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Airport Circle Community
Rockwell Grenada Lake Fact Sheet 01/2016Fact Sheet Riverdale Creek 01/2016Summary of and Potential Follow-up Actions to Airport Community Citizens Concerns July 2016Airport Circle Community Meeting August 2016MS State Department of Health City of Grenada Consumer Confidence Report 05/2016Information About Your Tap WaterAirport Circle Sample Results Conference Call Agenda for Discussion of Citizens Concerns February 2017Summary of Investigation of Neighborhood Concerns March 2017Correspondence to Onsite Testing request for Airport Circle June_July 2018Airport Circle Community August 2018 SamplingFact Sheet Airport Circle Sampling Results November 2019
Cherokee Concerned Citizens

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) continues to address community concerns about potential exposures to pollutants from air emission facilities in the Bayou Casotte Industrial park. The agency has been instrumental in creating collaborative efforts designed to bring varied groups, individuals and agencies together to work on problems that can potentially impact human health and the environment in the Pascagoula area. To date, MDEQ has promoted community engagement activities among the community and industries to discuss citizens’ concerns, industry activities, and evacuation plans. An air permitting workshop was designed and presented in July 2014 to educate citizens on the permitting process. The agency worked with the community on developing an Ambient Air Sampling Project Work Plan to determine if the area has emission levels that could pose an elevated risk to human health or the environment. In 2016, the MDEQ initiated the plan.

MDEQ’s goal in every community is to judiciously and appropriately respond to concerns regarding human health and the environment.

Oleo-X-Community Notice _ Change of OwnershipCommunity Fact Sheet No 1 April 2014 Efforts to Address Community ConcernsCommunity Fact Sheet No 2 October 2014 Air Monitoring for Sulfur DioxideCommunity Fact Sheet No 3 March 2016 MDEQ Conducts Ambient Air Sampling Community Notice September 2016 - 2016 Ambient Air SamplingPreliminary Cherokee Community Air Sampling Report January 2017Final Cherokee Community Air Sampling Report June 2018MS Phosphates Status Update March 2021 - Collaborative Community Meeting

Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring in the Cherokee Community, Pascagoula, MS 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality was awarded $500,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency Competitive Air Quality Monitoring Grant funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to monitor ambient air for the air pollutants of greatest concern to the Cherokee Community.

For additional information on the Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring in Pascagoula, MS, click here.

Mobile Bouie Homeowner Association
North Gulfport Landtrust
Turkey Creek Community Initiative
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