§ 17-18-41. Immunity from personal liability; Attorney General as legal representative of authority and committee
No member, officer or employee of the department, authority or committee while acting within the scope of their authority shall be subject to any personal liability by reason of any act or omission in connection with the exercise of any power or performance of any duty whether expressed or implied pursuant to this chapter. Except […]
§ 17-18-43. Report to Legislature
The department shall report to the Legislature on January 1 of each year regarding its progress in the activities set out under this chapter. The report shall also include an accounting of the collection and expenditures of all authorized funds and recommendations for any additional legislative authority required in furtherance of the activities under this […]
§ 17-18-45. Elected or appointed officials not to derive any pecuniary benefit
No elected or appointed official shall derive any pecuniary benefit, directly or indirectly, as a result of such elected or appointed official’s duties under this chapter.
§ 17-18-47. Governor authorized to suspend siting process; grounds; rescinding suspension
The Governor, by executive order, may suspend the process of siting a state commercial hazardous waste management facility under this chapter if the Permit Board created in Section 49-17-28, Mississippi Code of 1972, or the United States Environmental Protection Agency issues a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act permit for the operation of a commercial hazardous […]
§ 17-18-29. Site closure plan; post-closure monitoring; maintenance and remedial actions
The department shall enter into an agreement with the operator of the state commercial hazardous waste management facility for the safe and proper closure of the facility. The operator’s site closure plan shall be subject to the approval of the department. The approval of the department under this section is in addition to the approval […]
§ 17-18-31. Perpetual Care Fund; purposes of fund; funding
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the “Perpetual Care Fund,” hereinafter referred to in this section as “fund,” which may be used for: Administration of the fund; Emergency response and decontamination at the state commercial hazardous waste management facility; Post-closure physical surveillance, environmental monitoring, maintenance, care, custody […]
§ 17-18-33. Fees generally; contracts for operation of facilities; cost considerations in establishing and revising fee schedules; use of excess funds
For the state commercial hazardous waste management facility the department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall establish and revise as necessary schedules of user fees and other charges, including nonregulatory penalties and surcharges. For facilities operated by private enterprise pursuant to this chapter, the department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental […]
§ 17-18-35. Designated site local advisory committee; membership; powers; one-time local application fee for permit to operate facility
Upon site designation for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility, the governing body of the local governmental unit wherein the site is designated may appoint a designated site local advisory committee. The advisory committee shall consist of seven (7) members representing insofar as possible local government, environmental, health, engineering, business and industry, agricultural, academic, […]
§ 17-18-37. Grant for volunteer host community which is designated site; host community authorized to obtain loan from hazardous waste facility site revolving loan fund; negotiations between governing body of host community and department for percentage of gross receipts from facility
A volunteer host community which is the designated site shall be paid a grant of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the State General Fund after the state commercial hazardous waste management facility is permitted and construction thereof has commenced. A host community which is the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility […]
§ 17-18-39. Local governmental unit may negotiate with department; issues excluded; arbitration
The governing body of any local governmental unit wherein the site is designated may negotiate with the department with respect to any issue relating to the facility except: The need for the facility; Any proposal to reduce the powers or duties of the department, the authority or the committee under this chapter or under any […]