Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 16 - COASTAL COORDINATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE › Chapter 503 - COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BOUNDARY › Section 503.1 - Coastal Management Program Boundary

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General
				Description of the Coastal Management Program Boundary. The coastal management
				program boundary delineates the coastal zone. The inland part of the boundary
				is a modification of the coastal facility designation line, which is the line
				the State of Texas adopted under the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of
				1991 (Texas Natural Resources Code, Chapter 40) to describe areas where oil
				spills are likely to enter coastal waters. Generally, the boundary encompasses
				the area within Texas lying seaward of the coastal facility designation line.
				It also includes coastal wetlands landward of the coastal facility designation
				line. The boundary includes areas within the following Texas counties: Cameron,
				Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, Refugio, Calhoun,
				Victoria, Jackson, Matagorda, Brazoria, Galveston, Harris, Chambers, Jefferson,
				and Orange. The seaward reach of the boundary extends into the Gulf of Mexico
				to the limit of state title and ownership under the Submerged Lands Management
				Act (43 United States Code,
				§§1301 et seq), that is, three
				marine leagues. The following maps outline the coastal management program
				boundary.
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				  Graphic
(b)
				Particular Description of the Coastal Management Program Boundary. The boundary
				is more particularly described in terms of the inland boundary, the boundary
				with the State of Louisiana, the seaward boundary, the boundary with the
				Republic of Mexico, and the excluded federal lands.
(1) The inland boundary. The inland boundary
				encompasses the following areas:
(A) Roadway
				portion of boundary. The boundary begins at the International Toll Bridge in
				Brownsville, thence northward along U.S. Highway 77 to the junction of Paredes
				Lines Road (FM Road 1847) in Brownsville, thence northward along FM Road 1847
				to the junction of FM Road 106 east of Rio Hondo, thence westward along FM Road
				106 to the junction of FM Road 508 in Rio Hondo, thence northward along FM Road
				508 to the junction of FM Road 1420, thence northward along FM Road 1420 to the
				junction of State Highway 186 east of Raymondville, thence westward along State
				Highway 186 to the junction of U.S. Highway 77 near Raymondville, thence
				northward along U.S. Highway 77 to the junction of FM Road 774 in Refugio,
				thence eastward along FM Road 774 to the junction of State Highway 35 south of
				Tivoli, thence northward along State Highway 35 to the junction of State
				Highway 185 between Bloomington and Seadrift, thence northwestward along State
				Highway 185 to the junction of FM Road 616 in Bloomington, thence northeastward
				along FM Road 616 to the junction of State Highway 35 east of Blessing, thence
				southward along the State Highway 35 to the junction of FM Road 521 north of
				Palacios, thence northeastward along FM Road 521 to the junction of State
				Highway 36 south of Brazoria, thence northward along State Highway 36 to the
				junction of State Highway 332 in Brazoria, thence eastward along State Highway
				332 to the junction of FM Road 2004 in Lake Jackson, thence northeastward along
				FM Road 2004 to the junction of Interstate Highway 45 between Dickinson and La
				Marque, thence northwestward along Interstate Highway 45 to the junction of
				Interstate Highway 610 in Houston, thence east and northward along Interstate
				Highway 610 to the junction of Interstate Highway 10 in Houston, thence
				eastward along Interstate Highway 10 to the Louisiana State line.
(B) Tidal portion of the boundary. The
				boundary runs at a distance of 100 yards inland from the mean high tide line
				along each of the following tidal river and stream segments from the points
				where they intersect the roadway boundary described in subparagraph (A) of this
				paragraph:
(i) on the Arroyo Colorado, to a
				point 100 meters (110 yards) downstream of Cemetery Road south of Port
				Harlingen in Cameron County;
(ii)
				on the Nueces River, to Calallen Dam 1.7 kilometers (1.1 miles) upstream of
				U.S. Highway 77 in Nueces/San Patricio County;
(iii) on the Guadalupe River, to the
				Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Salt Water Barrier 0.7 kilometers (0.4 mile)
				downstream of the confluence of the San Antonio River in Calhoun and Refugio
				Counties;
(iv) on the Lavaca River,
				to a point 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) downstream of U.S. Highway 59 in Jackson
				County;
(v) on the Navidad River,
				to Palmetto Bend Dam in Jackson County;
(vi) on Tres Palacios Creek, to a point 0.6
				kilometer (1.0 mile) upstream of the confluence of Wilson Creek in Matagorda
				County;
(vii) on the Colorado
				River, to a point 2.1 kilometers (1.3 miles) downstream of the Missouri-Pacific
				Railroad in Matagorda County;
(viii) on the San Bernard River, to a point
				3.2 kilometers (2.0 miles) upstream of State Highway 35 in Brazoria
				County;
(ix) on Chocolate Bayou, to
				a point 4.2 kilometers (2.6 miles) downstream of State Highway 35 in Brazoria
				County;
(x) on Clear Creek, to a
				point 100 meters (110 yards) upstream of FM Road 528 in Galveston/Harris
				County;
(xi) on Buffalo Bayou, to a
				point 400 meters (440 yards) upstream of Shepherd Drive in Harris
				County;
(xii) on the San Jacinto
				River, to Lake Houston Dam in Harris County;
(xiii) on Cedar Bayou, to a point 2.2
				kilometers (1.4 miles) upstream of Interstate Highway 10 in Chambers/Harris
				County;
(xiv) on the Trinity River,
				to the border between Chambers and Liberty Counties;
(xv) on the Neches River, to a point 11.3
				kilometers (7.0 miles) upstream of Interstate Highway 10 in Orange County;
				and
(xvi) on the Sabine River, to
				Morgan Bluff in Orange County.
(C) Wetlands portion of boundary. Except for
				the part of the boundary adjacent to the Trinity and Neches rivers, the
				boundary includes wetlands lying within one mile inland of the mean high tide
				lines of the tidal river and stream segments identified in subparagraph (B) of
				this paragraph.
(i) Adjacent to the Trinity
				River, the boundary includes wetlands within the area located between the mean
				high tide line on the western shoreline of the river and Farm-to-Market Road
				565 and Farm-to-Market Road 1409, and wetlands within the area located between
				the mean high tide line on the eastern shoreline of that portion of the river
				and Farm-to-Market Road 563.
(ii)
				Adjacent to the Neches River, the boundary includes wetlands within one mile of
				the mean high tide line on the western shoreline of the river, and wetlands
				within the area located between the mean high tide line on the eastern
				shoreline of that portion of the river and Farm-to-Market Road 105.