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They Took Questions from the Floor After All

Romerica packed the house with perhaps 800 to 1000 people. Both large rooms of the community center were standing room only. Contrary to pre-meeting guidance, the Romerica developer and his team DID take questions from the floor. The meeting lasted more than three hours.

Gabriel M. Haddad was not what I expected. He was disarming and appeared to answer questions candidly even when they were hostile. He seemed cautious and reasonable.

However, nothing I heard tonight changed my mind about the development. I had some questions answered. Some answers raised more questions. Many questions remain unanswered. And there were many contradictions and surprises. This will require sleep, food, and thorough review of my notes before I can make sense of it.

Please check back tomorrow for a rundown of the entire meeting.

Posted by Bob Rehak on March 18, 2019

566 Days since Hurricane Harvey

Manlove Says Questions “Won’t Be Necessary” at Romerica’s Public Meeting

For weeks, Barbara Hilburn (Kingwood Lakes President), Bill Fowler and Dianne Lansden (Lake Houston Area Grass Roots Flood Prevention Initiative leaders) and I have been calling and emailing Manlove Marketing and Communications. We asked whether the high-rise developer would take questions from the audience tonight. We were consistently ignored. No answer. None. Nada. Silence.

Barrington Resident Finally Breaks Through

This morning, a Barrington resident called Manlove. She actually managed to speak to someone. Here’s how her conversation went:

“I called the PR contact for the Romerica project, Manlove Marketing, to make sure they were including a question and answer portion in tonight’s “free” meeting.
The receptionist gave me a very enthusiastic ‘Oh yes, of course you can ask questions!’ Then she trailed off with something to the effect of ‘before and after the presentation.’ To clarify, I asked ‘Questions won’t be addressed during the meeting?’ The receptionist said, ‘Oh no. That’s not necessary!’”

The resident replied, “‘It absolutely IS necessary.’ The receptionist then offered to let me talk directly with the woman handling this project. I was transferred to her voicemail.”

“I followed up with a FaceBook message asking why they weren’t planning to answer questions in a public forum,” said the resident. “The message has been read, but no one has responded.”

Later this afternoon, Manlove added several paragraphs of copy to the developer’s home page that confirm the resident’s report.

“Dialog At Every Level”

Manlove’s website boasts that, “Romerica believes in collaboration which includes a dialog with stakeholders at every level.”

Memo to Manlove: answering questions and emails, and returning phone calls would be a great way to start collaborating. I believe they don’t really want to address people’s concerns. If they did, they would have had a meeting long ago at the start of the Corps’ public comment period, not after it closed.

One wonders why they’re even bothering to have a meeting tonight. As my friend John Knoezer asked this morning, “Are they going to read a brochure for two hours?”

As always, these thoughts represent my opinions on matters of public policy. They are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the Anti-SLAPP Statute of the Great State of Texas.

Posted by Bob Rehak, Mandi Thornhill Lokey and John Knoezer on March 18, 2019

566 Days since Hurricane Harvey

Reminder: High-Rise Developers’ Meeting Monday Night at 6:30

On March 4, Romerica announced a “free” public meeting at which they and their suppliers plan to “discuss”:

USACE Corp Process
Phases of the Development
Current and Future Initiatives of Romerica

At that time, the guest panel was to include:

R. Thomas Sankey, PWS, CSE Senior Project Manager / Senior Ecologist, SWCA
Melvin G. Spinks, P.E., CFM, President, Civil Tech Engineering, Inc.
Gabriel Haddad, Developer, Romerica

New Strategy: PR Firm Goes Dark

Manlove Marketing and Communications, Romerica’s second official point of contact during the Army Corps public comment period, sent out invitations to people who signed up for their mailing list.

However, as of this writing, no meeting announcement has ever been made on the website that Manlove developed for Romerica.

Neither did Manlove return telephone calls or emails to discuss the meeting format and whether they would take questions from the audience. Manlove also has not responded to inquiries from local videographer Jim Zura and the Lake Houston Area Grass Roots Flood Prevention Initiative about taping the meeting.

Disclaimer Debacle

Manlove originally tried to give themselves the most generous disclaimer in the history of words and websites when they printed this in small type at the bottom of TheHeronsKingwood.com: “DISCLAIMER: Users agree that John Manlove Marketing & Communications and parties involved have no responsibility for any deficiencies, inaccuracies, errors and/or omissions contained in this site or the data and/or information contained therein.”

