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§ 49-17-1. Short title - Sections 49-17-1 through 49-17-43 may be cited as the "Mississippi...
§ 49-17-3. Statement of policy - Whereas, the pollution of the air and waters of the...
§ 49-17-5. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 49-17-1 through 49-17-43, the following...
§ 49-17-16. Advisory Council - The initial terms of appointment of the members of the...
§ 49-17-17. Powers and duties - The commission shall have and may exercise the following powers...
§ 49-17-19. Standards of air and water quality - In order to carry out the purposes of Sections 49-17-1...
§ 49-17-21. Inspections and investigations; access to and maintenance of records; testing and sampling; monitoring equipment - The commission or its duly authorized representative shall have the...
§ 49-17-22. Enforcement powers of Commission on Marine Resources; cooperation with commission or environmental quality - The Commission on Marine Resources is hereby authorized to cooperate...
§ 49-17-23. Record of minutes, rules, regulations and orders; annual publication, available to public; copies; index - The commission shall keep the minutes of the commission, including...
§ 49-17-26. Notification procedures as to chemicals in underground water exceeding state standards - If the commission determines, after adequate scientific investigation and evaluation,...
§ 49-17-27. Emergency orders; public notice of emergency situations - In the event an emergency is found to exist by...
§ 49-17-29. Permit Board; prohibitions; air and water permits; solid waste and hazardous permits; permit hearings; permit appeals - The Permit Board shall fix the time and place of...
§ 49-17-30. Title V permit fees - If the commission determines that there is not sufficient information...
§ 49-17-31. Proceedings before commission - Whenever the commission or an employee thereof has reason to...
§ 49-17-33. Hearings - The hearings herein provided may be conducted by the commission...
§ 49-17-35. Request for hearing - Any interested person shall have the right to request the...
§ 49-17-37. Transcript of hearings - All hearings before the commission shall be recorded either by...
§ 49-17-39. Protection of confidential information - Information obtained by the commission concerning environmental protection including but...
§ 49-17-41. Administrative appeals; appeals to chancery court; appeals to Supreme Court - In addition to any other remedies that might now be...
§ 49-17-43. Penalties - Any person violating any provision of the Solid Wastes Disposal...
§ 49-17-44.1. Petition for appointment of receiver to operate and manage abandoned or grossly mismanaged sewer systems - If the commission determines that any privately owned sewer system...
Water Pollution Abatement Grant Program
§ 49-17-61. Water pollution abatement loan program established; water pollution abatement bond and loan funds - There is hereby created for the State of Mississippi a...
§ 49-17-63. Loans in aid; eligibility - Loans in aid of construction in amounts of Five Hundred...
§ 49-17-67. Repayment agreement - Before any political subdivision shall receive any loan it shall...
§ 49-17-68. Pollution Emergency Fund created; sources of funds - The Pollution Emergency Fund is hereby created in the State...
§ 49-17-70. Repayment agreement; certificate of approved disposal plant - Before any political subdivision shall receive any loan, it shall...
Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact
§ 49-17-71. Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact - The governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized...
§ 49-17-73. When compact effective - When the governor shall have executed the compact on behalf...
§ 49-17-75. Commission created - The commission contemplated by Article IV of the above compact...
§ 49-17-77. Authority of commissioners; construction of laws - The three (3) commissioners from the State of Mississippi shall...
Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund
§ 49-17-81. Short title - Sections 49-17-81 through 49-17-89 shall be known and cited as...
§ 49-17-83. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 49-17-81 through 49-17-89, the following...
§ 49-17-87. Pledge of moneys for repayment of loan; loan agreement and repayment schedule; audits; applicability of limitations on indebtedness - The loan agreement shall provide for periodic payments, the annual...
County and Municipal Bonds for Pollution Control
§ 49-17-101. Definitions - Whenever used in Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123, unless a different...
§ 49-17-103. General powers of local governments - Upon compliance with procedures prescribed herein, and subject to the...
§ 49-17-105. General provisions as to bonds - All bonds issued by a municipality under authority of Sections...
§ 49-17-107. Securing payment of bonds - The principal, interest and premium, if any, on any bonds...
§ 49-17-108. Refunding bonds - Any bonds issued under authority of Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123,...
§ 49-17-109. Contracts for facilities - Contracts for acquisition, purchase, construction and/or installation of facilities contemplated...
§ 49-17-111. Certain findings necessary preliminary to financing of facilities - Prior to undertaking the financing of any pollution control facility,...
§ 49-17-113. Duties required of industries under agreements and lease/sales - Every agreement under either subsection (d) or (e) of Section...
§ 49-17-115. Optional terms of lease/sale agreements - Any agreement made under subsection (e) of Section 49-17-103 may...
§ 49-17-117. Application of bond proceeds; what costs of acquisition include - The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under...
