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 […]
For purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: “Advisory committee” means the designated site local advisory committee created under Section 17-18-35. “Authority” means the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority created under Section 17-18-7. “Committee” means the Hazardous Waste Technical […]
There is hereby created the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Authority, which shall be located within the Department of Finance and Administration. The authority shall exercise all of its powers independently of the department and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the executive director of the department […]
The authority shall exercise the following powers and duties in carrying out the purposes of this chapter: It shall adopt rules specifying the criteria and methodology for site selection as submitted by the Hazardous Waste Technical Siting Committee. It shall select one (1) site as the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management […]
