State
Hazardous Waste Day Saturday
Vicksburg Post
A yearly event to get rid of garbage and finish the last bit of spring
cleaning will be held this weekend to help keep the county beautiful.
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2016/06/08/hazardous-waste-day-saturday/
HIGHWAY 8 REOPENS AFTER FUEL LEAK
WCBI
CALHOUN CO, Miss. (WCBI)- A fuel leak in Derma has stopped, and Highway 8 is now open.
http://www.wcbi.com/local-news/update-highway-8-reopens-fuel-leak/
FUEL LEAK STOPPED, REPAIR EFFORTS BEGIN
WCBI
DERMA, Miss. (WCBI) — All throughout the day, an air quality monitor was at
work.
And yellow tape cordoned off part of the property in front of the "Derma
Fast Stop," where a gasoline leak was first noticed Tuesday evening.
http://www.wcbi.com/business/video-fuel-leak-stopped-repair-efforts-begin/
Weekend Ticket
Natchez Democrat
Grand Village lecture with David Dockery
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2016/06/09/weekend-ticket-aircraft-fly-in-poker-run-top-weekend/
Fossil Road Show brings rock festival to city
New Albany Gazette
Fossils, the history of fossil collecting, great specimens, gems and
minerals will all be at the annual Fossil Road Show in New Albany this
Saturday, June 11, at the Union County Heritage Museum from 10 until 2.
http://newalbanygazette.com/2016/06/08/fossil-road-show-brings-rock-festival-city/
One of two workers buried at gravel pit collapse found
WAPT
COPIAH COUNTY, Miss. —One of two buried gravel pit workers has been found in Copiah County, authorities said.
http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/jackson/one-of-two-workers-buried-at-gravel-pit-collapse-found/39974956
Director: Mississippi Health Department expects more layoffs
AP
JACKSON, MISS.
The Mississippi State Department of Health has already laid off some
workers in recent months because of state spending constraints and will cut
more jobs after the new budget year begins July 1, the department's
director told lawmakers Wednesday.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/health/article82507482.html
Regional
Alabama has no-swim, fish consumption advisories for same chemicals that
caused water warning
WHNT
DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) - The recent health advisory for drinking by the EPA
has set off a chain reaction in North Alabama, with one water system
advising customers not to drink its water and Gov. Robert Bentley insisting
there is no crisis.
http://whnt.com/2016/06/08/alabama-has-no-swim-fish-consumption-advisories-for-same-chemicals-that-caused-water-warning/
National
House Approves Bill to Delay EPA Rule on Ozone Pollution
AP
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House on
Wednesday approved a bill delaying an Obama administration rule setting
stricter limits on air pollutionlinked to asthma and respiratory illness.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-approves-bill-delay-epa-rule-ozone-pollution-39709532
House votes to delay ozone rule
The Hill
The House on Wednesday passed legislation to block a major Obama
administration rule on ozone pollution despite a veto threat from the White
House.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/282752-house-votes-to-delay-ozone-rule
Oil train rules move to White House review
The Hill
Regulators are one step closer to adopting new standards for oil trains
that Congress mandated last year.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/282692-oil-train-rules-move-to-white-house-review
EPA draft triazine assessment stirs up criticism from agriculture
Delta Farm Press
Agriculture's ongoing disagreement with the direction EPA seems to be
taking in registering pesticides took another turn Thursday (June 2) when
the agency released its Draft Triazine Ecological Rick Assessments.
http://deltafarmpress.com/corn/epa-draft-triazine-assessment-stirs-criticism-agriculture?page=1
Superfund plan for Colorado mines stirs few protests now
AP
DENVER — A proposal to deploy the powerful Superfund program to clean up
leaky Colorado mines — including one that unleashed millions of gallons of
wastewater last year — isn't stirring up much passion, despite formidable
resistance in the past.
http://gazette.com/superfund-plan-for-colorado-mines-stirs-few-protests-now/article/1577836
EPA Issues Draft Radiological Guide for Drinking Water
Bloomberg
Emergency responders should restrict the general population's consumption
of drinking water after a radiological incident occurs if the water has a
radionuclides concentration of at least 500 millirem projected dose in the
first year, the Environmental Protection Agency said in recently released
draft guidance developed in response to Japan's Fukushima disaster.
http://www.bna.com/epa-issues-draft-n57982073785/
