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The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded Jefferson County a $35,000 two-year waste tire grant to continue the local waste tire collection program for small quantity generators of waste tires.

The Mississippi/FEMA Risk MAP Team will host a Flood Risk Open House from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018, in the Board of Directors room, Ridgeland City Hall, 304 Highway 51, Ridgeland, 39157. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Thursday for Stations 5 and 12A. There are currently no advisories issued across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories Wednesday for Stations 7, 7A, 9, 10, 11A, and 12B. Advisories remain in effect for Stations 5 and 12A.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Friday for Station 11 (Gulfport East Beach). Three advisories were issued for Stations 9, 12A, and 12B, and five other stations remain under an advisory.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) accepted nine renewal memberships into its enHance program for the 2018 class on Thursday.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Wednesday for Station 10B in Gulfport (East Courthouse Road Beach). Six other stations are under advisory.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Tuesday for Station 15 in Ocean Springs (Shearwater Beach). Seven other stations are under advisory.

The Mississippi/FEMA Risk MAP Team will host a Flood Risk Open House from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at the City of Pearl’s Community Room, located at 2420 Old Brandon Road, Pearl, 39208.