Federal Register #2026-20643

USACE withdraws planned environmental impact statement for Houma Navigation Canal project

USACE has withdrawn its plan to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Houma Navigation Canal project. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District. - Project: Houma Navigation Canal Deepening General Re-Evaluation, part of the Mississippi River and Tributaries—Morganza to the Gulf hurricane protection project. - Decision: USACE determined that an Environmental Assessment is the appropriate level of environmental review and withdrew its earlier intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement. - Next step: USACE plans to conduct a separate environmental review for the federal action and provide public notice when a draft Environmental Assessment is available. - Procurement status: This is an environmental review notice, not a procurement. No products, services, quantities, part numbers, OEMs, or vendors are identified.

Description

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is withdrawing its notice of intent to prepare a draft environmental impact statement for the Mississippi River and Tributaries—Morganza, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Protection—Houma Navigation Canal Deepening General Re-Evaluation. The original notice of intent was published on May 23, 2003. The project was conditionally authorized under Section 403 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, and USACE determined that an Environmental Assessment, rather than an Environmental Impact Statement, is the appropriate environmental documentation. The withdrawal is effective October 8, 2026.

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