I then pointed out that as the official point of contact for the permit, they would be held to a slightly higher standard of truth. 18 U.S.C. Section 1001 states that: “Whoever, in any manner within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up any trick, scheme, or disguises a material fact or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years or both.” That’s when the lights went out.

So Many Questions Remain

I’m suspect the panel will do its best to avoid the real questions surrounding this development Monday night. For instance:

How have they gotten around single-family residential deed restrictions?
Why are they proposing to build 25-50 story high rises in an old meander of the San Jacinto (a practice that proved disastrous during Harvey)?
Aren’t they jeopardizing public safety by rushing to permit so many massive structures in what will surely be reclassified as the floodway when new flood maps come out?
How will they evacuate 15,000 to 20,000 people if the water comes up again without warning like it did during Harvey?
How did they miss eagle nests on and adjacent to the property when they were specifically looking for them?
Why did they not report an eagle nest that their own employees knew about?
Where will all the kids in this subdivision go to school? It could triple enrollment at Foster Elementary!
Why did they list a wrong contact phone number on the Army Corps public notice?
What have these developers ever actually developed before?
Why are investors suing them for fraud?
Why do they have such a maze of companies in so many different states and countries selling the same property to each other in different names?
Why are so many of the companies registered with the Secretary of State at an address that does not exist?
Why register companies using so many aliases?
Why is Romerica’s real-estate license listed as “inactive” by the Texas Real-Estate Commission?
Why does Dunn and Bradstreet think Romerica Investments is out of business?
Why did Manlove list the “Romerica Group” and then plain “Romerica” as the developer in their website when neither is registered with the Texas Secretary of State and “Romerica Investments” filed the permit application?
Who produced their market study that supposedly demonstrates the “need” for this project? Need is a key Corps criteria. Yet the market study fails to take into account such crucial factors as retail traffic, proximity to freeways, flooding, and navigability of the West Fork.
How will raising buildings to 57 feet keep them from flooding?
Why did Civil Tech apply for an excavation permit that wasn’t in the name of the development?
Why did CivilTech say all the excavated material would be removed from the flood plain to obtain that permit when the Corps public notice now states that fill will be added to the floodway?
Why does the Corps’ public notice specify that buildings will be raised to 57 feet and TheHeronsKingwood.com specify 62.42 feet?
Why does Manlove claim Romerica will preserve wetlands when Romerica has applied for a permit to fill them in?
How will the fill that they plan to put in streams and wetlands NOT worsen flooding?
Why are there so many dead links, disconnected phone numbers, and vacant offices listed in various web sites promoting Romerica, the high-rise development, EB-5 visas, and more?
How could 640 40-foot boats and 200 jet skis possibly fit on the West Fork?
Why would you even consider putting underground parking in an area that flooded six times last year?
How will you supply water to all the people who live in the Herons without exacerbating subsidence?
How will Romerica finance 3.2 million square feet of development in the floodway and floodplain of the San Jacinto River’s West Fork?
How will the Developer provide the mitigation (i.e., Detention ponds) for fill and impervious cover that is required to obtain the City of Houston and/or Harris County Development permits?

Kingwood Community Center, 6:30 PM

I’m guessing that they won’t allow real questions tomorrow night. They’ll probably make people submit questions in writing before hand and then cherry pick those they want to answer. I hope I’m wrong on that point, but we’ll know for sure when its over.

As always, these thoughts represent my opinions on matters of public interest. They are protected under the first amendment of the US Constitution and the Anti-SLAPP statute of the great State of Texas.

Posted by Bob Rehak on 3/17/19

365 Days since Hurricane Harvey

Next Steps for Army Corps in Evaluating High-Rise Permit Application

Janet Botello, a USACE Evaluation Branch Chief, provided the following explanation about next steps in the Army Corps’ permit evaluation for the high-rise marina project in Kingwood.

Kingwood Greens Evacuation During Harvey by Elgene Muscat — *High-rise marina project is at a cross-roads. Harvey Photo by Jay Muscat.*

30 Days For Applicant to Respond

Said Botello, “As the comment period has closed, we are providing the applicant with those public comments we’ve received. Applicants have 30 days to respond to those issues and concerns raised during the comment period.”

