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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 24,2011
Tags: bribery, cleanup, county government, courts, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, hurricanes, sentencing, severe weather
HATTIESBURG — A federal judge has sentenced former Greene County Supervisor Earnest Holder to 6-1/2 years in prison for a bribery conviction. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett sentenced Holder yesterday in Hattiesburg. Holder was convicted in April of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, perjury before a grand jury and tax evasion. The Hattiesburg American reports [...] [...]
MONROE COUNTY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District has received a mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for debris cleanup in Monroe County, which was affected by a recent tornado. The solicitation number for this particular incident in Monroe County is W912EE-11-T-0012. Responses will only be received from small [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The state Department of Marine Resources has ordered local municipalities to end their oil spill cleanup efforts. DMR executive director Bill Walker tells The Sun Herald he made the decision to ask the governments to halt work, but had consulted with the state Department of Environmental Quality and the Governor’s Office. [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: August 11,2010
Tags: ', cleanup, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, manufacturing, offshore drillng, oil and gas, oil spill, shipbuilding
OCEAN SPRINGS — Yesterday, Ocean Springs Mayor Connie Moran welcomed State Rep. John Mayo, chair of the House Conservation and Water Resources Committee, and a delegation of state representatives to review the state’s fourth, multi-purpose Overing Oil Piranha rapid response vessel that is fighting the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This Piranha is [...] [...]
WESSON — An environmental cleanup has begun at a former industrial site in Wesson. The 10-acre site once housed the Potter Company, which manufactured electronic noise filters used on airplanes and in computers. John Miksa, project manager for First Environment, a nationwide environmental cleanup agency, said the site would be graded and greened in about [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — BP says the cost of the company’s response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached about $1.25 billion. The company announced the total in a news release today. BP says the figure does not include $360 million for a project to build six sand berms meant to [...] [...]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) officials have assured state lawmakers that the cleanup of coal ash spilled into the Emory River in East Tennessee is not a health risk. TVA officials addressed the Joint Conservation and Environment Committee yesterday. In Dec. 2008, about 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash laced with arsenic [...] [...]
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