MEDIA ADVISORY: USACE, GCPD to Hold Public Scoping Meeting for Orange County Project

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District
Published Sept. 10, 2025
Updated: Sept. 10, 2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG), in collaboration with the Gulf Coast Protection District and the Orange County Drainage District, will be holding a public scoping meeting in Orange, Texas, September 17, 2025.

SWG will be seeking public input for the development of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration (S2G) Orange County project. The meeting is an early step in the National Environmental Policy Act process to help inform USACE on the potential scope of public concerns they will address in the SEIS.

SWG subject matter experts will also provide attendees with relevant information on the project.

Public Scoping Meeting

Wednesday, September 17, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. CST

Orange County Convention and Expo Center

11475 FM 1442

Orange, TX 77630

Public comments can be submitted via email to Dr. Raven Blakeway at S2GOrangeCounty@usace.army.mil or via online comment form at https://www.swg.usace.army.mil/S2G/OrangeCounty/.

Written comments can be mailed to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District

ATTN: Dr. Raven Blakeway (RPEC)

2000 Fort Point Road

Galveston, TX 77550

To see the Notice of Intent for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for this project visit: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/09/2025-17300/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-a-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-for-the-sabine-pass-to.

For more information about the study or to submit and online comment form, visit https://www.swg.usace.army.mil/S2G/OrangeCounty/.


Contact
Carlos Gomez
(409) 766-3005
(409) 465-9626 (cell)
carlos.m.gomez@usace.army.mil
2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, TX 77550

Release no. 25-006