Mississippi Business Journal » Department of Environmental Quality http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Explosion at Pascagoula plant; 1 dead, 2 injured http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/explosion-at-pascagoula-plant-1-dead-2-injured/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=explosion-at-pascagoula-plant-1-dead-2-injured http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/explosion-at-pascagoula-plant-1-dead-2-injured/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:53:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57940 PASCAGOULA — One person is dead and two injured in an explosion at the Mississippi Phosphates plant in Pascagoula. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd tells the Associated Press that the explosion occurred about 7:15 a.m. Friday and was a steam explosion. >> RELATED STORY: Phosphates Corp. loses $1.1 million in first quarter of 2012 The [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/explosion-at-pascagoula-plant-1-dead-2-injured/feed/ 0 Greenwood wastewater plant faces costly upgrade http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/23/greenwood-wastewater-plant-faces-costly-upgrade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greenwood-wastewater-plant-faces-costly-upgrade http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/23/greenwood-wastewater-plant-faces-costly-upgrade/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:41:08 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=35002 GREENWOOD — The city of Greenwood is struggling to meet new state Department of Environmental Quality wastewater discharge standards by 2015. In July, the city hired the engineering firm of Neel-Schaffer of Jackson to conduct a study of the costs of meeting the new requirements. That study cost $97,000. Earlier this month, the firm completed [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/23/greenwood-wastewater-plant-faces-costly-upgrade/feed/ 0 Miss. hopes to open brown shrimp season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/24/miss-hopes-to-open-brown-shrimp-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miss-hopes-to-open-brown-shrimp-season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/24/miss-hopes-to-open-brown-shrimp-season/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 13:20:09 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/2010/05/miss-hopes-to-open-brown-shrimp-season/ BILOXI — State officials will test brown shrimp for petroleum hydrocarbons ahead of the anticipated opening of the season in June. William Walker, executive director of the state Department of Marine Resources, was given authority this past week to open the season when test trawls yield 68 shrimp per pound. Walker said a commercial shrimper [...]

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