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MS Code § 49-2-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-6. Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality assuming powers and duties of Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources

 The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality shall be the Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources with the exception of the Bureau of Parks and Recreation, and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources with the exception of the Division of Parks and Recreation, and wherever the term "Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources" appears in any law the same shall mean the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality.
MS Code § 49-2-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-7. Department of Environmental Quality assuming powers and duties of Department of Natural Resources; organization of department; duties

 The Department of Environmental Quality shall be the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources with the exception of the Office of Parks and Recreation, and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources with the exception of the Office of Parks and Recreation, and wherever the term "Mississippi Department of Natural Resources" appears in any law the same shall mean the Department of Environmental Quality. The Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assign to the appropriate offices any powers and duties deemed appropriate to carry out the lawful duties of the department.   The department shall be composed of the following offices:   Office of Geology and Energy Resources;   Office of Land and Water Resources; and   Office of Pollution Control.   Each office shall be composed of the administrative units set forth in the consolidation plan adopted by the commission, subject to changes by the executive director, with approval of the commission, as hereinafter set forth.   The department is designated as the single state department to receive and expend any federal funds being received or expended by any agency transferred to the department by Chapter 484, Laws of 1978, and to receive and expend any federal funds made available for matters within the jurisdiction of the department.   The department shall be responsible for conserving, managing, developing and protecting the natural resources of the State of Mississippi within the jurisdiction of the department, with the exception of functions of the Office of Recreation and Parks. The department shall coordinate all functions of state government related to natural resources within the jurisdiction of the department. The department shall not exercise any of its authority or powers granted under the provisions of this section in a manner which would be inconsistent with the provisions of Section 29-1-1.
MS Code § 49-2-16 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-16. Qualifications for certain office heads

  The head of the Office of Geology and Energy Resources shall be a geologist, petroleum engineer or energy engineer of established reputation with a minimum of a bachelor's degree in geology, petroleum engineering or energy engineering or a field related thereto.   The head of the Office of Land and Water Resources shall possess a minimum of six (6) years' experience in a field related to the bureau's function.   The head of the Division of State Land and Water Resources of the Office of Land and Water Resources shall have six (6) years' experience in hydraulics and hydrology.   The head of the Division of Regional Water Resources of the Office of Land and Water Resources shall have a minimum of six (6) years' experience in a field related to the division's function.   The head of the Office of Pollution Control shall have a minimum of six (6) years' experience in a field related to pollution control.
MS Code § 49-2-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-17. Assistant for administration

 Effective July 1, 1979, the executive director shall employ an assistant for administration and shall centralize under his office the following administrative functions for the entire department:   accounting;   payroll;   purchasing;   data processing;   personnel;   motor pool and vehicles;   maintenance;   printing and records; and   public relations.
MS Code § 49-2-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-19. Traveling expenses of departmental employees

 All employees of the department, when authorized by the executive director, shall be entitled to transportation, traveling and subsistence expenses while away from the office on official business of the department, in accordance with Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 49-2-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-21. Attorney General as counsel to Commission and Department of Environmental Quality; executive director authorized to employ legal counsel

 The Attorney General shall be counsel and attorney for the commission and the Department of Environmental Quality and shall provide such legal services as may be requested from time to time, without cost. The executive director is hereby authorized to employ such legal counsel as may be necessary or appropriate for the operation of the department.
MS Code § 49-2-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-23. Authority to enter agreements with National Space Technology Laboratories

 The Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, as created in Section 49-2-7, is designated as the primary agency of the State of Mississippi that shall enter into such agreements with the National Space Technology Laboratories (NSTL) located in Hancock County, Mississippi, as may be necessary to enable the State of Mississippi to have full access to all information and technical assistance that is made available through the NSTL.
MS Code § 49-2-24 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-24. Conference suite within Mississippi Technology Transfer Center named in honor of Herman Cowan Glazier, Jr

 The conference suite within the Mississippi Technology Transfer Center at the National Space Technology Laboratories, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in Hancock County, Mississippi, is hereby named in honor of Herman Cowan Glazier, Jr.; and the Governor's Office of General Services shall have a distinctive plaque placed therein noting the designation provided for by this section.
MS Code § 49-2-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-25. Creation of office of technical resources; supervision

