State
Meridian man tries to derail DEQ permit for Kemper
Sun Herald
The state Environmental Quality Permit Board will hold a hearing Tuesday morning on Mississippi Power Co.’s permit to discharge wastewater from its Kemper power plant.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article107359352.html
Gulfport waterways safe again after sewage gushers
Sun Herald
GULFPORT
It’s safe to swim and fish again in several city waterways.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said in a news release Monday afternoon that a no-contact advisory has been lifted between U.S. 49 and Popp’s Ferry Road for Bayou Bernard, the Industrial Seaway and Big Lake.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article107350092.html
MDEQ lifts Gulfport, Biloxi water advisories
WLOX
GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) -It's now safe to swim, wade and eat fish caught in waters from Industrial Seaway and Bernard Bayou from Highway 49 in Gulfport, through Big Lake to Popp's Ferry Road in Biloxi.
http://www.wlox.com/story/33357991/mdeq-lifts-gulfport-biloxi-water-advisories
MDEQ LIFTS WATER CONTACT ADVISORY
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality lifts water advisories for the Biloxi and Gulfport area.
http://www.wxxv25.com/2016/10/10/mdeq-lifts-water-contact-advisory/
Banyan sewer line project progressing
Commercial Dispatch
October 10, 2016
Carl Smith
Work to upgrade a key Ward 3 sanitation line is entering a second phase of work this week after contractors extended piping about 3,000 feet, said Starkville Utilities General Manager Terry Kemp.
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=53430
Why it was important to replace the Dantzler Street Bridge
Sun Herald
MOSS POINT
Jackson County will hold a ribbon cutting for the Dantzler Street Bridge at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The $1.25 million project was funded primarily by the county with the support of $200,000 in grants through the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article107392067.html
Regional
Kentucky finished with arsenic cleanup in Ohio County
AP
HARTFORD, KY.
The Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection says the state has finished cleaning up large amounts of arsenic in Ohio County.
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article107231687.html
National
Federal regulators plan to review DNR water
WRAL
MADISON, WIS. — Federal regulators plan to visit Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources headquarters this week to investigate claims the agency is failing to enforcing water pollution laws and regulations.
http://www.wral.com/federal-regulators-plan-to-review-dnr-water-enforcement/16104308/
After 4 years, EPA struggling to fill mine waste pit
AP
ORONOGO, Mo. (AP) — Four years after the Environmental Protection Agency began dumping truckload after truckload of mine waste into a mine pit in southwest Missouri, the work has had no visual effect and it's unlikely the pit will ever be filled, an EPA official said.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/After-4-years-EPA-struggling-to-fill-mine-waste-9960629.php
