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• • <br />IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT <br />FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS <br />GALVESTON DMSION <br />THE CITY OF SHOREACRES, ET. AL. § <br />Plaintiffs, § <br /> <br />v. § <br /> <br />COLONEL LEONARD D. WATERWORTH, § <br />DISTRICT ENGINEER, GALVESTON § <br />DISTRICT - U.S. ARMY CORPS OF § <br />ENGINEERS; ET. AL. § <br />Defendants. § <br />CIVIL ACTION NO <br />ORDER <br />CAME ON FOR CONSIDERATION, Plaintiffs, The City of Shoreacres, et. al. <br />Original Complaint and Application for Declaratory Relief. After consideration of the evidence <br />and pleadings, this Court is of the opinion that this request should be GRANTED; it is therefore <br />ORDERED that the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Port of Houston' s <br />proposed Bayport facility be reissued by the Galveston District of the U.S. Corps of Engineers as <br />a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement including full and fair analysis and <br />disclosure of (1) the impact of the issuance of the Shoal Point permit; (2) the consideration of <br />alternative sites for cruise terminal apart from container terminals, including specifically <br />Galveston and Pelican Island locations; (3) the impact of Hams County's recent study on the <br />Spihnans Island alternative; (4) the impact of the loss of land surface at the Bayport site as <br />documented in the new LIDAR study by Harris County and FEMA, including reanalysis of <br />jurisdictional wetlands; (5) the impact of widening and deepening the Houston and Bayport <br />Channels to 50 or more feet of depth; (6) the increase in cancer risk to adjacent population from <br />exposure to diesel emissions; (7) the violation of the PM2S standard; (8) the violation of noise <br />standards; and (9) the violation of vibration standards; is it further <br />1. <br />