STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Phil Bryant, GOVERNOR
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Trudy D. Fisher, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robbie Wilbur
April 26, 2013 601/961-5277
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory for Dutch Bayou in Moss Point
(JACKSON, Miss.) –The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ) issued a temporary water contact advisory Friday for Dutch Bayou in
Moss Point. The advisory was issued due to a fuel spill from the Pilot
Travel Center located at 6705 Highway 63.
MDEQ Emergency Response and Underground Storage Tank staff and local
emergency officials are onsite monitoring the cleanup and the bayou. The
amount spilled and extent of release have not yet been determined. A
contractor hired by the responsible party will clean up the spill and any
impact to the bayou.
MDEQ recommends that people avoid water contact recreation such as swimming
or wading in these waters. In addition, people should avoid eating fish
from these waters until further notice. MDEQ will continue to monitor the
situation and will lift the advisory when appropriate.
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Mr. Robbie Wilbur
Communications Director
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Post Office Box 2261
Jackson, Mississippi 39225
601/961-5277
601/421-5699 (c)
601/961-5715 (f)
rwilbur@deq.state.ms.us
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