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MDEQ lifts advisories on three stretches of beach

MBJ Staff — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:42:41 +0000

GULFPORT — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted three water contact advisories issued May 31. The cleared stations are: • Station 8 — Gulfport West (from Maria Avenue east to Camp Avenue • Station 9 — Gulfport Harbor Beach (from 20th Avenue east to Thornton Avenue • [...]

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Sewer spill prompts MDEQ advisory for Coast bayou

MBJ Staff — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:08:37 +0000

BAY ST. LOUIS — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has issued a temporary water contact advisory for Joe’s Bayou near Felicity Street in Bay St. Louis. The advisory is issued due to a city-reported sewer spill, which occurred Sunday night from a malfunctioning pump station. The City of Bay St. Louis has stopped [...]

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More segments of beach closed due to water quality issues

MBJ Staff — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:34:21 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued water contact advisories for five sampling stations. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in these areas. The affected stations are: • Station 1 — [...]

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Lab owner’s attorney: No plans to use pay-back defense

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:57:32 +0000

WATER VALLEY — A defense lawyer for a laboratory owner says she had no plans to suggest that her client was targeted for prosecution because of her environmental activism. Abby Brumley made the statement yesterday in a filing for Tennie White in U.S. District Court in Jackson. White owns Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc. She [...]

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Investigators testing neighborhoods for pollutants

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:36:38 +0000

HATTIESBURG — State and federal agencies are testing neighborhoods around a former chemical plant in Hattiesburg for possible pollution. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency and Ashland Inc., Hercules’ parent company, have drilled test wells within a half-mile of the plant, the Hattiesburg American reported. The wells are drilled in the path [...]

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Justice reaches $1.4B settlement with Transocean for oil spill

Associated Press — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:07:20 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — The Justice Department has reached a $1.4-billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Two people with knowledge of the negotiations say Switzerland-based Transocean would pay the money [...]

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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 lifts numerous post-Isaac beach closures

MBJ Staff — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:18:11 +0000

HARRISON COUNTY and JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has lifted numerous beach closures issued Aug. 31 in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac for monitoring stations in Harrison and Jackson counties. The reopened beaches in Harrison County are: • Station 8-Gulfport West — west end at Marie Avenue to the east end [...]

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