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Supervisors: No application filed yet for proposed oilfield landfill – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper
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Supervisors: No application filed yet for proposed oilfield landfill
Published 9:52 am Wednesday, December 6, 2023
- The Adams County Board of Supervisors met Monday. From left, Supervisor Kevin Wilson, Supervisor Wes Middleton, Supervisor Angela Hutchins, and Supervisor Ricky Gray. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has not yet received an application for an oilfield waste dump in Adams County to prompt the need for a public hearing on the issue, supervisors said during their Monday meeting.
For the past month, the proposed dump has been a topic of concern for county residents who live near the planned site, which is located off U.S. 61 on Shieldsboro Road in southern Adams County.
Millicent Graning came to Monday’s meeting of the Adams County Board of Supervisors to inquire again about it.
Graning said she went to make a public records request for the county’s “amended solid waste management plan, required every county state,” which would be needed before the oilfield waste landfill is built.
However, that record doesn’t exist because that amendment would be prompted by an application submitted to MDEQ, which hasn’t been done yet, said Scott Slover, who is the supervisor’s attorney.
Supervisor Kevin Wilson, who owns the land to be sold to a company operating the landfill, stepped out of the meeting to avoid impropriety. But he previously said during an October meeting the need for such a facility is great in this area.
This was before attorney Slover informed him that being part of the discussion as a public official and the landowner would be improper.
“We used to have a place in Jefferson County at the dump up there but that dump is in such bad shape, we can’t do that anymore, so we have been shut down for probably two years. Any trucks in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have to go to a place close to Bossier City or another place in south Louisiana,” Wilson said.
Other supervisors have no authority concerning the waste dump and no zoning ordinances exist that would stop it from being built, Slover said.
“Before the board can make any type of determination to change its solid waste plan, you would have to have an application, which there has not ever been any application before,” he said. “So, nothing has changed on that end. … There’s a specific form that MDEQ has that has not been before this board.”
Slover said that once the county Board of Supervisors does receive the form from MDEQ, a public hearing would be held and residents who’ve come before the supervisors already to voice their concerns would be specifically notified in addition to a public notice being printed.
Graning said she is satisfied with that answer.
Graning added she is concerned about the state agency not having the authority to cite the new landfill for compliance issues.
“I was doing a little research and I did find out that in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to implement and govern (regulations) involving hazardous and solid waste,” Graning said. “The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Compliance is the regulating body that carries out these responsibilities and it ensures that any ensuing regulations are at least as stringent as those at the federal level. Mississippi is not able to take care of any corrective action … so if someone is out of compliance in Mississippi, then the (Environmental Protection Agency) has to step in. I think that’s what maybe is happening at the Jefferson County landfill is they’re having compliance issues, but there’s no one with the state that is able to get them back in compliance. …
“So, here’s my concern. If the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality cannot make someone stay in compliance and we’re going to be depending on a federal EPA, it doesn’t seem to be working in Jefferson County and I’m concerned that it’s not going to work here in Adams County.”
Although he wasn’t in the room for the discussion, Graning publicly urged supervisor Wilson to reconsider putting the landfill on his property, which is adjacent to a National Wildlife Refuge and a church.
“I would like there to be an industrial location for this, not out in the county next to where people live,” Graning said “They have water wells; they have hunting property. I don’t know what that centrifuge rating is or how loud that’s going to be if it runs 24 hours a day. But I just don’t know that this is the right location and I understand there’s been no application and until there’s an application for them it’s really all speculation. …
“I am asking Kevin to really reconsider locating somewhere else, just because I don’t think this is the right location and it’s across from a historic church.”
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Mississippi woman killed in two-vehicle crash in Grenada County
GRENADA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Mississippi woman was killed during a two-vehicle crash in Grenada County.
Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the crash occurred on Highway 7 just after 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 7.
Mississippi woman killed in head-on crash in Louisiana
According to MHP, a 2002 Toyota Sequoia was traveling north on the highway when the vehicle collided with a Mercedes van that was also traveling north.
The driver of the Mercedes, 53-year-old Loretta Hopkins, of Winona, died at the scene.
This crash remains under investigation by MHP.
