Industrial building, UDAG loans and police cars among Aberdeen aldermen discussions djournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from djournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Madison Co. landfill project not quite dead yet
Opponents drop challenge to Ridgeland annexation bid By WLBT Digital | February 10, 2021 at 2:25 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 3:35 PM
MADISON CO., Miss. (WLBT) - The Madison County landfill may not be dead yet.
On February 2, NCL waste abandoned the huge landfill project in Madison County.
However, two days later, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality received a letter asking the withdrawal be ignored and the landfill permit stay in tact.
Michael Billberry of NCL Waste asked the withdrawal be ignored after Team Waste Madison Landfill, LLC resigned as manager of NCL Waste.
The withdrawal was filed days after a judge dismissed two lawsuits that the wastewater treatment company had against the county and its board of supervisors.
Historic Black community fights military project on Coast land fouled by arsenic, lead Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Feb. 8 One last time, residents of North Gulfport have mustered to fight development of Mississippi State Port Authority property contaminated with lead and arsenic.
Three residents, the Anointed Temple A.O.H. Church of God and the nonprofit North Gulfport Community Land Trust are appealing a state decision to permit discharge of storm water from construction on the north port property, which is surrounded by hundreds of homes in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
Residents fear lead and arsenic will seep from the site into neighborhood ditches and area streams, including Turkey Creek. Port officials say the lead and arsenic pose no risk because they have been contained under a clay cap that the development will not disturb.
Shrimp boat stranded by Hurricane Zeta a headache for all
Shrimp boat stranded by Hurricane Zeta a headache for all By John Fitzhugh | January 29, 2021 at 7:55 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 9:02 PM
ST. MARTIN, Miss. (WLOX) - An early morning fuel spill at a shrimp dock has made a bad situation worse for neighbors in St. Martin.
The smell from the fuel spill on Friday, along with the noise from the clean-up, was annoying to residents who lived on the north side of the canal. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Coast Guard responded to the spill early Friday morning. Clean up was expected to be completed by the end of the day.
MDEQ Issues Beach Water Contact Advisory in Long Beach wxxv25.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wxxv25.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.