News Release 2018 Archive
January
MRC Announces Annual Recycling Awareness Day at the State Capitol
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to DeSoto County
Gov. Bryant and Other Officials To Dedicate Nunnelee Office Building
February
MDEQ Issues Advisory for Station 1 in Hancock County
Gov. Bryant Designates MDEQ to Administer VW Trust Funds
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Warren County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Yazoo City
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Claiborne County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Planning Grant to Neshoba County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Planning Grant to Northeast Mississippi Solid Waste Authority
USGS to Collect Data Using Helicopter in Mississippi Delta
MDEQ Issues Advisory for Station 10 in Gulfport
MDEQ Issues Four Beach Advisories
MDEQ Issues Advisory for Station 9 in Gulfport
Turkey Creek Project Public Meeting
March
MDEQ Lifts Two Advisories in Gulfport Eight Other Advisories in Effect
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Area of Coldwater
MDEQ Lifts Five Beach Advisories Three Other Advisories in Effect
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Attala County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Harrison County for April HHW Event
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Amite County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to McComb
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Lincoln County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Planning Grant to Grenada County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Planning Grant to Smith County
**Correction: Station 1 Remains Under Advisory**
MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Advisories in Harrison County Two Other Advisories in Effect
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Jackson County
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Hancock County-No Advisories in Effect Across Mississippi Gulf Coast
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory for Station 7 in Harrison County
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory for Station 15 in Jackson County
MDEQ to Host VW Trust Funds Public Meetings in April
MDEQ Issues Three Beach Advisories Two Others in Effect
MDEQ Issues Three Beach Advisories Five Others in Effect
April
Hinds County and Claiborne County Flood Risk Open House
Rankin County, Scott County and Smith County Flood Risk Open House
MDEQ Lifts Advisory for Station 15 in Ocean Springs
MDEQ Lifts Advisory for Station 10B in Gulfport — Six Others in Effect
MDEQ Recognizes 2018 enHance Members
MDEQ Lifts Advisory for Station 11 and Issues Three Advisories — Five Others in Effect
MDEQ Lifts Six Beach Advisories
MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Advisories
Madison County Flood Risk Open House
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Jefferson County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Oktibbeha County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Yalobusha County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Jackson County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Itawamba County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Covington County
MDEQ Awards Two Solid Waste Assistance Grants to Grenada County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tunica County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Prentiss County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Jones County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lauderdale County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Newton County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tippah County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Winston County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Pontotoc County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Hinds County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Walthall County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lincoln County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Sharkey County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Kemper County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Adams County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Rankin County
Administrator Pruitt Approves $26M to State of Mississippi for Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Activities
MDEQ to Host VW Trust Funds Public Meetings in April
MDEQ Issues Seven Beach Advisories
MDEQ Issues Three Beach Advisories Seven Others in Effect
MDEQ to Host VW Trust Funds Public Meetings in April
MDEQ Lifts Four Beach Advisories
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Area of Coldwater
MDEQ Lifts Four Beach Advisories-Two Others in Effect
MDEQ Lifts One Beach Advisory One Other in Effect
May
MDEQ Issues Eight Beach Advisories and Lifts One
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories
MDEQ Lifts Ten Beach Advisories No Advisories in Effect Across the Mississippi Gulf Coast
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Hollis Creek in Oktibbeha County
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories in Gulfport
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories Friday in Gulfport
MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Advisories in Gulfport Two Other Advisories in Effect
June
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories in Pass Christian
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Gulfport Three Other Advisories in Effect
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory for Station in Biloxi
MDEQ Issues Air Quality Action Day for DeSoto County
MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Advisories for Stations in Pass Christian
MDEQ Lifts Water Contact Advisory for Hollis Creek in Oktibbeha County
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Gulfport
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Harrison County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Claiborne County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Leake County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Bolivar County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Carroll County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Pike County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Simpson County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Wilkinson County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to George County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Marshall County
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories in Pass Christian
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Biloxi
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to the City of Picayune
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tate County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Tishomingo County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Hancock County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Madison County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Franklin County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Union County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Stone County
July
MDEQ Awards $295,000 to 17 School Districts for New School Buses
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Pass Christian
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Pass Christian — No Advisories in Effect Across the Coast
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory for Station 19 (Pascagoula Beach West)
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory for Station 19 (Pascagoula Beach West)
MDEQ Issues Closure for Segment of Beach in Bay St. Louis
William Carey University School of Pharmacy Opens at Tradition Campus
MDEQ Lifts Closure for Segment of Beach in Bay St. Louis
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory for Station 1 in Bay St. Louis
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory for Station 15 in Ocean Springs
MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Advisories for Station 15 and Station 1
August
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory in Pass Christian
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory in Long Beach
MDEQ Lifts Advisory for Gulfport Area Water Bodies
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisory in Gulfport
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Pascagoula No Advisories Across the Coast
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Water Bodies in Gulfport Area
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Gulfport
MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Advisories in Harrison County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Quitman County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Coahoma County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Lincoln County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Humphreys County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Jefferson County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Washington County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Walthall County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Lamar County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Jefferson Davis County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Sharkey County
MDEQ Issues Three Beach Advisories Advisory Remains in Effect for Station 20
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory for Station 12B in Biloxi Advisory Remains in Effect for Station 20
MDEQ Issues Beach Advisories for Station 12B and Station 20
September
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories Six Others in Effect
MDEQ Issues Three Beach Advisories and Lifts One
MDEQ Lifts Two Beach Advisories in Harrison County Four Others in Effect
MDEQ Issues Water Contact Advisory for Hopson Bayou in Tutwiler
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories Four Others in Effect
MDEQ Issues Two Beach Advisories and Lifts One
October
MDEQ to Host Mississippi Restoration Summit on November 13
Seeking Water from Above: Low-Level Helicopter to Fly Above Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Justice Department, EPA, State Of Mississippi Reach Nationwide Settlement With Chevron U.S.A. Inc. To Address Chemical Accident Prevention Violations
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Ocean Springs No Advisories in Effect
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Gulfport One Other in Effect
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Biloxi Two Others in Effect
MDEQ Lifts Four Beach Advisories
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Gulfport
MDEQ Isssues Two Beach Advisories and Lifts One Six Others in Effect
MDEQ Lifts Beach Advisory in Biloxi Seven Others in Effect
November
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Noxubee County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to City of Pontotoc
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Marion County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Monroe County
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to City of Fulton
MDEQ Awards Solid Waste Assistance Grant to Quitman County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Kemper County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Alcorn County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Washington County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Tate County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Marshall County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Smith County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Clarke County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Warren County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Amite County
MDEQ Awards Waste Tire Grant to Yalobusha County
MDEQ Announces 10 Restoration Projects