COASTAL BEND BAYS AND ESTUARIES PROGRAM INC
615 N UPPER BROADWAY SUITE 1200, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401 www.cbbep.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: COASTAL BEND BAYS & ESTUARIES PROGAM IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND RESTORING BAYS AND ESTUARIES OF THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND. COASTAL BEND BAYS AND ESTUARIES REMAIN A VITAL PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE BY PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THEIR ROLES AS A RECREATIONAL RESOURCE, INTERNATIONAL SEAPORT, AND HABITAT FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE.

THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S (EPA) NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1987 TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ESTUARIES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. THE CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 320 DIRECTS EPA TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR ATTAINING AND MAINTAINING WATER QUALITY IN AN ESTUARY. THIS INCLUDES PROTECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AND PROTECTION AND PROPAGATION OF A BALANCED INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF SHELLFISH, FISH, AND WILDLIFE THAT ALLOWS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, IN AND ON WATER, REQUIRES THAT CONTROL OF POINT AND NONPOINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION TO SUPPLEMENT EXISTING CONTROLS OF POLLUTION. IN SEVERAL CASES, MORE THAN ONE STATE IS PARTICIPATING IN A NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM. EACH PROGRAM ESTABLISHES A COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN TO MEET THE GOALS OF SECTION 320. TO ASSIST THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE EFFORTS OF PROMOTING JUDICIOUS USE AND MAXIMUM CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE QUALITY OF THE STATE'S WATERS, SECTION 604(B) OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA), AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZES EPA TO FUND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING ACTIVITIES. UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 604(B) TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) WORK PLAN, THE WATER QUALITY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF OF TCEQ WILL ADMINISTER THE GRANT AND MANAGE THE WATER QUALITY CONTRACTS WITH REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCIES.

THE COASTAL PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE'S MOST EFFECTIVE RESOURCES FOR RESTORING AND PROTECTING FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATELY-OWNED LANDS. FUNDING FROM U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR HABITAT RESTORATION AND PROTECTION IN THE COASTAL BEND AREA, INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESCRIBED FIRE TO ENHANCE HABITATS FOR ATTWATER'S PRAIRIE CHICKEN, APLOMADO FALCON, WHOOPING CRANE, AND ASSOCIATED GRASSLAND AND MIGRATORY BIRDS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM PRESCRIBED FIRE.

THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, PASSED THE TEXAS ESTUARIES ACT DESIGNATING THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AS THE LEAD STATE AGENCY FOR WORKING WITH THE COASTAL BEND BAYS & ESTUARIES PROGRAM (CBBEP) TO IMPLEMENT THE LOCALLY DEVELOPED, AND EPA APPROVED, CBBEP'S COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN TITLED THE "COASTAL BEND BAYS PLAN". THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE COASTAL BEND BAYS PLAN IS THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF HEALTHY BAYS AND ESTUARIES WHILE SUPPORTING CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PUBLIC USE OF THE AREA BAYS.

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