The Corps' Mobile District determined the public interest does not warrant hearings on the channel-deepening proposal, stating the record already includes extensive public input and that additional hearings would not yield material new information. The decision is procedural: it preserves the earlier finding while opponents, including Mobile Baykeeper, continue to challenge the project through litigation and permit challenges.
The prior beat noted Mobile Bay is keeping sediments within the natural system to manage dredging, the approach now contested.