8/14/14
State
Bay St. Louis beach closure lifted
Posted: Aug 14, 2014 5:57 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 14, 2014 5:57 PM CDT
BAY ST. LOUIS, MS (WLOX) -
We have an update on a beach closure in Bay St. Louis. The Mississippi
Department of Environmental Quality has just lifted the closure notice that
was issued on Monday from Carroll Avenue to Julia Street.
The closure was necessary after lightning hit a sewer lift-station, causing
about 200,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill into the water.
MDEQ officials say water samples show the area has acceptable bacteria
levels and is safe for beach-goers.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26285054/bay-st-louis-beach-closure-lifteds.
National
Vitter Announces RESTORE Act Recovery Funds to Finally Start Flowing
PoliticalNews.me - Aug 14,2014 - Vitter Announces RESTORE Act Recovery
Funds to Finally Start Flowing
Vitter has been pressing the Obama Administration for Louisiana – hit
hardest by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill - to receive RESTORE Act
funds in a fair and transparent manner
http://politicalnews.me/?id=29732
Treasury takes step toward oil spill trust fund for allocating RESTORE Act
funds
By The Associated Press
on August 14, 2014 at 6:56 AM, updated August 14, 2014 at 7:03 AM
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
