The Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the state Department of Environmental Quality are planning to enter an agreement to sell the former Mississippi Phosphates plant in Pascagoula. Seven Seas Terminals plans to buy and redevelop the Superfund…
Mississippi Phosphates Corporation in Pascagoula pled guilty to violating the Clean Water Act.
Our media partner, the Sun Herald, reports that a plea hearing is scheduled for Mississippi Phosphates.
Mississippi Phosphates is looking at having to pay thousands of dollars in fines after the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged them with violations to the Clean Water Act.
Mississippi Phosphates has been fined repeatedly in recent years for releasing acid into the air and water at its Bayou Casotte plant.
Pascagoula-based Mississippi Phosphates filed for bankruptcy Monday.