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Court approves Bahia Pipeline permit packet, tables $500,000 road'use payment for further review
Summary
Liberty County approved a permit application packet from Bahia Pipeline LLC for a proposed 30-inch buried NGL pipeline crossing county roads in all four precincts; the related road-use agreement proposing $500,000 in prepaid damages was tabled for attorney review.
The Liberty County Commissioners Court approved an application packet from Bahia Pipeline LLC on July 23 for a proposed 30-inch buried carbon-steel natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline that would cross county roads in all four precincts.
Permits staff presented the packet and described requested road crossings. The court voted to approve the permit application packet; the county then moved into executive session to discuss related negotiation points for a separate road-use agreement.
After returning from executive session, commissioners considered a draft road-use agreement that would have required prepaid damages of $500,000 in exchange for the pipeline company's use of county roads and multiple precincts. The court voted to table the road-use agreement and asked the county attorney to explore other options and alternative payment amounts before bringing the matter back for decision.
County officials noted the permit application and the road-use terms are separate actions: the packet approval allows permitting review to continue while negotiations over road-use compensation and specific contractual terms remain open. No specific construction timeline or final payment terms were adopted at the meeting.
The court cited consultation under Texas Government Code sections addressing attorney consultation and economic development during the closed session.
Next steps: the county attorney will review alternate terms and the matter will return to a future commissioners court agenda for further action.
