Army Corps of Engineers Withdraws Approval of Plans to Dredge a Superfund Site on the Texas Gulf Coast for Oil Tanker Traffic

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The reversal follows a challenge by Earthjustice and community groups alleging flaws in the Corps’ environmental review of Matagorda and Lavaca Bays.

By Autumn Jones, Dylan Baddour

The Army Corps of Engineers has reversed its decision to dredge the Matagorda Bay Ship Channel through a federal Superfund site on the Texas coast midway between Galveston and Corpus Christi. 

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