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Household hazardous waste collected locally
Oxford Eagle
A traffic alert from the city of Jackson.
A 10 inch sewer main collapsed at the intersection of Ridgewood Road and Northside Drive.
It's left a 5-by-8 void under the pavement.
Traffic control has been set up to protect drivers until the city can and make repairs.
They sent out a crew Saturday to clean debris but according to the city, the repair work won't start until Monday.
http://www.wapt.com/article/collapsed-sewer-main-closes-jackson-road/9251554
MDWFP asking for deer hunter opinions
Clarion Ledger
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's attorney general is seeking documents he says could show conflicts of interest and ethics violations by the man President Donald Trump appointed to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170407/news/304079833
North Dakota Creates New Cabinet-Level Environmental Agency
AP
JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST — Military records show that tens of millions of gallons of water from two contaminated wells on the joint base were used to supply drinking water to base workers and residents over the past decade, despite base officials stating that the wells were used only to back up the main well.
http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/horsham-pfos/records-show-millions-of-gallons-of-water-used-from-contaminated/article_df117d9c-1a2e-11e7-9666-9b3d13875476.html
Budget Cuts Said to Raise Terror Threat to Water Infrastructure
Bloomberg
President Donald Trump often paints a dire picture of the U.S. as a country that desperately needs to rebuild and to protect itself better. The security of the country is in peril as violent extremism persists abroad, and the nation’s infrastructure is crumbling, Trump often says.
But the Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal year 2018 tentative budget, a document that fulfills the cuts put forth in the administration’s initial blueprint, puts the EPA water office’s critical water infrastructure initiatives on the chopping block. Those initiatives have served as the cornerstone of the EPA’s resiliency plans for threats facing the U.S. water supply.
https://www.bna.com/budget-cuts-raise-n57982086365/
Opinion
Scott Pruitt undermines the EPA with anti-scientific ignorance
LA Times
David Horsey
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