§ 49-17-119. Exemption from state taxation - The bonds authorized by Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123 and the...
§ 49-17-121. Governing board to petition for permission to issue bonds - No bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of...
§ 49-17-123. Construction against participation under Chapter 471, Laws of 1971, or in state pollution appropriations - Nothing in Sections 49-17-101 through 49-17-123 shall be construed as...
Mississippi Underground Storage Tank Act of 1988
§ 49-17-401. Short title - Sections 49-17-401 through 49-17-433 shall be known as the Mississippi...
§ 49-17-403. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 49-17-401 through 49-17-433, the following...
§ 49-17-409. Reports of contamination incidents; no recourse against tank owner; exceptions - The commission is authorized to establish requirements for the written...
§ 49-17-411. Compliance with regulations - No person shall own, install or operate an underground storage...
§ 49-17-415. Obligations of owners and operators of tanks; powers of commission or representatives - For the purposes of identifying the source of known or...
§ 49-17-419. Authority of commission to take timely and effective corrective action; use of funds from pollution emergency fund - Nothing contained in the Mississippi Underground Storage Tanks Act of...
§ 49-17-421. Annual tank regulatory fee; computation of fee - The department may conduct a public hearing on the tank...
§ 49-17-422. Underground Storage Tank (UST) Advisory Council; creation; composition - The council members who are appointed by the Governor and...
§ 49-17-423. Commission to administer funds from Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund - The commission shall administer the expenditure of any funds made...
§ 49-17-425. Disclosure of records, reports, and information - The disclosure of any records, reports or information obtained pursuant...
§ 49-17-429. Certification to install, alter or remove underground storage tanks - No person may install, alter or remove an underground storage...
§ 49-17-431. Appeal rights - Any person aggrieved by any decision by the commission or...
§ 49-17-433. Savings clause - The provisions of Sections 49-17-401 through 49-17-433 are severable. If...
§ 49-17-435. Annual report on status of underground storage tank program and groundwater protection trust fund - Before November 15 of each year, the department shall report...
Lead-Based Paint Activity Accreditation and Certification Act
§ 49-17-501. Short title - Sections 49-17-501 through 49-17-531 shall be known as and may...
§ 49-17-503. Purpose - The purpose of Sections 49-17-501 through 49-17-531 is to provide...
§ 49-17-505. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 49-17-501 through 49-17-531, the following terms...
§ 49-17-507. Powers and duties of commission - In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by...
§ 49-17-523. Denial of issuance or reissuance of certificates - The commission may deny the issuance or reissuance of any...
§ 49-17-527. Prohibitions under chapter - It is unlawful to: Fail or refuse to comply with...
§ 49-17-531. Authority of commission to establish reciprocity requirements - The commission may establish requirements for reciprocity for accreditation and...
Generation of Hazardous Waste in the Manufacture of Controlled Substances
§ 49-17-601. Legislative intent - It is the intent of the Legislature to make unlawful...
Mississippi Gulf Region Utility Act
§ 49-17-701. Title - Sections 49-17-701 through 49-17-775 shall be known and may be...
§ 49-17-703. Legislative findings - In the spirit of the report of the Governor's Commission...
§ 49-17-705. Definitions - Words and phrases used in this act shall have meanings...
§ 49-17-719. Creation of the Pearl River County Utility Authority - There is hereby created and established a public body corporate...
§ 49-17-723. Creation of the Stone County Utility Authority - There is hereby created and established a public body corporate...
§ 49-17-737. Board of Directors for Hancock County Utility Authority - After expiration of the initial terms, the directors in paragraphs...
§ 49-17-739. Provisions common to the county authorities - The purpose of Sections 49-17-739 through 49-17-773 is to confer...
§ 49-17-743. Powers of the county authorities - From and after April 18, 2006, each and every county...
§ 49-17-749. Rates, fees and other charges by public agencies for services provided by county authority - Whenever a public agency shall have executed a contract under...
§ 49-17-759. Validation of bonds - All bonds (other than refunding bonds, interim notes and certificates...
§ 49-17-761. Payment of bonds - Bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not...
§ 49-17-763. Powers of county authority in connection with issuance of bonds - The county authority shall have power in connection with the...
§ 49-17-765. Appointment of trustee to represent bond owners; appointment of receiver - The county authority may, in any authorizing resolution of the...
§ 49-17-769. Bonds as legal investments and securities - All bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall...
§ 49-17-771. Rights and powers of county authority to remain unchanged while bonds are outstanding and unpaid - The state hereby covenants with the registered owners of any...
§ 49-17-773. Advance of funds or issuance of notes authorized; terms and conditions - For the purposes of satisfying any temporary cash flow demands...
§ 49-17-775. Severability of provisions - If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of the...