8/14/14
State
Raw Sewage in the Bay: Beach closed after pump station hit by lightning
Sea Coast Echo
By Dwayne Bremer
A portion of the beach in Bay St. Louis was closed Monday after city
officials learned that a damaged pump station was causing raw sewage to
seep into the Bay of St. Louis.
http://www.seacoastecho.com/article_8103.shtml#.U-yuHfk7tcZ
Work underway to repair Reservoir dam leak
WAPT
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. —There is a small leak in the dam at the Ross Barnett
Reservoir, but officials said it's nothing to be concerned about.
http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/work-underway-to-repair-reservoir-dam-leak/27459298#!bDh2g2
MS Power CEO Ed Holland weighs in on settlement with Sierra Club
WLOX
Mississippi Power CEO Ed Holland is calling last Monday's settlement
between the power company and the Sierra Club over the Kemper County
lignite plant a win win.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26276207/ms-power-ceo-ed-holland-weighs-in-on-settlement-with-sierra-club
Black Creek Watershed sign-up ongoing
Stone County Enterprise
By Heather Anderson
Stone County landowners and users in the upper Black Creek watershed may
qualify for financial assistance through the Environmental Quality
Incentives Program.
http://www.stonecountyenterprise.com/article_2239.shtml
Clay County Yokohama Tire Plant on Schedule
WCBI
WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) — Work on the $500 million Yokohama Tire plant in
Clay County is on schedule for the start of production in 14 months.
http://www.wcbi.com/wordpress/video-clay-county-yokohama-tire-plant-on-schedule
MSU bringing engineering classes to the MS Gulf Coast
WLOX
Mississippi State University is coming to the Coast. On Thursday, MSU's
President signed an agreement to offer engineering programs at Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College. This unique partnership will mean a lot to
students, industries and the local economy.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26274956/msu-will-offer-engineering-classes-on-the-ms-gulf-coast
Oil Spill
Treasury takes step toward oil spill trust fund for allocating RESTORE Act
funds
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS -- The U.S. Treasury has set out 97 pages of rules for
investing and allocating money that BP PLC and other defendants will pay in
Clean Water Act fines for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/08/treasury_takes_step_toward_oil.html#incart_river
Treasury moves to distribute BP oil spill fines
The Hill
The Treasury Department issued a rule Wednesday to distribute to Gulf Coast
states the fines paid by BP and Transocean after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
oil spill disaster.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/215058-treasury-moves-to-distribute-bp-oil-spill-fines
Louisiana and 20 coastal parishes to share 20 percent of initial Restore
Act money
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
August 13, 2014 at 8:44 PM
Louisiana and 20 coastal parishes will share 20 percent of the the first
two baskets of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill fine money to be distributed
among Gulf Coast states under the federal Restore Act, according to new
rules issued by the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/08/louisiana_20_coastal_parishes.html#incart_river
National
EPA chides Chamber of Commerce again
The Hill
For the third time this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has shot back at the Chamber of Commerce, saying the business group
misrepresented the agency's economic analysis.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/215061-epa-chides-chamber-of-commerce-again
EPA Pursues Criminal Probe in Tyson Chemical Spill
Wall Street Journal
U.S. authorities have sought documents and records from Tyson Foods Inc.TSN
+0.78% as part of a criminal investigation into a chemical spill at a
Missouri poultry-processing plant in May.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/epa-pursues-criminal-probe-in-tyson-chemical-spill-1407953182
Opinion
The EPA's Latest Threat to Economic Growth
The agency's needless new ozone standard could cost Americans $270 billion
annually.
Wall Street Journal
By JAY TIMMONS
Aug. 13, 2014 6:58 p.m. ET
In a town famous for inaction, Washington is gearing up to take action on a
major policy issue. But there's a hitch: The outcome could be the most
expensive regulation in the nation's history, possibly tanking the economy
and costing jobs at a time when businesses, manufacturers and families are
making a comeback.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-epas-latest-threat-to-economic-growth-1407970689
