State
Prairie Industrial Site assessment moves ahead
By Ray Van Dusen
Monroe Journal
PRAIRIE – The second phase of assessment of the 308-acre Prairie Industrial
Site is underway.
https://djournal.com/news/prairie-industrial-site-assessment-moves-ahead/
Mississippi bracing for possible bird flu virus
Meridian Star
The costliest bird flu outbreak in U.S. history that devastated chicken
flocks in the Midwest earlier this year has Mississippi poultry farmers and
state and federal officials preparing for the worst.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article38781789.html
Round Island restoration has added 17 of 200 new acres so far
Mississippi Press
ROUND ISLAND, Mississippi -- Round Island is now about 17 acres larger
thanks to a Mississippi Department of Marine Resources project that's
turning dredge spoils into island.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2015/10/round_island_restoration_has_a.html#incart_river
No injuries or community threat reported at Gulfport industrial fire
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- A truck driver alerted authorities Sunday to fire erupting from
a 20,000-gallon tank at Blacklidge Emulsions on Reichold Road that resulted
in no injuries or harm to the community, Gulfport Fire District Chief Billy
Kelley said.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article38753490.html
Ready for Disaster: Emergency Personnel Prepared for Train Derailment
Daily Leader
http://www.dailyleader.com/2015/10/10/ready-for-disaster-emergency-personnel-prepared-for-catastrophic-train-derailment/
Gautier officials say clearer water heading through pipes to homes
Sun Herald
GAUTIER -- Gautier is making major strides toward clear tap water. However,
there are some who may think the city has taken a step backwards, because
the water coming out of their tap appears to be even darker brown than it
was.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article38319768.html
Gulfport's Mississippi Aquarium would eclipse Coast tourist attractions
Sun Herald
GULFPORT -- The Mississippi Aquarium planned for Gulfport's waterfront
would create a visitor experience "significantly larger in scale" than any
Coast attraction, a marketing study says.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article38717829.html
State employees paying more for piecemeal insurance
Clarion Ledger
Thousands of Mississippi government and school employees could be
paying less and-or have better dental, vision and other supplemental
insurance coverage if they had a statewide contract.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/10/10/state-employees-paying-more-piecemeal-insurance/73647062/
Oil Spill
Small Point-au-Chien Indian tribe sues over 2010 oil spill
AP
HOUMA, LA.
A small Louisiana Indian tribe says money offered to settle its lawsuit
against BP PLC and others for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is not enough to
clean up and monitor tribal lands. So the 680-member Pointe-au-Chien
(point-oh-shyenh) tribe is continuing with its lawsuit against BP,
Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Energy Services.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/state/mississippi/article38761707.html
National
U.S. Appeals Court Blocks EPA Water Rule Nationwide
Rule seeks to expand federal protection of water and wetlands
WSJ
A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked an Environmental
Protection Agency regulation that would bring more waterways and wetlands
under federal protection, in the latest sign the effort could face an
uphill legal battle.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-appeals-court-blocks-epa-water-rule-nationwide-1444400506
EPA Rules for Streams and Wetlands Put on Hold by U.S. Court
Bloomberg
A U.S. appeals court put on hold new federal rules that aim to protect
streams and wetlands from pollution in the latest setback to President
Barack Obama's environmental agenda.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-09/u-s-water-rules-enforcement-blocked-nationwide-by-appeals-court
EPA reports holding pond spill in Colorado
AP
DENVER – An Environmental Protection Agency contractor inadvertently
released about 2,000 gallons of sediment-bearing water into a creek from a
holding pond at a western Colorado Superfund site, officials said Thursday.
http://www.abqjournal.com/657231/news/epa-reports-holding-pond-spill-in-colorado.html
New regs for Tuesday: Highways, pipelines, polar bears
The Hill
Pipelines: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is
proposing new safety requirements for pipelines carrying hazardous liquids
in response to recent spills.
The pipeline safety requirements will "increase the detection and
remediation of unsafe conditions," the agency noted.
"In recent years, there have been significant hazardous liquid pipeline
accidents, most notably the 2010 crude oil spill near Marshall, Michigan,
during which almost one million gallons of crude oil were spilled into the
Kalamazoo River,'' the agency wrote.
The public has until Jan. 8, 2016 to comment.
http://thehill.com/regulation/256502-new-regs-for-tuesday-highways-pipelines-polar-bears
Opinion
SUN HERALD | Editorial: Pascagoula River Audubon Center will lure nature
tourists
When the new Pascagoula River Audubon Center opens Thursday, we will have a
grand entrance to the river, the centerpiece of ecotourism on the Coast.
http://www.sunherald.com/opinion/editorials/article38701926.html
Salter: Cochran pushing back on federal flood standards
STARKVILLE — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, this week again called on the Obama
administration to provide additional details on its efforts to
establish a new federal flood risk standard despite resistance from
Congress.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/10/11/salter-cochran-pushing-back-federal-flood-standards/73692378/
The EPA's Water Rule Is Plugged
A federal court enjoins the agency's 'whirlwind of confusion.'
WSJ
Chief Justice John Roberts may have salvaged ObamaCare, but lower courts
are proving to be more skeptical of executive overreach. On Friday the
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals stopped the Environmental Protection
Agency's new Clean Water Rule on grounds that it probably exceeds the
agency's legal authority.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-epas-water-rule-is-plugged-1444601505
