GULFPORT — A hazardous-materials crew is working around the clock to clean up a corrosive liquid spill at Channel Chemical Corp. Earl Etheridge of the state Department of Environmental Quality tells The Sun Herald he expects the cleanup will take two or three days. Etheridge said the spill at the Gulfport plant apparently occurred yesterday [...] [...]
D’IBERVILLE — The owner of a D’Iberville cabinet shop that was destroyed by fire says the family business will be operating again soon. Bobby Grimes Jr., made the vow yesterday after the fire destroyed the Grimes Cabinets & Tops building. The Grimes family already has a building ready to house the business. They built it [...] [...]
PASCAGOULA — A 66-year-old Pascagoula man died in an industrial accident at VT Halter Marine. Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus tells The Mississippi Press Lee Thibodeaux died yesterday of blunt force trauma to the upper body. At about 11 a.m., Pascagoula police responded to the accident at the shipyard. Authorities say the accident involved sandblasting [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2011
Tags: accident, attorneys, disaster, disaster recovery, electricity, energy, environment, generation, law, lawyers, legal fees, power, utilities
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority has spent almost $11 million so far on outside legal help to battle lawsuits from the Kingston Plant coal ash spill. The nation’s largest public utility told The Associated Press it paid about $10.8 million to the Shook Hardy & Bacon law firm of Kansas City, Mo. The [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 15,2011
Tags: accident, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, tourism, tourists, visitors
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) trustees have released the Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan & Environmental Assessment (DERP/EA) for formal public comment. It is the first in an anticipated series of plans to begin restoration of the Gulf of Mexico to compensate for natural resource [...] [...]
PANOLA COUNTY — Panola County authorities are investigating what caused a natural gas pipeline explosion and fire near Batesville that forced the evacuation of 20 to 30 families. There were no injuries or fatalities related to yesterday’s incident. Authorities allowed the fire from the ruptured Tennessee Gas Pipeline line to burn out overnight. The pipeline [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 16,2011
Tags: accident, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, environment, explosion, lawsuit, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, state government, tourism
JACKSON — A federal judge has ruled that Attorney General Jim Hoods’ lawsuit against the administrator of BP’s $20-billion oil spill fund to get access to claims filed by coastal residents will be heard in state court. Hood filed the lawsuit in Hinds County in July. The fund’s administrator, Washington lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, tried to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2011
Tags: accident, cleanup, disaster, disaster recovery, environment, explosion, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, oil spill, petroleum
GULF OF MEXICO — BP official say they need about a week of favorable weather to complete the cleanup of Horn Island in the Mississippi Gulf of Mexico. “Our guys in operations feel like that in a good five to seven days we can do that cleanup on the south shore of Horn,” said BP [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 11,2011
Tags: accident, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, fuel, gas, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum
GULF OF MEXICO — The Department of Interior says it has set a December date for the next Gulf offshore oil and natural gas lease sale — the first such sale since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and BP oil spill. The Dec. 14 sale will take place in New Orleans in the Superdome and include [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 9,2011
Tags: accident, cleanup, disaster, disaster recovery, explosion, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, oil spill, petroleum
GULF OF MEXICO — BP will no longer be responsible for cleaning up oil that washes up on the Gulf Coast unless officials can prove it comes from the company’s well that blew out in 2010, causing the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, according to a plan approved by the Coast Guard and obtained [...] [...]
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