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Mississippi State’s Loss Doesn’t Stop SEC from Owning Week Two in AP Top 25
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Outside of Mississippi State, Arkansas and Auburn, the SEC had a very successful Week Two of the college football season. The latest AP Top 25 poll reflects the strength of the SEC with 6 of the top 7 spots belonging to SEC teams.
Here’s a recap of how the ranked SEC teams fared in the second full week of the college football season:
Click here for a recap of the unranked SEC teams.
With the exception of giving up three points, this was probably exactly how Georgia expected this game to go. Carson Beck threw five touchdowns and the defense held Tennessee Tech to less than 150 yards of total offense. Anything less would be a surprise.
More than 100,000 people saw Texas come into Ann Arbor, Mich. and leave with a huge win. The Longhorns looked like the better team from the first drive of the game where they easily marched down the field. That Oct. 19 game in Austin against Georgia is looking better and better.
It was a lot closer than Alabama would’ve liked, but it’s a win that will fend off the “Nick Saban is gone, we’re doomed” crowd. At the same time, though, there were some things that crowd could point to at a later time.
Two games against inferior competition and Ole Miss has outscored its opponents 129-3. They’ll take a slight step up in competition next week against Wake Forest, but the Rebels are still about a month away from playing a team that will truly test them.
Missouri’s schedule just took an unexpected bump in its level of difficulty with No. 24 Boston College joining the top 25. Bill O’Brien is brilliant at game planning and calling plays (not so much with making trades, but that hasn’t reached the college ranks yet). Missouri needs to be on upset alert (and ready to stop the run).
This happens every year. Tennessee looks really good to start the season and by the end Volunteer fans are saying next year is their year. But maybe this year is their year with the way Nico Iamaleava has been playing.
Of the two SEC newcomers, Texas is getting most of the attention which makes sense based on the current teams. But folks, don’t sleep on the Sooners. They ruined many of my own childhood memories growing up in Texas. This week’s way-too close game doesn’t help that argument, but think long term.
LSU was one of three SEC teams to play FCS schools after playing top 25 teams last week. The Tigers and Texas A&M both lost, while Georgia won. So, it’s not surprising to see each of them play FCS teams and neither were any of the results.
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Arizona State RB Cam Skattebo ‘disrespected’ by Mississippi State football’s defensive game plan
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Cam Skattebo slammed Mississippi State on the football field on Saturday night and also took another jab afterward in his postgame press conference.
The Arizona State running back, following a 30-23 Sun Devils win at Mountain America Stadium, took exception to MSU only utilizing three defenders on the line of scrimmage. The results were damning.
Arizona State (2-0) rushed for 346 yards. It was the most allowed by Mississippi State (1-1) in a game since Arkansas in 2016. Skattebo’s 262 rushing yards on 33 carries were the second-most in ASU history.
“They couldn’t stop us in that three-down front,” Skattebo said when asked what made ASU’s run game successful. “Honestly, we all felt disrespected with them in a three-down front. You can’t come in here and put five guys in the box and expect to stop six. I don’t know. We took that a little disrespectful, and we rushed for what over 300 yards? Something around there. It is what it is.”
Skattebo, a 5-foot-11, 215-pound junior, also led Arizona State with 35 receiving yards on three catches.
“I knew these dudes were big and heavy,” he said. “We knew going into the game they weren’t as physical as most other teams but they’re heavy. So when they hit you, it hurts, no matter how hard they’re coming — 300 pounds at 10 miles per hour or 16 miles per hour hurts the same. I just kept my feet moving.”
Mississippi State trailed 30-3 in the third quarter but scored 20 unanswered points to cut the score to 30-23 with 5:27 to play. The Bulldogs never touched the ball again, with the Sun Devils running out the clock on 12 plays.
Skattebo had a game-sealing 39-yard rush that allowed ASU to kneel down.
“Until the end, we had our ups and downs there, but that was fun,” he said. “You can ask these guys up front, bullying dudes, grown men that are 300 pounds, that’s fun to us. That’s fun to the front-five, the front-seven and the running back. The quarterback probably hates it. He probably likes watching, but he didn’t complain one time the whole game.”
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
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