10.15.13
Oil Spill
Round Island Lighthouse reactivation, concert set this week
Sun Herald
PASCAGOULA -- The City of Pascagoula and the Jackson County Amateur Radio
Association are planning the Reactivation of the Round Island Lighthouse
Thursday through Sunday.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/10/14/5030882/round-island-lighthouse-reactivation.html
State
Gulfport NAACP holding town hall meeting on air, water quality
SUN HERALD
The Gulfport Branch NAACP will host a town hall meeting on "The Quality of
Our Air and Water" at 6 p.m. today at the Good Deeds Community Center
located in Gulfport, 15101 Madison St.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/10/14/5030870/gulfport-naacp-holding-town-hall.html
MCMR to get update on offshore drilling proposal during Tuesday meeting in
Jackson County
Mississippi Press
Warren Kulo
October 14, 2013 at 3:13 PM
BILOXI, Mississippi -- The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources will
hear a report Tuesday on proposed exploration for gas and oil and drilling
in parts of the Mississippi Sound and areas south of the barrier islands.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/10/dmr_to_get_update_on_offshore.html#incart_river
Southern State's Energy Board take the federal government to task over
energy policies
Sun Herald
By PAUL HAMPTON — jphampton@sunherald.com
BILOXI -- It was apparent from the first day of the Southern States Energy
Board that its members don't care much for the federal government's
leadership on energy issues.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/10/14/5029949/conference-speakers-insist-you.html
Pascagoula LNG terminal awaits federal export OK
By JEFF AMY — Associated Press
BILOXI -- Investors spent $1 billion building a facility in Pascagoula to
import liquefied natural gas. But plans to bring natural gas into the
United States collapsed when explorers began finding large quantities of
natural gas in the United States.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/10/14/5030880/pascagoula-lng-terminal-awaits.html
Record numbers for Hazardous Waste Day
DeSoto Times
By BOB BAKKEN
Published: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:05 AM CDT
SOUTHAVEN - The line of cars coming into the Landers Center parking lot was
long on Saturday and a concert was not the attraction.
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2013/10/15/news/doc525c89376d8eb929992306.txt
Water wells drying up in some areas
WTVA
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — With no public water service in an area in eastern
Alcorn County, residents are reaching out to government officials for help.
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Water-wells-drying-up-in-some-areas/qIteWT-V9UyAy1b24wSvgQ.cspx
Regional
TVA picks up $42 million toward cleanup costs
The Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — About $42 million has been recovered in the last week
by the Tennessee Valley Authority to help pay for more than $1 billion in
expenses stemming from the cleanup at the 2008 ash spill at the Kingston
Fossil Plant.
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/10/15/5031165/tva-picks-up-42-million-toward.html
National
Nutrient pollution threatens national park ecosystems, study says
LA Times
By Tony Barboza
October 14, 2013, 4:39 p.m.
National parks from the Sierra Nevada to the Great Smoky Mountains are
increasingly being fertilized by unwanted nutrients drifting through the
air from agricultural operations, putting some of the country's most
treasured natural landscapes at risk of ecological damage, a new study has
found.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-national-park-fertilize-nitrogen-air-pollution-20131014,0,6264129.story
Press Releases
GEOLOGIC MAP DAY IN MISSISSIPPI
Maps available from MDEQ
(JACKSON, Miss.) – What types of rocks are in my neighborhood? Where are
mineral resources located? How does geology shape the hills and valleys of
Mississippi? What are the oldest and youngest rocks in Mississippi?
The answers to these questions and more can be found on the Mississippi
Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)'s website at
www.deq.state.ms.us.
MDEQ's Office of Geology is promoting its geologic map resources by
recognizing national Geologic Map Day on October 18. Geologic maps of the
State of Mississippi, many of the counties, and 133 individual quadrangles
may be viewed on the agency's website and are available for free download
in PDF format.
"Our systematic program of detailed surface geologic mapping has produced
133 geologic quadrangle maps (and growing) that are being used for
environmental analyses, exploration for mineral resources, and engineering
applications," said Michael Bograd, State Geologist and director of the
MDEQ Office of Geology.
What are your questions about geologic maps? As an example: What are the
oldest and youngest rocks in Mississippi?
The answer is found on the state geologic map:
http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/pdf/Geology_MSGeology1969Map/$File/MS_Geology1969.pdf?OpenElement
And the answer is that the oldest rocks at the surface in Mississippi are
the Chattanooga Shale and Devonian Limestone. This outcrop is depicted by
a small patch of dark purple in northern Tishomingo County. This unit is
at the bottom of the explanation, or legend. The rocks of the
stratigraphic column get younger as you go up. In the legend, Alluvium,
the youngest geologic formation (actually sediments) in the state, is at
the top of the list. If you look at the geologic units in the legend one
by one, starting at the bottom, and locate the same units on the map, you
will see that the oldest rocks are in northeastern Mississippi and the
rocks get progressively younger as you move to the west and the south.
To search for more answers, go to the Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality website: www.deq.state.ms.us, scroll down to the
Office of Geology link, and start exploring.
The List of Publications provides links to free downloads of many
publications. The county geologic reports are found in the list of
Bulletins, and the geologic quadrangles are found under Open-File Reports.
A poster size Geologic Map of Mississippi printed at the scale of 1:500,000
is available at the Map and Publication Sales Office at 700 North State
Street, Jackson. It measures 35.5 by 46 inches and sells for $7.00. Call
601-961-5523 for information about postage and handling charges if ordering
by mail.
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