State
OKTIBBEHA LAKE TO GET DAM REPAIRS
WCBI
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Repairs at Oktibbeha County Lake are finally moving forward.
http://www.wcbi.com/video-oktibbeha-lake-get-dam-repairs/
More issues at Shelbi’s Place
Oxford Eagle
Residents of Shelbi’s Place subdivision were not very happy during Friday afternoon’s deluge that caused serious street flooding, as well as floating debris from the latest construction project that has come under criticism.
Harrell joins FC&E
MBJ
Richard Harrell, P.E., BCEE has joined FC&E Engineering as Director of Operations. Harrell retired from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality as Director of the Office of Pollution Control, where he was responsible for managing the agency’s Air, Water, Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, CERCLA, Brownfields other programs and associated US EPA federal delegation of programs to the State.
http://msbusiness.com/2016/08/harrell-joins-fce/
Read appointed Appropriations chairman in Legislature
Clarion Ledger
House Speaker Philip Gunn has appointed veteran state Rep. John Read, R-Gautier, as House Appropriations chairman, one of the top positions in the Legislature.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/29/read-appropriations-chair/89548738/
Gautier’s Read will lead Mississippi House appropriations
Sun Herald
Rep. John Read of Gautier will be the new chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the state House of Representatives.
Late revenue report follows declining collection trends
By Bobby Harrison
Daily Journal Jackson Bureau
JACKSON – The trend of declining state revenue collections continued during July – the first month of the new fiscal year.
http://djournal.com/news/late-revenue-report-follows-declining-collection-trends/
Regional
Watchdog: Chemical spill remnants may be flowing into Chattahoochee River
WTVM
SMYRNA, GA (CBS46) -An environmental watchdog group said elements of a chemical that spilled into waterways in Smyrna have been detected downstream, toward the Chattahoochee River.
National
U.S. Regulators Warn Drillers to Find Solution to Subsea Bolt Failures
Failures of fasteners could result in oil spill on the scale of Deepwater Horizon disaster, officials say
WSJ
Federal regulators Monday warned subsea oil drillers and equipment makers that bolt failures in the Gulf of Mexico could result in an oil spill on the scale of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Lawmakers back automakers on gas mileage standards
USA Today
DETROIT -- Three members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are urging government regulators to give automakers more time to respond to a July report that will help to shape fuel economy and greenhouse gas regulations over the next 10 years.
Maryland fines coal power plants $1 million for polluting Potomac, Patuxent rivers
Baltimore Sun
Maryland is fining the owner of two of the state's largest coal power plants $1 million for dumping too much nitrogen into the Potomac and Patuxent rivers, one of the largest penalties state environmental regulators have levied in years.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bs-md-power-plant-fines-20160829-story.html
New regs for Tuesday: Immigration, endangered species, efficiency
The Hill
Endangered: The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will review the status of nearly two dozen endangered and threatened species, including the Alabama beach mouse, oyster mussel and tulotoma snail.
Efficiency: The Department of Energy is proposing new efficiency rules for water heaters.
http://thehill.com/regulation/293648-new-regs-for-tuesday-immigration-endangered-efficiency
