Council Asked to Consider Adopting Part of Superfund Site
Picayune Item
http://www.picayuneitem.com/2015/03/council-asked-to-consider-adopting-part-of-superfund-site/
Harrison Co. Utility Authority working towards funding plan for waste water
plants
WLOX
The waste water facility on Shorecrest Road in Biloxi cost in the
neighborhood of $21 million. As of today, the facility is serving a limited
amount of customers.
http://www.wlox.com/story/28566683/harrison-co-utility-authority-working-towards-funding-plan-for-waste-water-plants
Harrison County Utility Authority considers running water system
BY PAUL HAMPTON
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- The Harrison County Utility Authority would take over the
operation and maintenance of its water system under a plan pitched Thursday
by its executive director.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/03/19/6132343/harrison-county-utility-authority.html
Golden Triangle sales tax rises
Commercial Dispatch
West Point received $162,179 in sales tax this month, down $6,280 from its
March 2014 collections. That number, though, according to Mayor Robbie
Robinson, does not reflect a bond payment the city makes for a critical
infrastructure project.
Robinson said the city borrowed more than $5 million in 2013 from the
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to rebuild a mechanical
wastewater treatment facility. The city will repay that loan over 20 years,
he said.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=40817
Court affirms Lamar County cost to leave water district
Hattiesburg American
Like the parties in the case before it, Mississippi Supreme Court
justices differed over the interpretation of the phrase "contractual
obligations … that are outstanding."
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/lamar-county/2015/03/19/mississippi-supreme-court-rules-pat-harrison-case/25034275/
Regional
AG Strange Announces Alabama Challenging EPA's Ozone Standard
WTVY
Montgomery, AL Attorney General Luther Strange announced that Alabama has
joined thirteen other States in submitting comments to the U.S.
Environmental Protection(Embedded image moved to file: pic17035.jpg) Agency
(EPA) critical of the agency's recent proposal to tighten the ozone air
quality standard to a costly and unachievable level.
http://www.wtvy.com/news/alabama/headlines/AG-Strange-Announces-Alabama-Challenging-EPAs-Ozone-Standard-296907201.html
National
McConnell to states: EPA climate rule is illegal
The Hill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is doubling down on his
advice that states ignore the Obama administration's climate rule for power
plants.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/236356-mcconnell-to-states-epa-climate-rule-is-illegal
White House slams McConnell on EPA
The Hill
The White House is excoriating Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) for advising states to ignore the Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) climate rule for power plants.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/236393-white-house-mcconnell-advice-on-epa-inappropriate
California bars BP from some clean-up funds over alleged double-billing
AP
SACRAMENTO — California officials say oil giant BP double-billed the
government and insurance companies for clean-up of old gas-storage sites.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/094512aa05bc40daab9d4b40685ba0eb/CA--BP-Double-Billing
Obama to unveil fracking rules
The Interior Department is set to announce major restrictions on the
controversial drilling technique. Expect blowback.
Politico
By Elana Schor
3/19/15 7:30 PM EDT
The Obama administration is set to unveil the first major nationwide safety
restrictions on fracking, touching off a fresh political confrontation
between the president and his critics in Congress and the energy industry.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/interiors-fracking-rules-ready-for-launch-116241.html
U.S. oil groups sue EPA over delays in biofuel standard
Reuters
Thu, Mar 19 2015
By Ayesha Rascoe
(Reuters) - The U.S. oil and gas industry has sued the Environmental
Protection Agency over repeated delays in the release of 2014 and 2015
biofuel use targets, intensifying pressure on the agency to speed up its
work on standards for renewable fuel.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/19/usa-energy-biofuels-idUSL2N0WL1FE20150319
Opinion
EPA plan would hurt Mississippi: Martin
Clarion Ledger
Mississippi is finally showing signs of a recovery from the
devastating impact of the "great recession." Incomes and investment
are beginning to grow again. The recovery is still fragile, however.
The state is a long way from recovering all of the jobs it lost, and
job growth in 2014 was the ninth lowest in the nation.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/03/19/epa-plan-hurt-mississippi-martin/25030391/
