State
18-wheeler crashes in Reservoir off Highway 43, all lanes closed for clean-up
WLBT
MADISON CO., MS (WLBT) - An 18-wheeler crashed into the Reservoir on MS 43 near the Madison/Rankin County line late Wednesday night.
18-wheeler overturns into Reservoir, multiple roads closed
WJTV
Several roads on Highway 43 are closed due to a multi-vehicle accident on the Madison County/Rankin County line.
Road still closed after 18-wheeler crashes into reservoir
WAPT
MADISON CO., Miss. —The Mississippi Highway Patrol said an 18-wheeler flipped on its side in the Ross Barnett Reservoir after a crash Wednesday night.
SALTILLO RESIDENTS PLAGUED WITH BROWN WATER YET AGAIN
WTVA
SALTILLO, Miss. (WTVA) - Brown water, it's in the showers and toilets of some Saltillo residents.
CORINTH MAN FACES 50K FINE FOR KILLING PROTECTED BIRDS
WCBI
William C. Lamar, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi,
and Luis Santiago, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced that Frederick Alvin Corder, 53, of Corinth, Mississippi, was sentenced Wednesday to pay a
$50,000 fine for his role in trapping and killing migratory birds.
Wicker pushes for action on illegal fishing
NewsMS
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker attended a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard to examine the impacts of crime and other conflicts in global fisheries.
SWIMMING WITH STINGRAYS AT IMMS
WXXV
Ocean Adventures opened this year at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport. The main attractions include swimming with dolphins, stingrays, and sharks.
State Government
He owns a Mercedes but Bill Walker said he couldn’t repay bilked taxpayers. Now, he’s in jail
Sun Herald
Bill Walker, former director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, is back in prison for what U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett described Wednesday as ‘willful and obstinate failure” to pay restitution for defrauding the government.
Regional
Regulators: NC flooding too bad to tally environmental harm
AP
Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails of rainbow-colored sheen indicating potential contamination visible on top of the black floodwaters.
Growing Opposition Threatens Completion of Last U.S. Nuclear Plant
Primary owners of Georgia’s Vogtle power plant are set to vote on the project—already years behind schedule, billions over budget
WSJ
The sole remaining nuclear power plant under construction in the U.S. is facing mounting opposition from cities and lawmakers concerned about its rising costs.
National
Government watchdog probing EPA’s handling of Hurricane Harvey response
The Hill
The internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking into how the agency handled last year’s response to Hurricane Harvey.
Glass Half-Full on State Solutions to Chemicals in Water
Bloomberg
States fearing that federal inaction on chemical safety may harm their residents are jumping into the breach.
...Mississippi: The Department of Health is considering state standards for PFOA and PFOS, a spokeswoman said.
US agrees to improve safety conditions at polluted nuclear facility
The Hill
The U.S. government will implement a system for dispersing dangerous vapors at a polluted nuclear site in Washington state in response to a lawsuit on behalf of cleanup workers who were sickened by the vapors.
Press Releases
OAR Wrap Up: Proposed Rules Saving More Than $115 Million Annually in Regulatory Costs
09/19/2018
WASHINGTON — Over the course of one week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed three separate rules — the Refrigerant Management Rule Amendments, Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Program Technical Amendments, and Oil & Gas Targeted Improvements — totaling more than $115 million in regulatory cost savings. In addition, EPA has officially converted four regional haze Federal Implementation Plans (FIP) into State Implementation Plans (SIPs).
