9/2/14
State
Bryant issues executive order to establish Delta water task force
by MBJ
Published: August 29,2014
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Gov. Phil Bryant has issued an executive order
establishing the Governor's Delta Sustainable Water Resources Task Force.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/08/29/bryant-issues-executive-order-establish-delta-water-task-force/
Jones County family suing various oil companies
WDAM
Jones County residents Tae and Diedra Baucum are suing Petro Harvester Oil
and Gas Co., LLC; Petro Harvester Operating Co., LLC; Champion Oilfield
Service, LLC; Boots Smith Oilfield Services, LLC; Comstock Oil & Gas, LP;
Jerry Huddleston; and Gary McAdams.
http://www.wdam.com/story/26388638/jones-county-sues-oil-companies?autostart=true
Hercules to begin replacing Providence St. sewer line this week
WDAM
HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -Hercules, Inc. this week will begin replacing a
sewer line beneath a street that runs along the east side of the plant.
http://www.wdam.com/story/26412232/hercules-to-begin-replacing-providence-st-sewer-line-this-week
McComb, Miss. to create oil worker housing as fracking cranks up
Bob Warren
The Times-Picayune
August 30, 2014 at 12:31 PM
The Associated Press reports that McComb, Miss., is a step closer to
annexing land that will become the location of a new oil worker housing
facility and industrial park. The story says the property will be the site
of a 535-unit "oil worker community known as Shale Lodge,'' which will be
built by a Metairie company, CMS Consultants.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/mississippi_town_to_create_oil.html
Turn-row irrigation termination sessions focus on when to turn off water on
soybeans
Aug 29, 2014Forrest Laws | Delta Farm Press
Conventional wisdom has long held that farmers should stop irrigating
soybeans when the beans are "touching" in the pod.
http://deltafarmpress.com/soybeans/turn-row-irrigation-termination-sessions-focus-when-turn-water-soybeans
DMR finds no use for lot bought from ex-employee's parents
DMR finds no use for lot bought from ex-employee's parents
Sun Herald
BY ANITA LEE
PASCAGOULA -- Weeds and bushes have claimed a residential lot the state
Department of Marine Resources bought in 2010 from the parents of a DMR
manager.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/30/5773125/dmr-finds-no-use-for-lot-bought.html?sp=/99/184/832/
Regional
Sweet turnaround for anglers in Mississippi Gulf Coast
Florida Times Union
By Bob McNally
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS. | It's been nine years since the eye of Hurricane
Katrina passed over and devastated this part of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
As if that weren't enough for a coastal region to suffer, the Deepwater
Horizon (BP) oil spill welled up from the ocean floor in April 2010,
producing an environmental double-whammy that few places on the planet
could endure.
http://jacksonville.com/sports/2014-08-30/story/sweet-turnaround-anglers-mississippi-gulf-coast
National
EPA Staff Says Agency Needs to Be Tough on Smog
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
The Environmental Protection Agency's staff has concluded that the
government needs to tighten smog rules by somewhere between 7 and 20
percent.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/epa-staff-agency-tough-smog-25186090
Commercial fishermen say water rules would be costly
Clarion Ledger
WASHINGTON – When commercial fishing vessels unload their hauls on
deck, crews usually gut their catch and put it on ice for the trip
back to shore.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/08/31/commercial-fishermen-say-water-rules-costly/14916997/
White House reviews federal-land fracking rules
The Hill
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has started to review
new regulations for hydraulic fracturing on federal land, the last step
before the rules can be made final.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/216249-white-house-reviews-federal-land-fracking-rules
