State
Yazoo group opposes backwater pumps as historic flood continues
WLBT
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The Sierra Club of Mississippi released an editorial this week vocally opposing the Yazoo backwater pumps.
CITY TO CONDUCT SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT
Hub City Spokes
Almost a half-million dollars that was originally earmarked for a wastewater treatment facility in Hattiesburg will now be used for a major sewer project that will repair or replace much of the sewer line on Tuscan Avenue, along with approximately one block of sewer line on Penton Street.
During a recent news conference at the intersection of Tuscan Avenue and William Carey Parkway, Mayor Toby Barker said because the treatment facility is no longer needed, as the lagoons are functioning properly within permit levels from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, $415,886.73 can now be allocated toward the sewer project.
City set to remove EPA fee from residential water bills
Vicksburg Post
The special $5 Environmental Protection Agency fee approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in 2015 is coming off residential utility bills October 1.
TUPELO STREET TEMPORARILY CLOSING TO REPAIR BROKEN SEWER MAIN
WCBI
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A Tupelo street will be closed temporarily for repairs.
Tupelo Water and Light will close Green Street from South Gloster Street to President Ext’d.
Report: Saltillo should switch to river water
Daily Journal
A management review of the Saltillo Water Department recommended that the city switch all of its customers over to river water.
First study of 3-D seabed imagery in Gulf by remote drone celebrated
WLOX
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Saildrone stands like a statue in victory. The unmanned, autonomous surface vehicle company joined the University of Southern Mississippi and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as co-test pilots of a first-of-its-kind study that could change the world’s oceans as we know it.
Regional
Here’s how Hurricane Barry helped shrink the Gulf Coast ‘dead zone,’ even if temporarily
Sun Herald
The “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico spreads out in the ocean each summer, with oxygen levels in the water so low that it suffocates and kills marine life, according to federal researchers.
EPA To Move Forward With $80 million Kerr-McGee Cleanup On Jacksonville’s Eastside
WJCT
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with an $80 million cleanup of a Superfund site on Jacksonville’s Eastside where dangerous chemicals were stored for decades. Superfund sites are considered a national priority for remediation.
You (Didn’t) Pay For It: VW Settlement funds propane school buses
WCSC
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Several state school districts are getting new propane-fueled school buses worth more than $100,000 each.
Gators have taste for Florida Man, according to science
Gator bites have become more common as the gator population has boomed. A lot of the time, the gators aren't sure what they're biting and back off, study finds.
Tampa Bay Times
A lot of Florida stories are gator stories — gators tossed into a fast-food restaurant, or turning up in someone's bathtub, or crashing through a kitchen window. And, of course, there are the stories about people being chomped on by Florida's official state reptile.
National
EPA proposes easing air pollution permitting process
The Hill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to finalize a rule Thursday that would ease the air pollution permitting process for certain power plants and manufacturers.
Green group sues EPA over lead dust rules it says are too lax
The Hill
Environmentalists are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a new rule they say doesn’t do enough to protect children from lead contamination.
Press Releases
Large ‘dead zone’ measured in Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Barry dampens initial size predictions
NOAA
This year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 6,952 square miles, according to NOAA-supported scientists.
Proposed Revisions to Clarify New Source Review Permitting Process
08/01/2019
WASHINGTON (August 1, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a rule to clarify the process for evaluating whether a New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction permit is needed when an existing major-emitting facility plans to make changes or expand.
EPA Announces Updated Chemical Review Tool
Agency takes unprecedented step to make additional information about the status of chemical reviews available to the public
08/01/2019
WASHINGTON (August 1, 2019) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing its commitment to transparency by making additional information about new chemical notices available to the public on the agency’s website.