Next Steps Contingent on Applicant Responses

Botello continued, “Once we receive those responses, we will be in a better position to determine if a public hearing will be held.”

Ms. Botello also stated, “If we determine that additional information is needed for us to make a decision on this permit application that has not been already gathered from the public or applicant through our public interest review process, the Corps may decide to hold some type of public meeting.”

The Corps did not give a firm deadline for the decision on a public hearing.

Assuming that:

It takes a week or two to log, parse, process and transmit all the comments to Romerica…
And that it takes Romerica another month to respond…
And that it takes the Corps a few weeks to review their responses…

…my guess is that we should be hearing from the Corps in May as to whether a public hearing is needed.

They also leave open the possibility that a public MEETING may be needed if they need even MORE information/input. Please note: the Corps draws a distinction between public hearings and public meetings.

Difference Between Hearing and Meeting

At a hearing, citizens state their complaints and the Corps listens, but makes no comment and asks no questions. A meeting, on the other hand, is more of a dialog. The meeting Romerica scheduled is NOT the meeting that the Corps refers to.

I am told by people who have worked these kinds of issues with the Corps before that it can take months before a final decision is rendered. One engineer suggested it could take the rest of this year. The Corps did not provide a total time estimate.

To see the original public notice with project specs, maps and details, click here.

Posted by Bob Rehak on 3/5/19

554 Days since Hurricane Harvey

High-Rise Developer Sets Public Meeting … After Close of Public Comment

Mark your calendars. Monday, March 18th, 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. at the Kingwood Community Center.

The invitation reads, “Kingwood residents and interested parties are cordially invited to come and learn about The Herons development. This will be a great opportunity to meet the developer and his team. The main discussion topics will be:

USACE Corp Process
Phases of the Development
Current and Future Initiatives of Romerica”

GUEST PANEL INCLUDES:

R. Thomas Sankey, PWS, CSE Senior Project Manager / Senior Ecologist, SWCA

Melvin G. Spinks, P.E., CFM, President, Civil Tech Engineering, Inc.

Gabriel Haddad, Developer, Romerica

“Free” Meeting

Aside from saying that the meeting is “free” and open to the public, they don’t say much more. For instance, it’s not clear whether the panel members will take questions from the audience.

The public comment period for this closed on March 1. But I did think it was sporting of them not to charge admission.

Personally, I kind of wish they were addressing the issue of evacuation.

*Woodland Hills Drive During Harvey by Julie Yandell. Evacuation is not on the agenda published by the developers.*

No New Info Yet from Corps

The Corps has not yet responded to questions about whether they will hold a public hearing related to this project, whether a Corps represetative will be there, or when the Corps intends to rule on the permit. This is NOT a Corps meeting.

Posted by Bob Rehak on March 4, 2019

553 Days since Hurricane Harvey

Last Day to Protest High-Rise Development in Kingwood

A reminder. If you want to protest the high-rise development planned for Kingwood, today is the last day to email the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The deadline: midnight tonight.

The proposed high-rise development would wrap around the Barrington and border the soccer fields at River Grove Park. It includes 5000 condos, and multiple high rises from 25 to 50 stories tall. Developers, who are being sued for fraud by investors, are attempting to finance the project with EB-5 visas for foreigners.

High Rises in Area Apparently Deed-Restricted to Single-Family Residential

The development would take place in an area apparently deed restricted to single-family residential. Developers have refused to meet with the public to answer questions concerning the development or how they plan to get around the deed restrictions.

Where to Find More Info

To learn more about the controversy, visit the high-rise page of this website. There, you will find:

A brief summary of the issues
Links to the Army Corps’ Public Notice
Previous posts on the subject
Sample letters that people and groups have written already.

Causes for Concern

Many of reasons exist to protest this development. Besides the 8,800 cars it would add to Kingwood Drive, the lack of evacuation routes, apparent deed restriction violations, impacts on wildlife including bald eagles, loss of wetlands and streams, flooding, adequacy of the market survey, safety issues (building high rises so near a floodway), water pollution from a giant marina operation, school over-crowding, and the experience of the developers.

How and Where to Protest

The Corps states explicitly that if they don’t hear from you, they assume you have no objections.

