State
EPA administrator signs $107.6 million memorandum to clean Mississippi Phosphates site
Mississippi Press
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt signed an Action Memorandum for $107.6 million on Wednesday, accelerating the cleanup of the former Mississippi Phosphates Corporation (MPC) Site in Pascagoula.
SOLID WASTE GRANT HELPS LAMAR CO. 'KEEP IT CLEAN'
Hub City Spokes
Lamar County has received a solid waste assistance grant of $18,750 from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality that will be used by the county for a household hazardous waste program.at www.mdeq.ms.gov/solid-waste-management-programs.
RIGHT WAY TO THROW AWAY DAY SET FOR SATURDAY
Hub City Spokes
Have a lot of junk you’ve been needing to get rid of? Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, the cities of Petal and Hattiesburg, Forrest County and other partnering governmental and community agencies will host the “Right Way to Throw Away Day” at two locations – Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport (29 Academy Drive, Hattiesburg) and the Lamar County Multi-Purpose Center (99 Central Industrial Row, Purvis).
Dumpster Day scheduled for May 19
Vicksburg Post
Vicksburg residents will have the opportunity in May to get rid of their household trash and junk during a Dumpster Day sponsored by the city of Vicksburg.
Yazoo River Flooding Concerns Mississippi River Commission
DeltaNewsTV
Yazoo River is located in the southern region of the Mississippi Delta, but has had an issue of flooding.
Costco re-zoning struck down by state Supreme Court
Madison County Journal
The City of Ridgeland illegally rezoned land off Highland Colony Parkway to accommodate a future Costco development, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled today.
Ridgeland residents react to MS Supreme Court ruling on Costco rezoning
WLBT
Members of a Ridgeland neighborhood advocacy group are reacting to the Mississippi Supreme Court's ruling on a rezoning case.
Animal shelter gets ‘no’ on plan — Health Department won’t allow septic tank
Daily Leader
Q: What is the latest on the city’s animal shelter?
A: City engineer Mike McKenzie, a principal with WGK Inc., presented floor plans for an animal shelter to aldermen more than a year ago, and $100,000 is in the bank waiting to be spent on the project.
New family attraction tucked away in Ocean Springs is 'like a treehouse with bounce'
Sun Herald
OCEAN SPRINGS
It's almost like a treehouse with bounce, and it's the part of the newest family attraction opening in South Mississippi this weekend.
STEAM WATER LINE RUPTURES AT TRONOX IN HAMILTON
WCBI
HAMILTON, Miss. (WCBI) – A steam water line ruptures this morning at Tronox in Hamilton, causing a short shut down.
State Government
DFA WAITING ON PAPERWORK TO OFFICIALLY NAME ADVISORY BOARD
Northside Sun
Despite eight members having been chosen to serve on the Capitol Complex Improvement District (CCID) advisory board, only three have been officially named, according to the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration (DFA).
Oil Spill
City of Biloxi seeks vendor for Popp's Ferry bait shop
WLOX
Construction on the Popp’s Ferry Causeway Park is underway, but the city of Biloxi is looking for an entrepreneur to operate the new bait shop and create a kayak rental operation.
Regional
New York City Sewage Held Up in Alabama Town Finally Taken Away
After sitting on tracks for months, hundreds of containers of rotting waste went to a landfill
WSJ
About 200 shipping containers of rotting sewage from New York City have been removed from a rural Alabama town, putting an end to three months of legal challenges, the mayor there said Thursday.
National
EPA to unveil policy aimed at avoiding legal action over oil and gas polluters: source
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) office of enforcement will announce a new policy aimed specifically at helping polluters in the oil and gas industry, The Hill has learned.
The new policy, which has not been finalized, will focus on offering more flexibility to oil and gas companies that choose to self-audit their emissions and report any failures to meet EPA’s regulations, according to an EPA employee with knowledge of the plan.
Air pollution can be bad for the brain — these are the cleanest and the smoggiest places in America
CNBC
Everyone has seen photos of the terrible smog in cities like Shanghai, China or New Delhi, India. But it turns out there are problems with air pollution in the U.S. too, especially if you live in California, according to the American Lung Association's 2018 State of the Air report.
Press Releases
TUESDAY: EPA to Hold Public Hearing April 24 on the Proposed Amendments to the Regulations for the Disposal of Coal Ash
04/19/2018
ARLINGTON, VA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on the recently proposed amendments to the 2015 regulations for disposal of coal combustion residuals, also known as CCR or coal ash, from electric utilities and independent power producers.
EPA FY17 Environmental Justice Progress Report Shows Tangible Results for Vulnerable Communities
04/19/2018
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Environmental Justice FY2017 Progress Report highlighting continued accomplishments to creating cleaner, safer, and healthier environments for minority, low-income, tribal, and indigenous communities. In FY2017, EPA delivered tangible results for the nation’s most vulnerable populations.
U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Energy Release Online Public Dataset and Viewer of U.S. Wind Turbine Locations and Characteristics
USGS
Today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the American Wind Energy Association, released the United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) and the USWTDB Viewer to access this new public dataset.
