GALVESTON, Texas -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG), in partnership with the Calhoun Port Authority, will host a public meeting on December 3, 2025, in Port Lavaca, Texas.
USACE made the draft Validation Report and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (V/SEIS) to the Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project available for a 45-day public review, beginning November 14, 2025.
The public meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Bauer Community Center located at 2300 Texas Route 35, in Port Lavaca, Texas. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with the meetingbeginning at 6 p.m. USACE will provide an overview of the study and the opportunity for the public to provide comments. Any materials presented at the meeting will be made available on the project’s website after the meeting.
Meeting information:
Date: December 3, 2025
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Bauer Community Center
2300 Texas Route 35, Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Comments must be submitted no later than December 29, 2025. Comments can be provided in writing either by an online comment form found on the project’s website or by mail to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District
ATTN: RPEC – MSCIP
2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Texas 77550
Verbal and written comments can also be provided at the scheduled public meeting. For further information, contact Project Manager Heather Briscoe by email at MSC_SEIS@usace.army.mil, or by phone at (409) 766-3139.
Following the closing of the public comment period, USACE will consider and respond to all substantive comments received and will prepare a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. A Record of Decision will be issued no sooner than 30 days after the publication of the Final SEIS Notice of Availability by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register.
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For more information about the Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project, visit https://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Projects/Matagorda-Ship-Channel-Improvement-Project/Matagorda-Ship-Channel-Project-Documents/.