HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - U.S. District Court Judge Keith Starrett has officially signed off on a consent agreement between the city of Hattiesburg and Gulf Restoration Network.
Under the agreement approved Monday, The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/1rL29yJ ) the city has until September 2018 to build a wastewater treatment system that will prevent polluted waters from being discharged into the Leaf and Bouie rivers.
Hattiesburg City Council voted in August to accept the modified consent decree that reset the city's clock with various agencies for having a revamped treatment system designed, under construction and in operation.
The new agreement also amended financial penalties levied earlier by the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality should the city miss design, construction and compliance deadlines.
Information from: The Hattiesburg American, http://ift.tt/1dH8XXX
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