  To assure the access and a proper utilization of assistance provided for in Section 49-2-23, the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, as provided by Section 49-2-11, is hereby authorized to establish the office of technical resources within the NSTL facility in Hancock County and to direct and supervise the activities of this office and its personnel in a manner that will:   Provide the State of Mississippi, its political subdivisions and its people with an informed access to any and all of the services, skills, information and other capabilities which are available through the various functions of the federal government under its commitment to utilize its technical resources for public benefit.   Promote the transfer and utilization of such technical resources through a positive program of identifying, interpreting and informing potential users of these resources within the State of Mississippi.   Cooperate with all agencies and offices of the federal government and with any other state which share in the same objectives of the office of technical resources.   Manage, supervise and coordinate an orderly flow of these resources to all eligible users who request this service within the jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi.     The executive director of the Department of Natural Resources shall approve any change, acquisition of properties or the hiring of any additional personnel within the office of technical resources.
MS Code § 49-2-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-29. Strategic plan for operations of Department of Environmental Quality

  The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop a strategic plan for its operations. The strategic plan shall cover a five-year period. The plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:   A clearly defined comprehensive statement of the mission, goals and objectives of the agency;   Performance effectiveness objectives (measurable indicators of output and outcome) for each program in the department;   A description of the department's internal management system used to evaluate its performance in relation to projected levels;   Detailed plans and strategies for meeting current and future needs and achieving goals and objectives established for the department;   A description of significant external factors which may affect any projected levels of performance, including an identification of priority and other service populations, or other service measures, under current law and how those populations are expected to change within the period of the plan;   A detailed analysis of the use of current agency resources in meeting current needs and expected future needs, and additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;   An analysis and estimate of the economic impact on the regulated community of regulations adopted by the Commission on Environmental Quality; and   An analysis of any likely or expected changes in the services provided by the department due to changes in state or federal law.     The department shall revise the plan biennially.   Upon completion of the initial plan and each revision, the department shall provide copies to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Senate Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Committee, the Chairman of the House Conservation and Water Resources Committee, the Legislative Budget Office, the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration and the Legislative Reference Bureau.   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department shall develop the strategic plan before July 1, 1995. However, if the comparative risk assessment required under Section 49-2-31 is initiated before September 1, 1994, the department shall develop the strategic plan before July 1, 1996.
MS Code § 49-2-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|In General|§ 49-2-31. Comparative risk assessment

  Before July 1, 1995, the Department of Environmental Quality shall complete a comparative risk assessment that will include consideration of environmental risks to the health and welfare of the citizens of Mississippi and to the environment. The assessment also shall include an examination of environmental factors, public health factors and socioeconomic factors. The department shall provide for public participation in the assessment process.   The requirements of this section shall be contingent upon the receipt of federal funds.
MS Code § 49-2-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|Home-Generated Medical Sharps Disposal Education Program|§ 49-2-81. Short title

 Sections 49-2-81 through 49-2-87 shall be known and may be cited as the Home-Generated Medical Sharps Disposal Act.
MS Code § 49-2-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|Home-Generated Medical Sharps Disposal Education Program|§ 49-2-83. Legislative findings

 The Legislature finds that:   Each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, more than three billion medical sharps are used by individuals in their homes.   Typically, these medical sharps are put into the household trash, where they become a health hazard for other members of the household and for sanitation workers.   The hazard includes not only the discomfort of a needle-stick injury, but also the risk of contracting an infectious disease from a contaminated medical sharp.   Regulating the disposal of home-generated medical sharps will further the public health and safety of Mississippi residents.
MS Code § 49-2-85 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|Home-Generated Medical Sharps Disposal Education Program|§ 49-2-85. Definitions

 The following words and phrases when used in Sections 49-2-81 through 49-2-87 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.   "Home-generated medical sharp" means a sharp used by an individual at home.   "Medical sharp" means a needle, syringe, lancet or other sharp object used to penetrate the skin for medical testing or for delivery of medication.
MS Code § 49-2-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|Home-Generated Medical Sharps Disposal Education Program|§ 49-2-87. Development and implementation of home-generated medical sharps disposal education program

  The department shall develop and implement a statewide educational program designed to inform the public about safe disposal of home-generated medical sharps and to promote the public's safe disposal of home-generated medical sharps.   The department shall develop the program no later than July 1, 2009, and shall implement the program no later than January 1, 2010.
MS Code § 49-2-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|Certified Electronic Recyclers|§ 49-2-101. Definitions

 As used in Sections 49-2-101 and 49-2-103:   "Electronics" means a personal computer, computer component, audio player, videocassette player, facsimile machine, copy machine, cellular telephone, wireless paging device, or any electronic item containing an intact or broken cathode-ray tube. An electronic item containing a cathode-ray tube includes a television, computer monitor, or any other cathode-ray tube monitor or display device.   "Recycler" means a person who uses, reuses or reclaims obsolete electronic equipment and associated materials.
MS Code § 49-2-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 2 - Department of Environmental Quality|Certified Electronic Recyclers|§ 49-2-103. Program to encourage certification of electronic recyclers; directory of certified electronic recyclers; compliance; applicability

