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Attorney named judge for new environmental court

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:24:42 +0000

NATCHEZ — Local attorney Anthony Heidelberg has been selected as judge for the city’s new environmental court. The Natchez Democrat reports the environmental court will operate similar to a traffic court and will hear violations for nuisance properties, abandoned vehicles, littering and similar offenses. The city had been looking at ways to prosecute litter violation [...]

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Lawsuit brought against former Hercules plant over pollution

Associated Press — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:19:20 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Eleven plaintiffs, including a Hattiesburg church, have filed a lawsuit in an ongoing dispute over pollution from the old Hercules facility. Ashland Inc. of Covington, Ky., purchased Hercules in 2008. It has not yet responded to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Hattiesburg. Local residents have complained for years about pollution from [...]

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MDEQ fines DuPont for broken pollution-control equipment

Associated Press — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:25:13 +0000

DELISLE — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has fined DuPont Co.’s DeLisle plant $117,000 after pollution control equipment broke down, allowing a smokestack to emit too much during a March 2011 test. DuPont Co., based in Wilmington, Del., makes titanium dioxide, a whitening agent used in paint, paper and plastics, at the Harrison County [...]

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County files challenge to EPA’s air-quality ruling

Associated Press — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:36:20 +0000

HERNANDO — A Mississippi county is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to group the county with Memphis on ozone levels. The Commercial Appeal reports the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors met in closed session to discuss litigation filed against the EPA. Gary Rikard, an attorney who represents the county on the issue, says [...]

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Supervisors working on solutions to meet EPA air standards

Associated Press — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:53:30 +0000

HERNANDO — DeSoto County supervisors say they are working on solutions to meet federal ozone levels. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency included parts of DeSoto with Memphis, which has ozone emissions above allowable limits set by federal regulation. It includes urban areas of DeSoto County and Crittenden County, Ark., in the Memphis ozone “non-attainment” [...]

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County exploring legal avenues to overturn EPA air-quality decision

Associated Press — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:01:40 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — DeSoto County has asked a law firm to explore the county’s chances of overturning a federal decision that groups it with Memphis and Crittenden County, Ark., on ozone levels. The board approved a retainer — up to $3,000 — for the law firm to do some “exploratory” study of the county’s case [...]

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Cochran again expresses ‘serious misgivings’ about EPA decision

MBJ Staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:09:18 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) yesterday again expressed his serious misgivings with an Environmental Protection Agency decision to place parts of DeSoto County under new air quality rules, cautioning that the designation could cast a pall on job creation. At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to review the EPA’s FY2013 budget requests, Cochran [...]

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Federal lawmakers ‘disappointed’ in EPA’s air quality decision

MBJ Staff — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:39:20 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), in addition to Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.), have expressed their disappointment with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to list parts of DeSoto County as noncompliant for air quality standards. The EPA listed northern DeSoto County in its final designations for areas that [...]

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County files objection with EPA over ozone list

Associated Press — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:47:41 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — DeSoto County has formally objected to the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to list it as “nonattainment” on ozone levels. The Commercial Appeal DeSoto County officials also want the EPA to abandon a “misguided” proposal to list the county with Memphis as falling short on ozone standards. DeSoto County officials and members of [...]

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Delegation going to D.C. to fight ozone ranking

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:05:00 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — A delegation from DeSoto County is going to Washington, D.C., to battle a feared ozone ranking. The Commercial Appeal reports the delegation includes local county government and economic development officials. The county is faced with a Feb. 29 deadline to object to the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to list the county as [...]

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