Permit Board
The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board takes action on permits administered through MDEQ. The Permit Board issues, reissues, modifies, denies, transfers, and revokes Mississippi permits and certifications administered under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, state mining laws, and state water resource control laws.
The membership of the Permit Board is set by statute. Seven of the Permit Board members serve by virtue of the state office they hold. The remaining two members are appointed by the Governor and must be a retired professional engineer and a retired water well contractor.
Dennis Riecke – ChairMississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
James Hoffmann – Vice ChairMDEQ Office of Land and Water Resources
Leslie RoyalsMississippi State Department of Health
Jennifer WittmannMississippi Department of Marine Resources
Howard LeachMississippi State Oil & Gas Board
Chris McDonaldMississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce
David DockeryMDEQ Office of Geology
(Revised November, 2017)
Permit Board Meeting Date/Time/ Location:
Normally held the second Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
MDEQ, 515 E. Amite St.
Jackson, MS 39201
Commission Hearing Room
For questions regarding the meeting date, time or location, please call (601)961-5101
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Documents (FOFCOLs):
An explanation of permit board decisions in contested permit board matters.
