State
Poultry plant investigated for illegal dumping
Kate Royals, The Clarion-Ledger4:04 p.m. CDT July 18, 2015
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is investigating a
Water Valley poultry processing plant for allegations of illegal dumping.
An investigator with the agency visited the plant in June after receiving
a complaint that 40,000 pounds of chicken parts were buried at the
facility, and there were concerns about the waste floating into the nearby
Otoucalofa Creek.
According to the MDEQ report, Water Valley Poultry Manager James Waits
said he decided to bury the waste after a spill on June 4. He said he
followed a process he read about in an online manual.
must be in compliance with ammonia levels by March of next year or be
subject to further actions.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/07/18/poultry-plant-investigated-illegal-dumping/30354367
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Oil Spill
BP settlement could make lasting impact
The Clarion-Ledger5:55 p.m. CDT July 19, 2015
Payments to Mississippi stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig
disaster are expected to total over $2 billion and proposed projects are
already being submitted for funding approval. One as far north as Tate
County has been submitted and closer to home, the city of Jackson recently
expressed intentions of trying to get a piece of the pie.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/07/19/bp-settlement-make-lasting-impact/30391831/
COAST CITIES, COUNTIES REACH SETTLEMENTS OVER OIL SPILL
MPB
Cities and counties have been announcing their individual settlement
amounts with B-P over the past two weeks or so, with figures ranging from
about $300,000 for smaller cities like Long Beach, up to nearly $5 million
for Biloxi, minus attorney's fees.
Biloxi spokesman Vincent Creel says Mayor FoFo Gilich wants to set up a
special economic development fund with the money.
http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2015/07/20/coast-cities-counties-reach-settlements-over-oil-spill/
National
microscope as GOP lawmakers seek ban
By Judson Berger
Published July 20, 2015
FoxNews.com
The Environmental Protection Agency for years has issued costly clean air
rules based, in part, on two '90s-era studies linking air pollution with
death.
But, critics say, the same agency has stymied efforts to access the data
behind them. The transparency concerns have Republican lawmakers on a new
campaign to end the use of what they dub "secret science."
"Why would the EPA want to hide this information from the American people?"
House science committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, asked EPA
Administrator Gina McCarthy at a hearing last week.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/17/gop-lawmakers-aim-to-end-epas-use-secret-science/?intcmp=latestnews
