That's a lot of ammonia, sulfuric acid and lead - yikes. Where did you find those numbers? Do you have a link?

12 Cease and Desist orders make a mockery of the words "cease and desist."

here's the TRI report for Jackson County

Yeah I got those numbers off the TRI page if you go to the main TRI page (http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program), search the zip code: 39567 and click on mississippi phosphates it will give you the numbers for that company specifically.

The 12 cease and desist orders weren't all for this company, it was -- in total the DEQ had given out 12 CADs to companies since 2009, four of which have gone to MS Phosphates. Any suggestions?

Get her a lawyer.

Work on a nuisance claim.

Document any health symptoms that could be related to the bad air.

Look for an document corrosion in metal piping to appliances outside of her home (exposed copper on air conditioner unit) that could react with Hydrogen Sulfide or other noxious chemicals

record everything in a log book. emission events, health problems, dates air conditioners and air filters are replaced

white sheet test--put a white sheet outside for a week, photograph it for dust.

Save interior Air filters for air conditioning, label and date them. these may come in handy later, if hte PM profile is ever identified, the air filters could show the same profile in Alice's home.

These are all things that can help an environmental case later. the immediate problem is the nuisance of the plant. the plant is impacting Alice's quality of life, and the plant must remedy that if you can take it to a judge and she agrees.

On Monday last week (06/23) the Concerned Citizens of Cherokee in Pascagoula held a meeting where Howard Page (of the Steps Coalition) Wes Smith (production manager at Mississippi Phosphates) and Barbara Weckesser (of Cherokee Concerned Citizens) each spoke. The purpose was to discuss the problem and to define steps that Mississippi Phosphates will take to clean up their act. Prior to the meeting Mississippi Phosphates offered the neighborhood group an air quality monitor (according to the Mississippi DEQ) but I've not been able to find any more details. I'm curious to know what was offered or what the plan for monitoring is. If the company itself is directing the effort, I'm not over confident in the interpretation of results, which should be made public.

Read more here: http://www.wxxv25.com/news/local/story/Bayou-Casotte-Residents-Considered-About-Air/lwzlYZQe60OQrYdoHM2vMg.cspx

Interesting. Did you go to the meeting? Did you happen to hear what air monitor it is?

Mat, you're not kidding. danke.

Stevie, do you know Howard? Would Howard know how to get this information?

S

I don't know Howard...

I sent Howard a note over the weekend, waiting to here back. -g

Just got off the phone with Howard Page (of STEPS Coalition). Mississippi Phosphates has not followed up on their promise to provide the neighborhood group with air quality monitoring.

I think there is a meeting next thursday with the community? I can't go, but I would really like to hear what happens.

Oh, hello post.

Sadly, Barbara is still at it.

MS Phosphates pollutes the water, as well, which is my subject area. Here is an overflight photo of the acid phosphate plume ("partially treated" of over 100 million gallons into the Bayou Casotte Ship Channel. https://www.flickr.com/photos/healthygulf/37736175302/

MS Phosphates went bankrupt, and EPA is considering the site for Superfund

The photo shows the plume, but also a diesel spill from Martin Energy that was happening at the same time, so my apologies, but the white color of the plume is somewhat obscured by the brownish color of the diesel spill. It's kind of exhausting to look at this.

Halter Marine is also a facility, a ship / paint stripping yard in the south of that oct 11th photo.

here's a video of the plume of metal shavings, i guess https://www.flickr.com/photos/healthygulf/37162481396/in/datetaken/

Here's a sample of Water from Bayou Chicot, I think, from 2016. I have to ask Howard.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/healthygulf/26540680646/

I think I still have this in my cooler at work. It's listed as "Metal and Sewage" though, so i think you want a new sample...

Scott

yuck... Thanks for the updates on the site. Sad this is still a problem!

Sorry:: A link would be helpful! here's the post @eustatic put up recently on this location: https://publiclab.org/notes/eustatic/11-14-2017/mapknitter-map-of-bayou-casotte-on-a-calm-sunny-day