State
EPA issues $13.7M demand for cleanup
Madison County Journal
CANTON — The cost to clean up an abandoned lumber mill site owned by the Madison County Economic Development Authority has already cost $13.7 million, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
It was once home to condos and an amusement park. Is it the place for an oyster farm?
Sun Herald
Some people look out from Deer Island south of the eastern edge of Biloxi and see serenity. Others see opportunity.
Household hazardous waste day set for Saturday
WTOK
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - This weekend residents in Meridian will have a chance to dispose of household hazardous waste items.
Brazil named wildlife CEO
Madison County Journal
Where can you charge electric cars in South Mississippi?
Sun Herald
Times are changing and now when people shop at Edgewater Mall they can charge their purchases and top off the charge on their electric car.
Regional
TVA now posting coal ash warning signs; lawsuit claims clean-up workers were never warned
Knoxville News Sentinel
The nation’s largest electricity provider is now warning workers fly ash can damage their lungs.
National
House votes to block funding for EPA methane pollution rule
The Hill
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to block implementation of a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pollution rule.
EPA delays toxic waste rule for power plants
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pushing back by two years key deadlines in a 2015 rule limiting toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants.
EPA head: No renewable fuel promise made to ex-Trump adviser
AP
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has told a group of senators he never made any promises to billionaire investor Carl Icahn about renewable fuel credits that were costing one of Icahn's companies millions of dollars.
As Floods Recede, Houston Tackles Mountains of Trash
City is mounting urgent effort to clear out debris left from Harvey; ‘It just tears at your heart’
WSJ
HOUSTON—Days after historic flooding crippled this city, heaps of debris nearly obscured hundreds of waterlogged homes in Hal Opperman’s neighborhood.
Houston EPA lab set to close
San Antonio Express-News
WASHINGTON — Conservationists and labor union officials argued Wednesday that the potential closing of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regional lab in Houston, which is expected to play a key role in Hurricane Harvey recovery, is among harmful impacts of the Trump administration’s drive to slice staff and mission in the agency.
Expanded Gun Rights on Federal Land Approved by House Panel
Bloomberg
Hunters and gun enthusiasts would face fewer restrictions on using their weapons on federal land under a broad legislative package the House Natural Resources Committee approved Sept. 13, despite unanimous Democratic opposition.
Press Releases
EPA Finalizes Rule to Postpone Steam Electric Power Plant Effluent Guidelines Rule
09/13/2017
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule postponing certain compliance dates by two years for the effluent limitations guidelines and standards for steam electric power plants (ELG Rule) that were issued in November 2015.
“Today's final rule resets the clock for certain portions of the agency's effluent guidelines for power plants, providing relief from the existing regulatory deadlines while the agency revisits some of the rule's requirements," said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
The final rule postpones the compliance dates for the best available technology economically achievable (“BAT”) effluent limitations and pretreatment standards (“PSES”) for two wastestreams at existing sources, bottom ash transport water and flue gas desulfurization (“FGD”) wastewater, for a period of two years.
Last month, the Administrator announced that he would reconsider BAT effluent limitations and PSES in the 2015 rule that apply to bottom ash transport water and FGD wastewater. As part of this upcoming rulemaking, EPA will provide an opportunity for public comment on any proposed revisions to the 2015 final rule.
At this time, EPA does not intend to conduct a rulemaking that would potentially revise BAT effluent limitations and PSES in the 2015 rule for fly ash transport water, flue gas mercury control wastewater, and gasification wastewater, or any of the other requirements in the 2015 rule.
EPA is posting a pre-publication copy of today’s final rule at:
