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Mississippi environmental records for a Phase I ESA

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The Mississippi programs on these pages are run by one state agency, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). Its Groundwater Assessment and Remediation Division manages and oversees site assessments and cleanups, and lists Brownfields, Uncontrolled Sites, Underground Storage Tanks and the Voluntary Evaluation Program among its programs. Its Waste Division is responsible for the proper management and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, and its pages include the Underground Injection Control Program. This page maps each kind of record ASTM E1527-21 asks for to the Mississippi program that matches it, and links a page on each program.

The standard record types, in Mississippi

ASTM record type Mississippi program Agency
State Superfund equivalent Uncontrolled Sites. MDEQ does not call them a state Superfund list. The pairing is this handbook's reading of MDEQ's definition: sites where hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants were released and no federal program can handle the problem. MDEQ
Landfills and solid waste sites Solid waste facilities and Closed municipal solid waste landfills MDEQ
Leaking storage tanks UST Assessment and Remediation Program. MDEQ's UST Online Search offers a Leaking UST (LUST) Information download. MDEQ
Registered storage tanks Underground Storage Tank Program. MDEQ says all aboveground tanks in Mississippi are regulated by EPA; see Aboveground storage tanks. MDEQ
State hazardous waste facilities No single Mississippi list is paired here. The pages read link no MDEQ list of hazardous waste facilities. See the Hazardous Waste Management Program. MDEQ
Institutional and engineering controls No list is paired here. The pages read name no MDEQ registry of controls. MDEQ's brownfield definitions define a land-use restriction or institutional control as a limitation on use of or access to a Brownfield Agreement Site, which may include deed restrictions, use restrictions, restrictive covenants or restrictive zoning, and speak of engineering controls at such a site; see Brownfields. MDEQ
Voluntary cleanup sites No single Mississippi list is paired here. MDEQ's brownfield regulations are titled for brownfields voluntary cleanup and redevelopment; see Brownfields. The Voluntary Evaluation Program is a separate program for the evaluation of uncontrolled sites. MDEQ
Brownfields sites No single Mississippi list is paired here. MDEQ's Brownfields page links a spreadsheet titled Mississippi's Brownfield Inventory Sites, and the division's main page links the same file address as its CERCLA/UCSS File List; this handbook did not open it. MDEQ

How far each search reaches is on the ASTM search distances page.

Other Mississippi records worth reading

These are not paired with a record type in the table above, but each answers a question a Mississippi Phase I runs into.

MDEQ's uncontrolled sites branches use the Brownfield Risk Evaluation Procedures. The Tier 1 values MDEQ uses are described on the Target Remediation Goals (TRGs) page.

One agency, and the subjects it points elsewhere for

MDEQ's own pages send some subjects to other agencies. This handbook has no page on those agencies' programs.

  • Aboveground tanks. MDEQ says that in Mississippi all aboveground tanks are regulated by EPA, and that local fire marshals and city and county governments may have regulations of their own. It says aboveground propane tanks are regulated by the L C Gas Division of the Insurance Department.
  • Oil and gas injection wells. MDEQ says EPA has delegated the Class II injection well program, for fluids associated with oil and natural gas production, to the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board.
  • Hazardous waste corrective action. MDEQ says it is not currently authorized by EPA to administer the HSWA Corrective Action portion of the RCRA program, and that EPA continues to manage that area in coordination with MDEQ.
  • Spills. MDEQ's contact page says to report any spills to the 24-hour State Warning Point at 1-800-222-6362. Its tank release page gives the same number for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), and asks that the release then be reported to MDEQ as well.

Searches MDEQ provides

MDEQ's pages link several search tools and lists. Each is described on the page of its own program. One spreadsheet address is linked under two programs' names, as set out below.

Getting a file from MDEQ

A listing says a record exists. The reports and letters are in the file. MDEQ handles records requests under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983 (Mississippi Code § 25-61-1). Its Public Records Request page says:

  • A request must be made in writing, with the name of the facility, the city and county where the facility is located, and specifics on the type of information requested.
  • Requests are submitted through the Online Public Records Request Form. The page gives the Office of Public Records Requests at mdeqpublicrecords@mdeq.ms.gov and a mailing address, P.O. Box 2261, Jackson, MS 39225.
  • Once a request has been received and processed, the requesting party is contacted to make an appointment to view files at MDEQ offices.
  • MDEQ may charge fees reasonably calculated to reimburse its actual cost of searching, reviewing and producing copies (Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-7), and redacts what it calls Protected PII before production, to the extent state law allows.
  • The page warns that intermittent technical issues with the online form may delay a submission or keep it from arriving. If there is no response within three business days, it asks requesters to contact the Office of Public Records Requests to confirm receipt.
  • MDEQ's public records rule, 11 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 1, Ch. 2, says any person may inspect or copy a public record, and that MDEQ will strive to produce records that are not exempt within seven working days. If it cannot, it sends a written explanation and provides them within fourteen working days, or later by agreement, and it may adjust the time for records in storage or for a request that would disrupt its business.

MDEQ's Disclaimer says the information on its website is not a legal substitute for the Department's official administrative files, and that where the two conflict, the administrative files should be considered the official record. Check what a web list shows against the file. The Public records requests page has more.

Sources

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality pages, read October 12, 2026, no modified date shown:

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality pages, read October 13, 2026, no modified date shown:

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