MS solons to offer bill to reverse EPA

JACKSON, Miss. - U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are introducing a bill that would overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2008 veto of a pumping station that could relieve flooding in the Mississippi Delta. On Aug. 31, the duo said the measure would amend the Clean Water Act to prohibit the EPA from vetoing a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood project that Congress authorized. The bill would also overturn the veto. Decades ago, Congress authorized pumps to remove water from a Delta region that can fill when floodgates close, protecting from Mississippi River flooding. The region north of Vicksburg has seen months of flooding. The now-draining flood covered hundreds of thousands of acres at its peak. (Source: The AP 08/01/19)