five years, harming both local communities and the environment. Even though it is the public Navigation District of Nueces County, the Port of Corpus Christi aggressively attracts and supports petroleum companies to the Coastal Bend, often prioritizing the profits of its private "customers" over the public interest.