State
STARKVILLE UTILITIES AND MDEQ WORK TO CLEAN SEWAGE FROM WATERWAY
WCBI
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Utility workers in Starkville dealt with a smelly situation after catching a sewage leak running into Hollis Creek.
City addressing sewage line break by wastewater facility
Commercial Dispatch
The city of Starkville is working to repair a sewage line that ruptured near the wastewater treatment plant on Sand Road.
UPDATE: NO DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATED AFTER STARKVILLE SEWAGE SPILL
WTVA
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - Crews are working to correct a sewage spill in Starkville.
On Monday, Starkville Utilities stated its Waste Water Division identified the issue and worked out a solution with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
MDEQ to review Patel's response to site work violations
Daily Journal
TUPELO – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality will determine what its next steps will be after it reviews answers provided by hotelier and developer Bruce Patel on his project on North Gloster Street.
WCHS students going green with campus recycling effort
Vicksburg Post
Even though it is the color of their cross-town rival, students at Warren Central High School are working to go green.
Rate case to set path for utility and regulator after Kemper
AP
Mississippi Power Co. customers will pay more for electricity in the near future, but regulators could delay some decisions until a more comprehensive review that could set the pattern for the relationship between the utility and the Public Service Commission following the multibillion dollar Kemper debacle.
Olson new DeSoto Director of Emergency Services
DeSoto Times-Tribune
It was a passing of the torch that didn't involve an actual flame — which might be in keeping for a pair of seasoned firefighters-turned-emergency officials.
State Government
Mississippi expected to have sports betting as early as June after high court ruling
Clarion Ledger
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a decades-old federal ban on sports betting, putting Mississippi among the first in line to allow it.
National
Pruitt Demanded 24/7 Armed Security on First Day, EPA Watchdog Says
AP
Washington (AP) -- An internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that Administrator Scott Pruitt demanded and received unprecedented, around-the-clock protection from armed officers on his first day — a detail that appears at odds with past claims that the stepped-up security measures came in direct response to death threats.
Trump officials feared PR 'nightmare' from drinking water standards
The Hill
Officials at the White House and Environment Protection Agency (EPA) fretted about a public relations "nightmare" from an agency’s expected move to change suggested standards for fluorinated chemicals in drinking water, according to internal emails.
Oregon to use VW settlement to replace old diesel school buses
DEQ expects about $73 million
KTVZ
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Monday it is providing funding toward the replacement of at least 450 diesel school buses 2007 or older as part of its plan to spend about $72.9 million it expects from a settlement in the case of the "defeat devices" on diesel vehicles Volkswagen made from 2009 to 2015.
Press Releases
Administrator Pruitt Announces New Office of Continuous Improvement
Provides update on EPA Lean Management System
05/14/2018
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt met with more than 75 employees and stakeholders to provide an update on the implementation of the new EPA Lean Management System (ELMS) and announced EPA’s new Office of Continuous Improvement (OCI) and its director, Serena McIlwain.
Dr. Jim Reilly Takes the Helm at the U.S. Geological Survey
Geoscientist/Astronaut/Explorer Will Lead Interior Agency
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today welcomed the arrival of Dr. Jim F. Reilly II at the Department of the Interior to begin his tenure as the 17th director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