  The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop a program to encourage all electronic recyclers to become certified by demonstrating to an accredited, independent third-party auditor that they meet specific standards to safely recycle and manage electronic equipment.   The department shall maintain a directory of recyclers meeting the accredited certification standards of Responsible Recycling Practices (R2) and the e-Stewards Standards and any recyclers who have been certified by an accredited, independent certification auditor listed by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) as an organization that certifies recyclers to available recycling standards.   State agencies shall use a certified recycler on the directory for the disposal of agency electronics.   The Department of Environmental Quality and state agencies shall comply with this section no later than July 1, 2014.   This section does not apply to the donation of electronics to public schools, state agencies, local governments or nonprofit organizations.
MS Code § 49-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-1. Public lands

  All lands belonging to the State of Mississippi whether held in fee or in trust by the state, are hereby declared forest reserves and wild life refuges so long as the state so owns them, and no wild life shall be taken thereon except under regulations of the commission.   Every public park, golf course and play ground, containing as much as fifty (50) acres, shall constitute, and is hereby declared to be a sanctuary or preserve for the protection and propagation of bird and animal life.   The Secretary of State, by and with the consent and approval of the Attorney General and the commission, is hereby authorized and empowered to lease, for a term not exceeding twenty (20) years, the cut-over, swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the state and unsuitable for cultivation, for the purpose of establishing game and fish preserves, but the lease of such land for game preserve purposes shall not be applied to tracts of land of less than one thousand (1,000) acres of contiguous lands.  Such a lease shall provide that the lessee or lessees of the cut-over, swamp or overflowed land shall not cut any timber for commercial purposes or permit waste thereof or of the lands and shall not include the right to mine the oil, gas and minerals on or under the said land. As a consideration for the lease, the Secretary of State, by and with the consent of the Attorney General and the commission, shall contract that the lessee or lessees shall at all times protect the state's interest in and to the timber growing on the leased lands.   However, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the state from selling at any time any timber or any of said lands so leased, or leasing and/or drilling such lands for gas, oil, and/or minerals.   Furthermore, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the homesteading of any lands so leased.
MS Code § 49-5-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-2. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:   "Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.   "Executive director" means the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
MS Code § 49-5-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-3. Boards of supervisors may add to preserve

 The board of supervisors of any county may add additional territory to any bird and game preserve or sanctuary by an order entered on their minutes defining the boundaries of the same, and such additional territory shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 49-5-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-5. Unlawful to hunt on preserve

 It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt with gun or dog on any sanctuary or preserve for bird and game, or to rob or destroy the nests of any birds, or to catch, snare, trap, or net any birds within any such prescribed limits, and any person, found with gun or dog on or within such prescribed limits, shall be prima facie presumed to be hunting in violation of this section.
MS Code § 49-5-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-7. What birds protected

  No wild bird other than a game bird or introduced pheasants which are hereby classified as domestic fowl shall be pursued, taken, wounded, killed, captured, possessed or exported at any time, dead or alive. No part of the plumage, skin or body of any bird protected by this section or of any birds coming from without the state, the importation of which is prohibited into the United States, shall be sold or had in possession for sale in this state.  No person shall molest, take or destroy or attempt to molest, take or destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird, or have such nests or eggs in his possession, except under the authority of a permit duly issued for scientific purposes.    This section shall not apply to game birds for which there is an open season under state law or introduced pheasants; birds, or parts thereof collected or possessed under the authority of a certificate duly issued for scientific purposes; or to the English sparrow (Passer domesticus), red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), grackles (Quiscalus sp.), brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater), European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) or crows (Corvus sp.) or to the nests or eggs of such unprotected birds. Nor shall anything contained in this section prohibit any person on his own land or land under his control from killing or controlling any English sparrow (Passer domesticus), red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), grackles (Quiscalus sp.), brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater), European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) or crows (Corvus sp.) or any bird by nature destructive of gardens, crops or property of any kind when such birds are committing or about to commit depredation upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance. This section does not authorize and shall not be construed to authorize the killing of any migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
MS Code § 49-5-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-9. Waterfowl included within term "game."

 As used in Sections 49-5-11 to 49-5-19, the term "game" shall also include waterfowl.
MS Code § 49-5-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-11. Game and fish management projects or refuges; purchase of lands

 In addition to the powers and duties now conferred upon the commission, the commission may, in its discretion, purchase by negotiation, contract by option to purchase, provided the option is exercised within a period of ten (10) years from the time executed, the land necessary and requisite for the construction and maintenance of game and fish management projects or game and fish hunting and fishing refuge.
MS Code § 49-5-13.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology|Chapter 5 - