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The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issued debris guidance Monday for residents and business owners in flood-impacted areas cleaning up flooded homes and businesses. In many cases, the debris may contain hazardous materials or contaminants mixed with other non-hazardous debris items. Non-hazardous wastes and debris will generally need to be disposed at a municipal solid waste landfill or a Class I rubbish disposal site or recycled at a legitimate recycling facility, where appropriate. Household hazardous materials may need to be managed and collected separately from other debris for disposal. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories for two beach monitoring stations on Thursday. Water samples at these stations show the areas have attained acceptable bacteria levels. There is currently one station that remains under an advisory, and one was issued for a station in Biloxi.The advisories have been lifted for: 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted water contact advisories for three beach monitoring stations on Wednesday. Water samples at these stations show the areas have attained acceptable bacteria levels. There are currently three stations that remain under an advisory. The six advisories were issued March 11.The advisories have been lifted for: 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories Friday for six sampling stations. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in these areas. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced on Thursday the receipt of a $17.43 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). The money will be used to fund a project titled “The Acquisition of Priority Tracts for Coastal Habitat Connectivity – Phase I.” This project was developed in consultation with state and federal resource agencies and is designed to remedy harm and reduce the risk of future harm to natural resources that were affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory for one beach monitoring station in Biloxi on Tuesday. Water samples at this station show the area has attained acceptable bacteria levels. There are currently no stations across the Mississippi Gulf Coast under an advisory.The advisory has been lifted for: 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued a water contact advisory today for a sampling station in Biloxi. This segment of beach is not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in this area. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded the City of Lexington a solid waste assistance grant of $25,000 that will be used by the city for expansion of the city’s recycling program. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) awarded Choctaw County a solid waste assistance grant of $32,958 that will be used by the county for solid waste enforcement officer funding. 

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded Lamar County a $30,000 two-year waste tire grant to continue the local waste tire collection program for small quantity generators of waste tires. And, the county also received a solid waste assistance grant of $22,941 for their white goods collection program.