State
Two parts of the Mississippi Sound safe for swimming, but seven others are not
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality lifted two water contact advisories Wednesday. Seven other advisories remain in effect.
http://www.wdam.com/story/32833293/another-section-of-the-mississippi-sound-not-safe-for-swimming
Garbage collection crackdown proposed: City of Meridian
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Curbside trash pickup is a service that Meridian residents pay to receive. However, in some cases city officials say residents don't put the items in the proper place.
AGENCIES CONTINUE AUDIT OF $30M COASTAL RETROFIT PROGRAM
MPB
State and federal officials are continuing a probe of what happened with a $30 million grant program intended to protect Mississippi coastal homes against hurricanes. MPB’s Evelina Burnett reports.
Oil Spill
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves to ask Coast residents how to spend BP money
Sun Herald
LONG BEACH
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves will hold town halls across the three Coast counties to gather ideas on how to spend BP settlement money on economic development projects.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/article97565947.html
Lt. Governor Reeves talks BP money priorities
WLOX
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) -Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves met with Coast lawmakers Wednesday morning to discuss a strategy for spending millions of BP settlement dollars on economic development projects in South Mississippi.
http://www.wlox.com/story/32834806/lt-governor-reeves-talks-bp-money-priorities
Regional
New Orleans group sues EPA for delaying new lead standards
Times-Picayune
A New Orleans nonprofit and seven other community organizations around the United States sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday (Aug. 24) for failing to update its 15-year-old standards about what constitutes safe levels of lead-based paint and lead dust. The suit contends that the EPA has yet to institute new lead hazard standards despite a growing body of scientific research suggesting its current standards are outdated.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/08/epa_lawsuit_lead_orleans.html#incart_river_index
More join legal fight over water pollution limits
Tallahassee Democrat
The city of Miami and others are joining the legal fight against proposed new surface water standards approved last month by the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission.
National
Protect Workers From Harmful Chemicals, Advocates Urge EPA
Bloomberg
The Environmental Protection Agency should use the new authorities under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act to protect workers and other at-risk groups, advocates say.
http://www.bna.com/protect-workers-harmful-n73014446766/
National Park Service turns 100, and some sites are showing their age
Washington Post
When dusk falls Thursday on Yellowstone National Park, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is expected to kick off a commemoration of the 100th birthday of the National Park Service that will probably go well into the night.