So please take ten minutes to email your objections to:

Army Corps of Engineers: swg_public_notice@usace.army.mil

TCEQ: 401certs@tceq.texas.gov. (Water-quality issues only)

Feel free to copy from the letters of others. Make sure you include the project number in the subject line of your email: SWG-2016-00384

Posted by Bob Rehak on March 1, 2019

549 Days since Hurricane Harvey

The thoughts in this post represent my opinions on matters of public policy. They are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the Anti-SLAPP statutes of the great State of Texas.

Video of Barrington Evacuation During Harvey Makes Case for Lowering Lake Conroe, Nixing High-Rise Development

With barely a spoken word, this video makes an eloquent case for lowering Lake Conroe again this year. It also makes a powerful argument for denying the permit to build 5000 condos and high rises in the surrounding wetlands.

Evacuation from the Barrington during Harvey. Video courtesy of Kenneth and Colleen Ulrich. They moved to Kingwood from New Orleans after Katrina.

Surprise Evacuation

Kenneth Ulrich Jr. shot this video as he and his wife Colleen were forced to evacuate without warning from the Barrington during Harvey.

They share this video on the eve of a key San Jacinto River Authority board meeting. Tomorrow, the board will take up the question of whether to seasonally lower Lake Conroe again this year. The lowering would help provide a margin of safety against flooding like this until other flood mitigation measures can be put in place.

Lake Conroe boaters have complained about the inconvenience of the lower lake levels. The video shows what boating in Kingwood looked like 18 months ago as Harvey’s floodwaters rose.

Many residents escaped with little more than the clothes they wore.

Imagine Evacuating 15,000 People Like This

The video makes another powerful argument. Against the high-rise development proposed for Kingwood. Developers hope to build it around the Barrington which you see here. They want to build 5,000 condos immediately to the north and a string of high rises, including a 50 story hotel, immediately to the south. Kingwood has an average household population density of 2.71. That means this development could add 15,000 people to the area.

Every one of the 283 homes in the Barrington flooded. Imagine trying to evacuate another 15,000 people by boat during the next Harvey.

The developers have planned only one way in and out of this project – Woodland Hills Drive – which will be under water when the next big flood hits.

Clearly, they did not consider evacuation when they planned this development.

How to Register Your Concerns

If you have concerns about the high-rise project, email the US Army Corps of Engineers at: swg_public_notice@usace.army.mil . Make sure you put the project number in the title of the email: SWG-2016-00384 .

To voice your concerns to the SJRA board, attend the board meeting Thursday, Feb. 28 at:

1577 Dam Site Road
Conroe, Texas 77304
936.588.3111

Speakers are limited to three minutes each. Business attire is recommended. To reserve time to speak you must sign in by 7:45. The meeting will be in the tall building.

Allow an hour and fifteen minutes to an hour and a half to get there in rush hour traffic from the Humble/Kingwood area.

As always, these are my opinions on matters of public policy. They are protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Anti-SLAPP statute of the Great State of Texas.

Posted by Bob Rehak on 2/27/2019

547 Days after Hurricane Harvey

High-Rise Developer May Violate Tanglewood Deed Restrictions, Too

Fabio M. Covarrubias Piffer is one of the two men applying for a permit to develop high rises near the floodway of the San Jacinto West Fork. A title search revealed that Friendswood deed restrictions seemingly limit development to “single-family residential. Mr. Covarrubias-Piffer has refused to meet publicly with the Kingwood community to explain how he plans to get around the deed restrictions.

Business Headquartered in Deed-Restricted Residential Property

Meanwhile, a search of the Texas Secretary of State’s business registration database reveals that Mr. Covarrubias-Piffer lists 5651 Doliver Drive in Tanglewood as the headquarters of one of his companies, Cova Capital Inc.

*Secretary of State shows that Cova Capital Inc. is headquartered at 5651 Doliver Drive in Tanglewood.*

However, Tanglewood deed restrictions prohibit the operation of businesses in homes, too. Page 21 of the policy manual clearly states that:

“Tanglewood properties may only be used for single-family residential purposes.”
“Business or commercial use of any Tanglewood property is prohibited.”

There is nothing inherently wrong with a business owning residential property.

