1. Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Program
TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE
JERRY PATTERSON - COMMISSIONER
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Program
Cycle 5 Priorities and Dredging Needs
Matthew Mahoney, P.G.

2. Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Program
Enacted by Texas Legislature in 1999.
State Funding:
- 80th Texas Legislature appropriated ~$17.2 million for Cycle 5 in FY08-09 – biggest funding cycle yet
Match requirements for Cycle 5:
- Beach Projects - 75% CEPRA, 25% Partner
- Marsh Projects - 60% CEPRA, 40% Partner

3. Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a) to provide for the disbursement of $250 million each year from 2007 through 2010 to coastal states and their respective coastal political subdivisions as part of CIAP.
State Funding:
- $48,591,202 each year for four years

4. CEPRA Cycle 5 Projects
By combining CEPRA projects with CIAP will finally allow Texas to conduct large-scale beach nourishment projects on the Gulf Coast and large-scale marsh restoration projects in the Texas bay systems.
Projects requiring dredging:
West Galveston Island – 1 millon cyds
Town of South Padre – 500,000 cyds
Little Beach, Bolivar,Tx. – 200,000 cyds (TxDot)
Texas Point – 500,000 cyds (Corps)
Rollover Pass – 150,000 cyds (Corps)
Brazos Santiago – 400,000 cyds (Corps)

5. West Galveston Island Beach Nourishment Project Description:
Nourish Gulf beach from west end of the seawall for three miles with up to 1 million cyds of beach quality sand dredged from a permitted sand source.
PROJECT BUDGET: $13.5 mil

6. West Galveston Island Beach Nourishment
12 miles from source to placement area
30 foot depth offshore is approximately 10,000 ft from shore.
What I need from you today is input on dredging and transport methodologies so they can be included in permitting options.

7. THANK YOU TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE MATTHEW MAHONEY, P.G.
Coastal Geologist/Project Manager
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Program
JERRY PATTERSON – Commisssioner
Texas General Land Office
JODY HENNEKE – Deputy Commissioner
Coastal Resources Program Area
EDDIE FISHER – Director
Coastal Protection Division