News Release 2015 Archive
January
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Yalobusha County January 5
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Carroll County January 5
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Pine Belt January 5
February
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Location in Waveland February 6
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Waveland February 10
MDEQ To Host Resource Summits Next Week February 19
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Canton February 23
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Covington County February 23
March
MDEQ Issues Two Water Contact Advisories in Harrison County March 13
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Prentiss County March 17
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tate County March 17
MDEQ and EPA To Host Hercules Public Availability Sessions March 18
MDEQ Issues One Water Contact Advisory March 18
MDEQ Issues One Water Contact Advisory March 19
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Gulfport March 21
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Biloxi March 24
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Location in Pass Christian March 26
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Gulfport March 27
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Pass Christian March 31
April
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Location in Gulfport April 8
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Location in Gulfport April 9
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Gulfport April 10
MDEQ Recognizes 2015 enHance Members April 16
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories for Locations in Harrison and Jackson Counties April 18
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories for Locations in Harrison County April 22
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories April 23
MDEQ Awards $20,000 Waste Tire Grant to Grenada County April 24
MDEQ Awards $55,000 Waste Tire Grant to Hancock County April 24
MDEQ Awards $80,000 Waste Tire Grant to Three Rivers April 24
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories April 24
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories April 25
MDEQ Awards $50,000 Waste Tire Grant to Leflore County April 29
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Calhoun County April 29
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Oktibbeha County April 29
May
MDEQ Lifts Three Water Contact Advisories May 1
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisories for Three Locations in Harrison County May 6
MDEQ Issues Beach Closure in Biloxi May 7
MDEQ Issues Two Water Contact Advisories May 7
MDEQ Issues One Water Contact Advisory May 8
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories and One Closure May 9
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories May 13
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Benton County May 14
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Chickasaw County May 14
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lawrence County May 14
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lawrence County May 14
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Pontotoc County May 14
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tishomingo County May 14
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Union County May 14
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Ridgeland May 18
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tchula May 18
MDEQ Issues Two Water Contact Advisories in Gulfport May 20
NRDA Public Meeting June 4 in Long Beach
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport May 21
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories in Gulfport May 22
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport May 23
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to DeSoto County May 28
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Forrest County May 28
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Grenada County May 28
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lowndes County May 28
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Marshall County May 28
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tallahatchie County May 28
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tippah County May 28
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Washington County May 28
June
MDEQ Awards $86,000 Waste Tire Grant to Northeast Mississippi SWA June 3
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Bolivar County June 3
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Coahoma County June 3
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Hancock County SWMA June 3
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lafayette County June 3
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Monroe County June 3
MDEQ Awards Two Grants to Stone County June 3
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport June 3
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Gulfport June 9
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Gulfport June 12
MDEQ Awards $51,500 Waste Tire Grant to Harrison County Utility Authority June 15
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Alcorn County for HHW Event and Illegal Dumping Enforcement June 15
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Choctaw County for Illegal Dumping Enforcement June 15
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lamar County for White Goods Collection June 15
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Winona for Recycling June 15
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Yalobusha County for Illegal Dumping Clean Up June 15
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustees Extend Public Comment Period on the Draft Phase IV Early Restoration Plan to July 6
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Hattiesburg for HHW Event June 16
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Jackson County Illegal Dumping Clean Up and HHW Event June 16
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Quitman County for Illegal Dumping Enforcement June 16
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Sunflower County for White Goods Collection June 16
WaterFest Announced for June 27
MDEQ Awards $54,000 Waste Tire Grant to Warren County June 29
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Charleston June 29
July
Mississippi Reaches Landmark Agreement in BP Oil Spill Disaster Case July 2
MDEQ Issues Temporary Water Advisory for Josey Creek in Oktibbeha County July 21
MDEQ TO CONDUCT SURVEY ON LEAF RIVER July 22
August
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Kemper County August 1
GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL RELEASES DRAFT INITIAL FUNDED PRIORITIES LIST August 13
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory August 27
MDEQ Awards $15,000 Waste Tire Grant to Panola County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Adams County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Attala County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Claiborne County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Clarke County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Copiah County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Humphreys County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Issaquena County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Jasper County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lincoln County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Morton August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Noxubee County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Pike County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Starkville August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Warren County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Wilkinson County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Winston County August 31
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Yazoo County August 31
MDEQ Awards Two Grants to Newton County August 31
MDEQ Awards Two Grants to Rankin County August 31
MDEQ Awards Two Grants to Tunica County August 31
MDEQ Awards Two Solid Waste Assistance Grants to Hinds County August 31
MDEQ Has Awarded Smith County A Solid Waste Assistance Grant August 31
September
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Pass Christian September 2
MDEQ To Conduct Survey On Leaf River September 29
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Carroll County September 30
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Clay County September 30
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Leake County September 30
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Pearl River County for HHW Event September 30
October
MDEQ Announces Two Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Documents Available for Public Comment October 5
MDEQ Issues Beach Closure in Biloxi October 15
Mississippi Based RESTORE Act Center of Excellence Selected as the RESTORE Research Center of Excellence October 15
MDEQ Lifts Beach Closure in Biloxi October 23
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Riverdale Creek October 26
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Location in Ocean Springs October 30
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Location in Waveland October 30
November
Governor’s Task Force to Host Irrigation and Water Conservation Summit November 2
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Location in Pascagoula November 5
Gov. Bryant Announces Four Eco-restoration Projects Following BP Disaster November 10
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Station in Waveland November 10
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory in Waveland November 11
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory in Bay St. Louis November 13
MDEQ Lifts Two Water Contact Advisories November 17
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory in Gulfport November 24
Governor’s Task Force to Host Irrigation and Water Conservation Summit November 30