State
CITY TO SPEND UP TO $20 MILLION TO REPAIR SEWER MAIN BREAKS
Northside Sun
Jackson could soon have a $20-million boost in the arm to address sewer main breaks across the city.
Lauderdale County considers Hazmat training grant
Meridian Star
Lauderdale County officials are considering a grant to train emergency responders.
MDEQ lifts three Beach Water Contact Advisories and issues one; One other in effect
WXXV
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted three water contact advisories Thursday for Station 6 (Pass Christian Central Beach), Station 7 (Pass Christian East Beach), and Station 11A (Edgewater Beach).
Harrison County preparing beach for Labor Day Weekend
WXXV
If you plan on soaking up some sun and enjoying the beach over the Labor Day Weekend, Harrison County Sand Beach Director Chuck Loftis wants to remind everyone to be mindful of social distancing while you relax.
Regional
Louisiana moves two mobile air monitoring labs to Lake Charles
NOLA.com
The state Department of Environmental Quality has moved two of its three Mobile Air Monitoring Labs, which they've affectionately dubbed "mammals," to the Lake Charles area, where a loss of power has meant no monitoring of air pollutants since Hurricane Laura's landfall on Thursday.
3.8-magnitude earthquake rattles Florida-Alabama border, geologists say
Sun Herald
An 3.8-magnitude earthquake rattled parts of Florida and Alabama on Thursday,according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
National
EPA sued over decision not to regulate chemical linked to fetal brain damage
The Hill
An advocacy group on Thursday sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its decision not to regulate a chemical that has been linked to fetal and infant brain damage.
Press Releases
MDMR hosting photo contest for 2021 calendar
September 3, 2020
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is hosting a photo contest, and the winners will be used in the agency’s 2021 calendar.
EPA Adds Clearwater Refinishing in South Carolina to Superfund National Priorities List and Removes Capitol City Plume in Alabama
09/03/2020
ATLANTA (September 3, 2020) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the addition of six sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) including Clearwater Finishing in Clearwater, S.C. where releases of contamination pose human health and environmental risks. EPA is also proposing to add another four sites to the NPL, while removing one previously proposed site, Capitol City Plume in Montgomery, Ala. that was never finalized.
Gulf Coast Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Illegal Interstate Seafood Conspiracy
DOJ
Gulfport, Miss. - Khiem Dinh Vh, 56, of D’Iberville, Mississippi, an unlicensed wholesale seafood dealer who operated a business known as “Gulf Coast Seafood” in Jackson County, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, which makes it unlawful to sell in interstate commerce any fish taken in violation of state law, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Deputy Special Agent in Charge Manny Antonaras of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Acting Chief Kyle Wilkerson of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Office of Marine Patrol.
