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

December

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustees Invite Public Comment on $627 Million in Proposed Early Restoration Gulf Projects December 6

MDEQ Promotes A Green Holiday Season Dec 20