9/15/14
State
Shrimp Season Appears To Be Going Strong
MPB
Three months in, this year's shrimp season appears to be a strong one. As
thoughts turn to oysters with cooler weather coming, MPB Gulf Coast
reporter Evelina Burnett takes a look at this year's catch.
http://mpbonline.org/News/article/shrimp_season_appears_to_be_going_strong
Oil Spill
UF helps assess the economic hit taken from BP oil spill
Gainesville Sun
By Jeff Schweers
Published: Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 7:58 p.m.
Fishing boat captain Troy Frady of Orange Beach, Alabama, lost a summer of
fishing tours after the Deepwater Horizon blowout of April 2010 killed 11
workers, spewed 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and
forced the shutdown of lucrative fishing areas.
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140913/ARTICLES/140919796?Title=UF-helps-assess-the-economic-hit-taken-from-BP-oil-spill
Regional
La. DEQ objects to proposed CO2 rules
AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality has
released a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, raising
objections to EPA's proposed rules to reduce carbon emissions from power
plants.
http://www.knoe.com/story/26523318/la-deq-objects-to-proposed-co2-rules
Chevron contractor killed, 2 injured during maintenance on offshore
pipeline
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS -- A contractor was killed and two others were injured Saturday
during maintenance on a Chevron natural gas pipeline off the Louisiana
coast, authorities said.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/09/chevron_contractor_killed_2_in.html#incart_river
National
EPA Power Plant Proposal Could Fast-Track Natural Gas Pipeline Projects,
S&P Says
Bloomberg
Sept. 11 — The Environmental Protection Agency's recently proposed
regulations for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's existing
power plants could help fast-track construction of new natural gas
pipelines, according to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
http://www.bna.com/epa-power-plant-n17179894821/
EPA faces '14 accusations on ethanol
The Hill
The American Petroleum Institute and renewable energy groups are furious
with the Environmental Protection Agency for "playing politics" with the
nation's ethanol mandate.
http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/217548-epa-faces-accusations-on-ethanol-standard
Poll shows wide partisan gap in importance of environment
The Hill
Democratic voters are nearly twice as like as Republicans to say the
environment is "very important" in this year's midterm elections, a new
poll has found.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/217606-poll-shows-wide-partisan-gap-in-importance-of-environment
Opinion
Sullivan: Electric rates will skyrocket under EPA plan
Clarion Ledger
Mississippians should be aware of what's brewing in a new proposal
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). If implemented
as planned, the added costs to Mississippi households, businesses,
and the overall economy will be shocking. Hopefully, good sense will
prevail, but we should not assume such.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/09/13/sullivan-electric-rates-will-skyrocket-epa-plan/15535045/
WLOX Editorial: Help clean the coast
The wonderful views along the Mississippi Sound, bays and rivers of South
Mississippi are sometimes tainted by trash people leave behind. Fortunately
there is a concerted effort to clean it all up.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26501503/wlox-editorial-help-cleanup-the-coast
Press Releases
EPA Registers New Nematicide Alternative to Restricted-Use Soil Fumigants,
Including Methyl Bromide
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is registering a new
active ingredient, fluensulfone, a non-fumigant nematicide that provides
lower-risk chemical control of nematodes than methyl bromide and other
Restricted Use soil fumigants. Under the Montreal Protocol, EPA has phased
out methyl bromide because its use depletes the ozone layer.
Nematodes are difficult to control and can cause significant economic
damage by reducing crop yield and quality. Fluensulfone is a nematicide
for pre-plant, bare-soil application on fruiting vegetables and cucurbits –
cucumbers, melons, squash, tomatoes, okra, eggplant and peppers.
Of the seven main alternatives to fluensulfone used in the last five years,
six (including methyl bromide) are soil fumigants and the seventh is a
carbamate. All seven are Restricted Use Pesticides, which may pose a
greater risk to human health than fluensulfone.
Restricted Use Pesticides require special applicator training and
certification, reporting and record-keeping and additional restrictive
labeling to protect against human exposure. Soil fumigants can be labor
intensive, requiring tarping and posting of fields.
With its evaluation, EPA confirms that when used in accordance with the
newly approved label, fluensulfone meets the safety requirements in the
law.
The EPA's final regulatory decision document will be available in EPA
docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0629 at www.regulations.gov by Sept. 19, 2014.
