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Located just three
miles from deep water, Port Freeport is one of the most
accessible ports on the Gulf Coast. The central Texas
location offers efficient transportation via highway,
railroad or Intracoastal Waterway, and the
400-foot-wide, 45-foot-deep channel ensures a fast, safe
turnaround
Port
Freeport
Project News
As each of you may or may not
know, the Port of
Freeport is in the process of
getting a permit to widen and deepen their ship channel. As
a part of this process, there is a chance for public input.
Below is information concerning the public input.
PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC
HEARING: If you wish to voice your comments, a public
hearing on the proposed project is scheduled for
December 6, 2006, at the Freeport Community
House, 1300 West Second Street,
Freeport, Texas
77541. Poster presentations
will be available for viewing and project team members will
be present to discuss the DEIS (Draft Environmental
Impact Statement) at a workshop that will precede the
hearing. The workshop will be conducted from
5:00 p.m. to 6:45
p.m., and the formal hearing will commence at
7:00 p.m. This hearing is to provide an
opportunity for all interested persons to provide
information to the Corps for use in preparing the EIS (Environmental
Impact Statement). Every effort will be made to address
concerns/issues identified in the DEIS. Please bring this
notice to the attention of others known to be interested in
the subject of the meeting.
CLOSE OF COMMENT PERIOD:
All comments pertaining to this Public Notice must reach
this office on or before
9 January 2007. Extensions of the comment
period may be granted for valid reasons provided a written
request is received by the limiting date. If no comments
are received by that date, it will be considered that there
are no objections. Comments and requests for additional
information should be submitted to:
Sam J. Watson
Regulatory Branch, CESWG-PE-RB
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
P.O.
Box 1229
Galveston,
Texas
77553-1229
409-766-3946 Phone
For
a copy of the project Draft Environmental Impact
Statement please use the link below:
http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/reg/pn.asp
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