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Airport Community Fighting Contamination; Cherokee Concerned Citizens

The Solid Waste Policy, Planning, & Special Programs Branch of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality administers a variety of programs related to ensuring proper solid waste management in Mississippi.

There are various types of solid wastes which require special or extraordinary handling conditions due to the characteristics of the wastes or additional regulatory controls on the management of the wastes.

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the States, conducts the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) to identify and document the cost of capital needs required to meet the water quality and water-related public health goals of the Clean Water Act.

A brownfield is defined as, under certain legal exclusions and additions, real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

The Office of Geology's Publications and Map Sales Office is the public library for the Office of Geology located on the first floor of the 700 North State Street building. It is the clearinghouse for publications from the Office of Geology and also houses other resources pertaining to a variety of topics on Mississippi. 

n June 2005, the Mississippi Regulations for the Beneficial Use of Nonhazardous Solid Waste were adopted by the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality to provide a formal process for evaluating certain by-product materials for beneficial use as products.