State
HUD secretary lauds progress in South Mississippi since Katrina
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- Aid from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
was integral to the Coast's housing and economic recovery after Hurricane
Katrina, Gov. Phil Bryant told HUD Secretary Julian Castro during Castro's
first trip to Mississippi on Thursday.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/08/27/6385779_hud-secretary-lauds-progress-in.html?rh=1
MDEQ: Don't swim in the water off Pass Christian East Beach
WLOX
If you are planning to hit the beach, there is a section of water in the
Mississippi Sound that you want to avoid. The Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality issued a water contact advisory Thursday for Pass
Christian East Beach, from Espy Avenue east to Hayden Avenue.
http://www.wlox.com/story/29893851/mdeq-dont-swim-in-the-water-off-pass-christian-east-beach
Highway 84 closed by tanker spill Tuesday afternoon
Lawrence County Press
Highway 84 at Silver Creek was closed after a gasoline tanker overturned
while making the turn from Highway 84 East in Silver Creek onto Highway
184.
http://www.lawrencecountypress.com/contentitem/400934/1181/highway-84-closed-by-tanker-spill-tuesday-afternoon
Oil Spill
McComb to spend BP money on streets
By Rhonda Dunaway
Enterprise-Journal
Thursday, August 27, 2015 2:00 pm
McComb officials agreed Tuesday to spend the city's $292,219 settlement
from the BP oil spill on street repairs following debate on a proposal that
would have given half of the money to repairing the Martin Luther King
Center gym.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/news/article_08d17a56-4ce0-11e5-8fdf-8f4dfae4cdc0.html
Regional
Judge: Corps must pay full $3 billion cost of restoring MR-GO wetlands
Mark Schleifstein
The Times-Picayune
August 27, 2015 at 5:59 PM
The Army Corps of Engineers must pay the full $3 billion cost of restoring
wetlands destroyed by the agency's improper construction and maintenance of
the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, a federal judge in New Orleans ruled
Thursday (Aug. 27).
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/08/federal_judge_to_corps_restore.html#incart_most_shared-environment
Settlement reached in lawsuit over decade-old Gulf oil leak
AP
NEW ORLEANS -- Environmental groups and a New Orleans energy company
have reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit stemming from the
company's failed efforts to stop a decade-old, slow-motion oil spill in
the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2015/aug/27/settlement-reached-lawsuit-over-decade-old-gulf-oil-leak/322079/
State Lawmaker Faces Major Fine From EPA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a
civil complaint Thursday morning against State Rep. Andy Holt, seeking a
fine of up to $177,500.
http://www.scrippsmedia.com/newschannel5/news/newschannel-5-investigates/State-Lawmaker-Faces-Major-Fine-From-EPA-323114001.html
National
Federal Judge Blocks New Obama Administration Water Rule
EPA says injunction only applies in 13 states that had sued to challenge
the new regulation
WSJ
A federal judge on Thursday blocked an Obama administration rule, set to go
into effect Friday, that seeks to put more small bodies of water and
wetlands under federal protection to ensure clean drinking supplies.
U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson of North Dakota issued a preliminary
injunction against implementation of the regulation, saying a group of 13
states was likely to succeed in their lawsuit challenging the Environmental
Protection Agency regulation as unlawful.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-judge-blocks-new-obama-administration-water-rule-1440715700
Things to Know: EPA Water Rules Take Effect in Some States
AP
New federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands took
effect on Friday — but only in some states.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/things-epa-water-rules-effect-states-33374847?singlePage=true
States fight to stop deadline clock on EPA's mammoth Clean Power Plan
Fox News
The U.S. Court of Appeals is likely to decide soon on a bid by 15 states to
slow down the timetable of the Environmental Protection Agency's sweeping
plan to dramatically transform the U.S. electrical power system, which the
states claim is intended to squeeze them into starting to commit themselves
to vast changes before the rule that embodies the plan can be challenged in
court—or has even been published.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08/27/states-fight-to-stop-deadline-clock-on-epas-mammoth-clean-power-plan/
Opinion
The EPA's Own Email Problem
Another government employee, another private account, another crashed hard
drive.
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
When a government official (think Hillary Clinton) uses a private email
account for government work (think Hillary Clinton) and then doesn't turn
over records (think Hillary Clinton), the public has to wonder why. For an
example of that why, consider Thursday's federal-court subpoena of Phillip
North.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-epas-own-email-problem-1440718297
