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Environmental Assessment (EA)
Proposal by the National Park Service (NPS), Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS) to construct a new beach access boardwalk and restore the primary dune on the east side of the Malaquite Visitor Center in Kleberg County, Texas.
Summary: The proposed boardwalk is intended to provide visitors to PAIS with American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant access to the beach while restoring the primary dune line. Restoration of the primary dune line is expected to offer additional protection of Park infrastructure in the event of strong storm and tidal events.
Alternative A: Proposes to construct the majority of a new, elevated boardwalk within the footprint of the existing boardwalk. This proposed action will: 1) comply with ADA, 2) include one access point to the beach from the main deck, and 3) restore the primary dune line.
Alternative B: Proposes to construct a new, elevated boardwalk slightly south of the existing boardwalk footprint. This proposed action will: 1) comply with ADA, 2) include two access points to the beach from the main deck, and 3) restore the primary dune line.
Alternative C: Proposes no action, keeping the landscape in its current condition.
Public Comment: The NPS encourages public participation throughout the NEPA process. If you wish to comment on the EA, you may post comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. If you are unable to submit comments electronically through this website, you may also submit comments to the address listed below. This EA will be on public review for 30 days beginning December 3, 2015.
Please be aware that it is our practice to make all comments received, including names, addresses (post and email), and phone numbers of respondents available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their name and contact information but if you wish us to consider withholding this information you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be released. We will always make submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Padre Island National Seashore
Attn: Compliance Specialist
Subject: Malaquite Beach Access and Dune Restoration EA
P.O. Box 181300
Corpus Christi, TX 78480-1300
361-949-8173 x223
Proposal by the National Park Service (NPS), Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS) to construct a new beach access boardwalk and restore the primary dune on the east side of the Malaquite Visitor Center in Kleberg County, Texas.
Summary: The proposed boardwalk is intended to provide visitors to PAIS with American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant access to the beach while restoring the primary dune line. Restoration of the primary dune line is expected to offer additional protection of Park infrastructure in the event of strong storm and tidal events.
Alternative A: Proposes to construct the majority of a new, elevated boardwalk within the footprint of the existing boardwalk. This proposed action will: 1) comply with ADA, 2) include one access point to the beach from the main deck, and 3) restore the primary dune line.
Alternative B: Proposes to construct a new, elevated boardwalk slightly south of the existing boardwalk footprint. This proposed action will: 1) comply with ADA, 2) include two access points to the beach from the main deck, and 3) restore the primary dune line.
Alternative C: Proposes no action, keeping the landscape in its current condition.
Public Comment: The NPS encourages public participation throughout the NEPA process. If you wish to comment on the EA, you may post comments online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. If you are unable to submit comments electronically through this website, you may also submit comments to the address listed below. This EA will be on public review for 30 days beginning December 3, 2015.
Please be aware that it is our practice to make all comments received, including names, addresses (post and email), and phone numbers of respondents available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their name and contact information but if you wish us to consider withholding this information you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be released. We will always make submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Padre Island National Seashore
Attn: Compliance Specialist
Subject: Malaquite Beach Access and Dune Restoration EA
P.O. Box 181300
Corpus Christi, TX 78480-1300
Contact Information
James Lindsay361-949-8173 x223