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Gov. Phil Bryant and Attorney General Jim Hood announced today in Biloxi that Mississippi has reached an agreement in principle with BP to settle claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The settlement will bring approximately $1.5 billion in additional relief to Mississippi over the next 17 years. Combined with $659 million in early funding, Mississippi is receiving a total of nearly $2.2 billion in compensation.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded the City of Charleston a solid waste assistance grant of $15,000 that will be used by the city for clean up of illegal dumping. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded Warren County a $54,000 waste tire grant to continue the local waste tire collection program for small quantity generators of waste tires. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded the City of Hattiesburg a solid waste assistance grant of $75,000 that will be used by the city for a household hazardous waste (HHW) collection event in November of 2015. A specific date has not yet determined. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded the Harrison County Utility Authority a $51,500 waste tire grant to continue the local waste tire collection program for small quantity generators of waste tires. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded Lamar County a solid waste assistance grant of $25,000 that will be used by the county to continue the white goods (large appliances) collection program. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded Yalobusha County a solid waste assistance grant of $16,513 that will be used by the county for clean up of illegal dumping. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded the City of Winona a solid waste assistance grant of $15,000 that will be used by the city for local recycling efforts. 

“The Solid Waste Assistance Grants support a variety of useful solid waste management activities for cities and counties, and this grant will assist Winona’s efforts in improving their management of solid waste,” said Gary Rikard, MDEQ Executive Director.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded Choctaw County a solid waste assistance grant of $10,985 that will be used by the county for enforcement efforts to combat illegal dumping.