by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
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WATER VALLEY — A laboratory owner charged with faking wastewater samples wants a judge to dismiss evidence taken from her computer because she claims she was stressed, “without coffee” and intimidated when she gave it to federal agents. Tennie White, owner of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., faces trial tomorrow on charges of faking wastewater [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 1,2013
Tags: college, education, higher education, laboratory, marine life, postsecondary education, public university, research, science, scientist, settlement, state agency, state government, university, wildlife
HATTIESBURG — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has presented the University of Southern Mississippi with a check for $432,307 in the President’s Conference Room at the Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building on the University’s Hattiesburg campus. The funds are part of a settlement agreement reached in 2002 resolving long standing land issues on a piece [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 24,2013
Tags: classroom, college, construction, ecosystem, education, education center, environment, expand, expansion, higher education, laboratory, marine science, postsecondary education, public university, research, science, university, water, wetlands, wildlife
OCEAN SPRINGS — The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory is growing, with near-term plans to open an 8,300-square-foot, four-classroom and lab addition in May and long-term plans to erect an $18-million Marine Education Center. The Mississippi Press reports the Marine Education Center is the education and outreach arm of the lab, and both are part of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
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WATER VALLEY — A hearing is scheduled today on a motion to dismiss the charges against a laboratory owner charged with faking wastewater samples she was hired to test for a company in Mississippi. Tennie White, who owns Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was indicted Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court in Jackson. The indictment [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: contaminant, contamination, ecosystem, environment, laboratory, pollution, soil, testing, wastewater, water, wildlife
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 2,2013
Tags: ecosystem, environment, falsifying records, federal agency, federal government, fraud, laboratory, pollution, sewer, state agency, testing, wastewater, water, wildlife
WATER VALLEY — Federal prosecutors want a judge to prohibit defense lawyers from saying a laboratory owner’s past environmental activism is the reason behind her prosecution on charges of faking wastewater samples. Tennie White, owner of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was indicted Nov. 7 on charges of making false statements and obstruction related to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 5,2012
Tags: angling, college, ecosystem, environmernt, fingerling, fish, fisherman, higher education, laboratory, outdoors, reef, sports, university, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and Aqua Green, LLC are partnering to produce popular recreational fish such as spotted seatrout, red snapper and cobia for release into Mississippi waters. The group is releasing hundreds of red snapper fingerlings onto offshore [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 20,2012
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STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory is receiving funding to support an enhanced multi-state research program examining effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. The award is among 19 grants out of 629 letters of intent announced recently by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Approximately $20 million will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: accusation, charge, falsifying, fraud, infrastructure, lab, laboratory, sewage, sewer, test, testing, wastewater
JACKSON — The owner of an environmental laboratory in Mississippi has been charged with falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples that she was hired to test. Tennie White, owner and sole operator of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was indicted in U.S. District Court in Jackson. She’s charged with two counts of making false statements [...] [...]
OCEAN SPRINGS — The new $2-million Marine Environmental Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs will be used for ecosystem research. Laboratory officials hosted a tour this week. The lab is located at University of Southern Mississippi’s Cedar Point site, which part of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. GCRL director William Hawkins says the facility is divided [...] [...]