The issue in this case is that one of Mr. Covarrubias Piffer’s 30+ companies headquarters in the house; deed restrictions prohibit that.

Legal filings in an investor-fraud case against Mr. Covarrubias Piffer in Houston establish the Doliver Drive property as his Houston address. However, depositions also reveal that he and his partner claim they visit Houston only one day per week on business. (See MARIA DEL CARMEN BORBOLLA AND MARIA DEL CARMEN GOMEZ, CAUSE NO. 2018 – 07276, 157th Judicial Court, Harris County, Tx.)

Expensive Office

Harris County Appraisal District records show that the property actually belongs to another company controlled by Mr. Covarrubias Piffer, FAMA Properties LTD Ptnrshp.

*One of Covarrubias’ companies owns a home being used by another of his companies as an office. The $3.2 million Tanglewood home is deed restricted to residential use only.*

The Kingwood Connection

Regular readers of this blog may recognize FAMA Properties LTD Partnership as the Alberta, Canada partnership that bought the proposed Kingwood high-rise land in 2012. FAMA bought it from HS Tejas LTD, a Texas Limited Partnership, settled the transaction in Walton County, Florida and Chicago Title recorded it.

Five years later, Fabio Covarrubias Piffer, acting as the sole general partner of FAMA Properties Limited Partnership, sold the same property to Romerica Landco, LP, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, in 2017. Mr. Covarrubias Piffer also controls Romerica Landco, LP.

Mr. Covarrubias Piffer then sold the same land yet again to two other companies he controls, Romerica RMR 4 LLC and Romerica M 5 LLC. Both are Texas Limited Liability Companies.

Yet another company controlled by Mr. Covarrubias Piffer, Romerica Investments, applied for the Army Corps permit to develop the Kingwood property.

Seems like there’s a lot of business going on in that residence!

Posted by Bob Rehak on 2/15/2019

545 Days since Hurricane Harvey

Now or Never: Friday is Last Day to Protest High-Rise Development in Floodplain Near River Grove Park

Only five more days remain to protest the proposed high-rise development near River Grove Park. The deadline for public comments? Friday, March 1.

About the High-Rise Development

Two developers from Mexico have bought up land east of Woodland Hills between Kingwood Lakes and the San Jacinto River. They hope to build 5000 condos, a retail mail, parking for 8,800 vehicles (some below ground), commercial high-rises, residential high-rises, a 50-story hotel, and a marina for 640 boats and 200 jet-skis.

Altogether, they plan to build more than 3 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail space around the Barrington. To put that in perspective, it’s roughly three times the size of Deerbrook Mall … at the end of a dead end street … four miles from the nearest highway. On the edge of the floodway. In an old meander of the San Jacinto. Without any consideration for the traffic it would add to Kingwood Drive. Or dedicating any land for additional school facilities.

What Corps and TCEQ are Considering

The Army Corps of Engineers and TCEQ are currently reviewing the developer’s proposal. The Corps is evaluating the impact of adding up to 12 feet of fill to wetlands and streams in the area against the need for the project. They also review more than a dozen other “public interest” factors, such as safety, environmental impact, navigation on the San Jacinto, sedimentation, and potential to worsen flooding. The TCEQ is evaluating water-quality issues only.

For More Information

To read more about the controversy swirling around this project, review the “High-Rises” Page of this web site. On it, you will find links to the Army Corps’ Public Notice describing the project as well as sample letters that other groups and individuals have already written. You will also find a series of posts that I have written to give you more background about the proposal and the people behind it.

The developers refused multiple requests for a public meeting to answer questions about the project, such as how they intended to get around “single family residential” deed restrictions and height requirements in Kingwood’s commercial development guidelines.

Instead, to communicate their vision, they are relying on a series of promotional websites with information that often conflicts with the Public Notice and ignore the public’s concerns. (See VTRUSA.com, RomericaGroup.com, AmericanVisionEB5.com, Torrisi-Procopio.com, YouTube, and TheHeronsKingwood.com).

If you have concerns about this development, please register them NOW with the TCEQ and Army Corps.

It May Be Now or Never!

Dave Martin, Houston City Council Member for District E, has stated that the City has no power to stop this development. In fact, the City has already issued a permit to begin excavation of the marina. So the Army Corps may be your best hope to stop this project.

