State
City sets Oct. 17 to collect hazardous material
Meridian Star
By Jeff Byrd
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:02 am
Meridian residents will be able to dispose of hazardous waste Saturday,
Oct. 17.
http://www.meridianstar.com/news/city-sets-oct-to-collect-hazardous-material/article_f309d47c-6c9a-11e5-9f19-a3fa6c4ebff4.html
DMR uses dredge spoils for island building
WLOX
JACKSON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -The Department of Marine Resources is building
an island in Jackson County. It's a 17-acre site that will eventually get
much larger and connect with nearby Round Island.
http://www.wlox.com/story/30201115/dmr-uses-dredge-spoils-for-island-building
Round Island Restoration
WXXV
The Department of Marine Resources shows how one man's trash is another
man's treasure. Over the past 60 years, Coastal Mississippi has lost more
than 10,000 acres of coastal habitat to erosion. Now, Round Island is
slowly becoming the next victim. News 25's Bryan Kennedy took a ride out to
Round Island to see how DMR is putting waste to good use.
http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Round-Island-Restoration/s-ph-a_sQU2RA_GoL2BSMQ.cspx
Mississippi regulators weigh rooftop solar panel rules
AP
JACKSON, Miss. — Supporters of proposed Mississippi rules to ease
installation of rooftop solar panels portrayed them Tuesday as a boon that
will benefit all utility customers, while utilities expressed varying
degrees of concern about the possibility of shifting costs to poorer
customers.
http://www.gulflive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/mississippi_regulators_weigh_r.html#incart_river
Oil Spill
MISSISSIPPI EDITION: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH
MPB
BP OIL SPILL
The federal government is announcing an $8.8 billion Gulf restoration plan
stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. About $1.3 billion of
those dollars will land in Mississippi. Gary Rikard is executive director
of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. Rikard compares the
BP spill with 1989's Exxon Valdes spill, saying the RESTORE Act will direct
funds where they are SUPPOSED to go. He spoke with MPB's Ezra Wall about
the settlement.
http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/mississippiedition/mississippi-edition-tuesday-september-6th/
Why a slow BP oil spill settlement payout may actually benefit Louisiana
Times-Picayune
BP will have 15 years to make payments under the more than $20 billion
settlement reached over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a timeline that
may have raised a few eyebrows when details of the deal were released
Monday (Oct. 5). But experts say the slow payout could benefit Louisiana
and other coastal states.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2015/10/long_bp_settlement_payout_good.html#incart_river
Gulf dolphins in decline?
Pensacola News Journal
A Harbor View Marine employee walks over as Christina Toms, Gisele
Nieman and Traci Och board a motor boat on a chilly, overcast Sunday
morning, and he says, "You all are about to freeze."
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2015/10/06/gulf-dolphins-decline/73487326/
National
EPA officials to testify at October 8 VW hearing in Congress
Reuters
Two senior officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will
testify on Thursday at a congressional hearing on the Volkswagen AG
emissions cheating scandal, the oversight committee said on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/06/us-volkswagen-emissions-congress-witness-idUSKCN0S01UC20151006
New regs for Wednesday: Sea snakes, fish, railroads
The Hill
Endangered: The National Marine Fisheries Service is moving forward with
new protections for dusky sea snakes.
The dusky sea snake, along with three foreign corals, will be listed as
endangered species. They all fall outside of U.S. jurisdiction.
The protections, which go into effect in 30 days, stem from a July 2013
petition from WildEarth Guardians.
Threatened: The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing new protections for
certain small fish often used as bait by fishermen.
The headwater chub and certain roundtail chubs would be listed as
threatened species under the agency's proposal.
The public has 60 days to comment.
Railroads: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is delaying new safety
requirements for railroads.
The FRA proposed a risk reduction program for certain railroads in February
but is reopening the comment period to give the public more time to
consider the changes.
Under the proposal, railroads would be responsible for coming up with their
own risk reduction programs.
The public has an additional 14 days to comment.
http://thehill.com/regulation/256029-new-regs-for-wednesday-sea-snakes-fish-railroads
Opinion
SUN HERALD | Editorial: Documents on two lakes project should be online
If the Corps of Engineers is going to allow the public to comment on a
proposal to build two lakes in the Pascagoula River watershed, it and the
state of Mississippi should give the public all the information the
government has on the project.
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/10/06/6451982/sun-herald-editorial-documents.html
