Prepared By Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC
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Meeting Summary
The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (Board) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on February 10, 2015 at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in Jackson. Mrs. Leslie Royals, PE chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the January meeting and all non-controversial actions/certifications by the staff since the January meeting. Following a prepared agenda, items considered were as follows:
OFFICE OF GEOLOGY
In accordance with staff’s recommendations, the Board approved the following surface mining bond releases and permits to approve.
Surface Mining Bond Releases:
Permittee |
County |
Permit |
Eutaw Construction Company, Inc. |
Pontotoc |
P11-021 |
Eutaw Construction Company, Inc. |
Pontotoc |
P11-022 |
Riverside Construction Company, Inc. |
Warren |
P10-030 |
Walters Development, LLC |
Jones |
P07-030 |
Mr. James Matheny of MDEQ staff recommended approval of the following surface mining permit.
Surface Mining Permit Approvals:
Permittee |
County |
Permit |
Staff Recommendation |
Rockco Mining LLC |
Panola |
P13-09A |
Approve |
OTHER BUSINESS:
The next Permit Board meeting will be held on March 17, 2015 at 9 a.m.
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