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Department of Environmental Quality developing water sources plan

Ted Carter — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:09 +0000

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is preparing regulations that will govern how oil and gas companies use both surface and below-ground water sources in their water-intensive hydraulic fracturing operations in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale development. What the agency comes up with could determine whether Mississippi ever sees the billions of dollars in economic impact [...]

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Milner becomes specialist

MBJ Staff — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:01:42 +0000

Derick Milner, graduate engineer with Neel-Schaffer Inc., has recently become a certified municipal separate storm sewer system specialist (CMS4S). This certification is useful in auditing Phase I and Phase II cities and counties permitted by the Environmental Protection Agency. This particular storm water certification is especially rare as there are only 200 certified in the [...]

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Barlow named Entergy VP

MBJ Staff — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:01:32 +0000

Chuck Barlow has been named vice president of environmental policy and strategy for Entergy Corporation. Barlow, who has served Entergy as environmental associate and assistant general counsel since 2003, has an extensive background in environmental law and litigation. Barlow’s contributions at Entergy have included litigation such as Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper and other cases before [...]

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Sampling to begin at wells near old Hercules plant

Associated Press — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:14 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality says it expects the owners of the old Hercules plant to begin checking water this month at eight private wells near the plant. Officials say that Ashland Inc., which now owns the site, will need permission from property owners to sample the wells. Tests found contamination after [...]

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Reed named principal

MBJ Staff — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:48:02 +0000

Clovis Reed has joined Stone-Adams Financial Partners, a business development and consulting firm, as a principal. Reed will be primarily responsible for developing financial solutions for governments and businesses working with challenging growth issues. Reed will transition in January from his duties as administrator for Rankin County, a position he has held for six years. [...]

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Natchez hopes 2011 the year Rentech gets off the ground

Amy McCullough — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:00:55 +0000

Since 2006, Rentech has promised to be the Nissan of the Natchez area, providing more than 2,000 jobs, if only they can get it started. Rentech is actually the name of a California-based company that plans to build a clean fuel manufacturing plant in Mississippi. The facility would gasify coal and petroleum coke to produce [...]

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BP oil disaster

Wally Northway — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:21 +0000

Deepwater Horizon gaff, which killed 11, had economic impact on Mississippi Coast as well as national and international politics On April 20, Mississippians learned that the oil platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 50 miles south of the Louisiana Coast had exploded costing 11 lives. While tragic, it seemed far away from [...]

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McGee-Collier named to new MDEQ position

MBJ Staff — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:00:04 +0000

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has selected Melissa McGee-Collier as the director of the Office of Community Engagement. This newly created position will coordinate environmental justice, community engagement, and workforce events. McGee-Collier has been with MDEQ since 1995 and has held previous positions in the Air Division, in the Environmental Compliance Enforcement Division’s Timber [...]

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MDEQ welcomes new enHance members

Wally Northway — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:30:35 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) recently accepted 11 new members into its enHance program. enHance is a voluntary stewardship program begun in 2009 that recognizes committed environmental leaders who accomplish goals beyond their legal requirements. enHance is open to facilities, cities, counties and other entities that are interested in the [...]

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First ARRA/WPCRLF funds released

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:29:14 +0000

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced that four communities have been approved for subsidized low-interest loans for wastewater infrastructure improvements. The funding is being made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund Program (WPCRLF) administered by MDEQ. These are the first [...]

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