Please send this post to all your friends, neighbors, relatives, kids, etc. Have them write letters, too. If you have already submitted a letter and have thought of new concerns, you may submit an additional letter.

Email Preferred to Snail Mail

Make sure you include the project number in the subject line of your email. It’s the same for either group: SWG-2016-00384.

Army Corps

swg_public_notice@usace.army.mil

TCEQ

401certs@tceq.texas.gov

As always, the thoughts in these posts represent my opinions on matters of public policy. They are protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Anti-SLAPP statute of the great State of Texas.

Posted by Bob Rehak on February 25, 2019

545 Days since Hurricane Harvey

Bayou Land Conservancy Protests High-Rise Development in Kingwood

The Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) has joined the ranks of those protesting the proposed high-rise development in Kingwood. The cutoff for submitting letters to the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is March 1. Nine days remain.

The Bayou Land Conservancy letter runs 10 pages with another 12 pages of addenda. But don’t let the length deter you. The letter is both compelling and educational. For me, the education happened on two levels. First, I learned a tremendous amount of new information about an area I have lived in for 35 years. Second, I learned a lot about how to write a protest letter.

Meticulously detailed, it contains well documented references to violations or probable violations of numerous laws and regulations. It makes its points quietly without over- or understating. It also contains a graphic that telegraphs at a glance the danger of this development.

*Bayou Land Conservancy Map showing the proposed development in relation to nearby structures that flooded during Harvey.*

Among other things, the letter discusses insufficiencies in the developers’ documentation for:

Avoidance and minimization, two factors the Corps looks at before requiring mitigation.
Mitigation – The applicant has not provided enough documentation to determine whether mitigation was avoidable, and if not what types are required where to offset any unavoidable losses.
Dangers to threatened or endangered species.
Impact on streams and surrounding drainage

Bayou Land Conservancy also details several public interest factors relating to flood hazards:

Flood Hazards, such as insufficient elevation and location in a floodplain that will likely soon be reclassified as a floodway.
Floodplain Values – specifically that the cumulative impact on flood moderation, water quality, and living resources has not been considered.
Shore Erosion and Accretion – “The West Fork San Jacinto River currently suffers from excessive introduction and dispersal of sediments, and this project fails to address this significant local water quality problem. The environmental impacts of increased erosion and accretion, include the following: loss of important or sensitive aquatic habitat, decrease in fishery resources, loss of recreation attributes, human health concerns, loss of wetlands, nutrient balance changes, circulation changes, increases in turbidity, and loss of submerged vegetation.”
Water Quality – “…permit should be evaluated to determine the nature and degree of effect that the proposed discharge will have individually and cumulatively on water quality. Consideration should be given to water chemistry, salinity, clarity, color, odor, taste, dissolved gas levels, temperature, nutrients, and eutrophication. This portion of West Fork San Jacinto River is listed as impaired by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for not meeting pH standards. This segment is also listed for state concerns for nitrate and phosphorus based on screening levels.” Additionally BLC cites the location of the project near the major source of drinking water for the City of Houston.
Aesthetics – The lack of consistency with surrounding forest and incompatibility with local architecture.
Traffic – Concerns include both vehicular and air traffic. “This project proposes to add to the residential and commercial growth, without regard for traffic congestion.

Conclusion

Bayou Land Conservancy believes that the Public Notice lacks the information necessary to adequately consider the totality of impacts that will result from the proposed development. The environmental information provided in the Public Notice is substantially deficient, failing to meet regulations for permitting dredge and fill activities.

“BLC requests additional information and studies related to the issuance of a permit for this project be made publicly available and a public hearing…”

“The potential risks this project poses to the life, health, and safety of area residents, have not been evaluated. BLC believes the project is contrary to the public interests of protecting wetlands, floodplain functionality, water quality, and wildlife and fisheries habitat.”

For those wishing to send protest letters to additional agencies, such as US Fish & Wildlife, EPA, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Senators Cruz and Cornyn, and Congressman Crenshaw, the letter also includes addresses on page 10.

If you’re considering sending a letter, don’t wait. Time is running out. Remember, anyone can send a letter. You don’t need to be a registered voter. You just need to care.

Posted by Bob Rehak on 2/20/2019

540 Days since Hurricane Harvey