News Release 2013 Archive
January
Transocean Agrees to Plead Guilty to Environmental Crime and Enter Civil Settlement to Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims from Deepwater Horizon Incident January 3
GoCoast 2020 Final Report to be released on Monday in Biloxi January 25
GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT ANNOUNCES GOCOAST 2020’s FINAL REPORT January 28
Feburary
MDEQ Issues Three Temporary Water Advisories for Areas in Jackson February 13
MDEQ Executive Director Invites Public To Comment On Gulf Restoration February 14
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Three Locations February 15
MDEQ Lifts Three Water Contact Advisories February 20
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Three Locations In Hancock County February 22
March
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory For Another Location March 1
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Two Locations March 1
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Several Locations March 2
MDEQ Accepts Nine New Members into the enHance Program March 4
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory For Another Location March 5
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory For Location March 7
MDEQ Lifts Four Water Contact Advisories March 8
MDEQ’s Trudy Fisher to Update Restoration Project March 22
April
EPA Designates Center of Excellence for Watershed Management at Mississippi State University April 9
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory For One Location in Gulfport April 25
May
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Five Locations May 1
Gov. Bryant Announces $69 Million in Gulf Restoration Projects May 2
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory For Eubanks Creek In Jackson May 7
MDEQ Lifts A Water Contact Advisory in Hancock County May 7
MDEQ Lifts Five Water Contact Advisories May 8
MDEQ Lifts One Water Contact Advisory in Harrison County May 9
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory For Brashear Creek In Ridgeland May 10
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory For Hopson Bayou in Tallahatchie County May 22
Trudy Fisher Announces Release of Draft Restoration Plan May 23
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council releases Draft Initial Comprehensive Plan May 23
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory For Joe’s Bayou and Adjacent Waters in Hancock County May 28
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Three Locations in Gulfport May 31
June
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Two Locations in Harrison County June 1
Natural Resource Trustees to Hold Public Meetings on Gulf of Mexico Restoration June 4
MDEQ Lifts Temporary Advisory For Brashear Creek In Ridgeland June 4
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories in Harrison County June 5
Deepwater Horizon Response Transitions to National Response Center Reporting June 10
MDEQ Issues Beach Closure for Section of Beach in Biloxi June 17
MDEQ Lifts Beach Closure in Biloxi June 20
MDEQ Announces Availability of $1 Million for Cooperative Recycling Grants June 20
MDEQ Lifts Temporary Advisory For Joe’s Bayou and Adjacent Waters in Hancock County June 21
July
Low Oxygen, Algae Cause of Fish Kill July 1
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory for the Chickasway River and Two Tributaries July 1
Deepwater Horizon Response Transitions to National Response Center Reporting June 10
Mississippi Asking for Public Input on Types of Early Restoration Needed in Gulf July 11
MDEQ Water Quality Study in Scott County Will Use Red Dye July 22
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory For Three Mile Creek and Pearl River in Jackson July 27
MDEQ Lifts Temporary Advisory for the Chickasway River and Two Tributaries July 31
August
MDEQ Issues Temporary Advisory for Terrapin Skin Creek and Richland Creek in Rankin County August 1
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Two Locations in Harrison County August 9
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories For Two Locations in Harrison County and Jackson County August 10
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories August 13
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories August 14
MDEQ Lifts Closure for Bayou Casotte August 23
MDEQ Water Quality Study in Scott County Will Use Red Dye August 26
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory August 30
September
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory For Location in Harrison County September 19
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory September 24
October
GEOLOGIC MAP DAY IN MISSISSIPPI October 15
MDEQ To Announce State of the Art Process For Public Involvement - Restoring The Coast October 16
MDEQ Lifts Two Temporary Water Advisories October 23
MDEQ Lifts Two Temporary Water Advisories October 23
MDEQ Issues Temporary Water Advisory for Section of Pearl River October 29
November
MDEQ Announces Mississippi Restoration Projects November 13
MDEQ Receives $7.5 million for Gulf Restoration Projects in Mississippi November 14
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory For Location in Harrison County November 20
MDEQ Lifts Advisory in Biloxi November 22