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.
Permit Board Members:
Chair: Jennifer Wittmann
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
Designee for Joe Spaggins, Executive Director
Vice Chair: Les Herrington
Mississippi State Department of Health
Director of Office of Environmental Health
David Snodgrass
Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board
Designee for Jess New, Director
David Dockery
Director of Office of Geology
Dennis Riecke
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
Designee for Sam Polles, Executive Director
Chris McDonald
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Designee for Andy Gipson, Commissioner
Chris Hawkins
MDEQ Office of Land and Water Resources
Designee for Kay Whittington, Director of Office of Land & Water Resources
Permit Board Meeting Date/Time/ Location:
Normally held the second Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
Toll free number: 1-888-822-7517
Access code 7856957
515 East 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.
