Senator Roger Wicker Question Corps at Senate Hearing on Bonnet Carré Spillway & Lower Mississippi River Management Study
BILOXI, Miss., Feb. 28, 2024 – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) took the opportunity at a Senate hearing today to make statements about the Bonnet Carré spillway openings and to question U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leadership about its lack of notification of the Mississippi Sound Coalition (as a stakeholder) about public meetings on the Lower Mississippi River Management Study. He also reminded Corps representatives that MSSC had requested the Mobile District be included in the study but had not received an answer.
The hearing was held by the Senate Committee on the Environment & Public Works in Washington, D.C. The title of the hearing was: “Water Resources Development Act 2024: USACE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) Water Infrastructure Projects, Programs and Priorities.” Read about other hearings regarding the Mississippi Sound.
This is a short, must-watch video of Senator Wicker standing up for our interests.
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About Mississippi Sound Coalition (MSSC)
The Mississippi Sound Coalition (MSSC) desires to restore and protect the Mississippi Sound estuary and the economy and way of life that depend on it. Its efforts are focused on causing changes in public policies at national, state and local levels to prevent further damage from the polluted water of the Mississippi River that is released periodically by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Louisiana and intrudes into the Mississippi Sound. MSSC also focuses on other threats to the Sound such as the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project, also in Louisiana. The Coalition provides public education on the subject, and, if necessary, engages in litigation. Members of the Coalition include Harrison County, Hancock County, the Mississippi cities of Biloxi, D’Iberville, Gulfport, Long Beach, Pass Christian, Diamondhead, Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Pascagoula, the Mississippi Hotel & Lodging Association, and the Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United.
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