by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: air quality, emmissions, environment, fabricate, fabricator, fine, goods, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, paint, penalty, pollution, pollution control, products, state agency, wildlife
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: contaminate, ecology, ecosystem, environment, fabricate, fabrication, fabricator, fine, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, pollution, portable toilet, sewage, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, state agency, waste, wildlife
PASCAGOULA — Ingalls Shipbuilding has paid a $33,775 fine after a portable toilet dumped untreated waste into the East Pascagoula River for more than six years. Spokesman Bill Glenn says that the toilet station was connected to a storm drain at the Pascagoula shipyard after 2005′s Hurricane Katrina, instead of to the sewer system. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 18,2012
Tags: commercial fishing, death, facility, fatality, federal agency, federal government, feed, fine, fish, fishing, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, penalty, plant, safety, violation, workplace
MOSS POINT — A federal safety agency has proposed fines of $79,200 for Omega Protein Inc. for 25 safety and health violations found after the death of a worker who got caught in a rotating screw conveyor. The Sun Herald reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its findings yesterday from an inspection in [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a civil penalty of $5.7 million against Purchase Power Solutions, LCC, ELH Consulting, LCC, doing business as Proactive Planning Solutions, LLC and Lisa Miller. Presley said that over 390 complaints had been filed at the PSC regarding alleged calls in violation of Mississippi Do-Not-Call law. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: city, environment, federal agency, federal government, fine, infrastructure, law, municipal government, municipality, pollution, sewer, wastewater, water
JACKSON — After decades of neglecting its sewer system, the city of Jackson soon will face a staggering bill to rebuild it properly. The Jackson City Council could authorize soon a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency in which the city would agree to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on sewer upgrades and pay [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 24,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, city, executive, fine, gay, lesbian, mayor, misappropriation, municipal government, municipality, penalty, repayment, SCANDAL, scheme, sex, state agency, state government, tax, taxpayer
SOUTHAVEN — A north Mississippi mayor under scrutiny for alleged questionable spending of city money says he’s being persecuted. Southaven Mayor Greg Davis testified yesterday in Hinds County Chancery Court, trying to convince a judge to block Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering from garnishing his paycheck. Judge Dewayne Thomas issued a temporary restraining order last week [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: bench, courts, employee, employment, fine, illegal immigrant, illegals, immigrants, immigration, jail, judge, prison, restitution, sentence, sentencing, visa, work visa, worker
GULFPORT — A 41-year-old South Florida businessman has been sentenced to prison, fined and ordered to pay $197,000 to 29 victims of visa fraud. The Sun Herald reports Michael V. Lombardi received a prison term of four years and three months, was fined $10,000 and given three years of probation after he serves his full [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has fined a Nevada company $20,000 for violations of the Mississippi “No-Call” law and rules associated with enforcing the law. Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley announced the fine. Presley says the fine was against Worldwide Commerce Associates, LLC of Carson City, Nev. Presley says Worldwide Commerce Associates violated [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 8,2012
Tags: city, debt, fine, garnish, garnishment, mayor, municipal government, municipality, paycheck, payment, tax, taxpayer
SOUTHAVEN — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering paid a surprise visit to Southaven Mayor Greg Davis at a city meeting and announced plans to garnish the mayor’s paycheck. The Commercial Appeal reports Pickering returned $96,000 in disputed funds repaid by Davis last night, but announced plans to take the mayor’s paycheck to recover another $70,000. Pickering [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 7,2012
Tags: arrest, beg, begging, city council, councilman, fine, jail, money, municipal government, panhandle, panhandler, panhanling
JACKSON — Jackson City Councilman Quentin Whitwell wants to make it more costly to panhandle in downtown Jackson by increasing fines and possible jail sentences for repeat offenses. Whitwell tells The Clarion-Ledger residents have complained more and more lately of being accosted when they go downtown. While acknowledging the ordinance won’t solve the problem on [...] [...]
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