Prepared By Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC
The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened at 9:00 a.m. on March 8, 2022. This meeting was held through a telephone conference call and the public was invited to listen to the deliberations of the Board. The Board first approved minutes from the previous meeting held on February 8, 2022 and the non-controversial actions/certifications completed by the staff since the January meeting. Then, following a prepared agenda, the Board considered items as follows:
OFFICE OF GEOLOGY
Ron Porter (MDEQ Office of Geology, Mining and Reclamation) presented the MDEQ Staff’s recommendations and Board approved the following:
Surface Mining Bond Release
Permittee | County | Permit | Staff Recommendation |
Talbot Brothers Grading Company | Grenada | P12-007 | Final 40% |
Surface Mining Transfer
Permittee | County | Permit |
D. Murray Properties, LLC to Dirt, Inc. | Harrison | P21-003 |
Other Business
Roy Furrh, MDEQ Chief Counsel, provided there was no other business other than a reminder of the next Permit Board meeting, which will held on April 12, 2022, at 9 a.m.
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