by Associated Press Published: January 26,2012
Tags: cleanup, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, tourism, tourist, visitors, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi’s shoreline after the Gulf oil spill.
In a federal suit filed last Friday in New Orleans, August Walter claims one of his BP bosses manipulated data on shoreline [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 26,2012
Tags: bridges, cleanup, courts, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, highways, hurricanes, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, law, money laundering, natural disaster, roads, severe weather, streets, transportation, travel, tropical weather, Weather
GULFPORT — The trial of a former county road manager from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and his wife has been rescheduled for May 14 in federal court in Gulfport.
Roger Ladner, Hancock County’s former road manager, and his wife, Sharon, have pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing them of being involved in a kickback scheme [...] [...]
PICKENS — A federal judge has sentenced former Holmes County Supervisor Larry Dennis to 30 months in prison
Dennis pleaded guilty in September in a bribery case related to cleanup from the April 2010 tornadoes that swept through Mississippi. The U.S. attorney’s office said that on two occasions in 2010, Dennis, who is 59 and from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2012
Tags: cleanup, environment, federal government, foresters, forestry, lumber, manufacturing, timber, trees, wood
LAMAR COUNTY — The Environmental Protection Agency has started the cleanup of the Davis Timber Superfund site in Lamar County and the length of the project and cost could turn out to be less than expected.
The Hattiesburg American reports EPA official Scott Martin from Atlanta has told supervisors that a November survey of the site [...] [...]
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 spokesman [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting today on cleanup of the Kerr-McGee Chemical plant site in Columbus.
In September, the EPA announced the Kerr-McGee plant had been added to its Superfund list, a program for cleaning up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites.
WTVA-TV reports the EPA will present an overview of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2011
Tags: cleanup, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, fraud, hurricanes, lawsuit, natural disaster, storms, tropical storms, tropical weather
JACKSON — Rosemary Ramirez Barbour plans to appeal more than $350,000 in penalties and damages she was ordered to pay after a judge said she defrauded the government on a Hurricane Katrina contract.
Barbour’s company, Alcatec, LLC, was awarded a contract after the 2005 hurricane to inspect and maintain Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers.
The FBI raided [...] [...]
GULFPORT — The cost to remove harmful chemicals from an old industrial site, Chemfax Inc. in Gulfport, is estimated at $2.5 million. That is what about 30 residents learned last night at a meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Sun Herald reports the EPA conducted an emergency cleanup in 1999 that cost $1 million to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 29,2011
Tags: cleanup, county government, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, flooding, floods, hail, natural disaster, rain, tornadoes, wind
MONROE COUNTY — Monroe County may be the first tornado-ravaged county to settle up with FEMA for costs related to the April 27 storms.
County administrator Sonny Clay tells WCBI-TV that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed off on debris cleanup in Smithville, Wren and other areas. All that’s left is some mop-up work [...] [...]
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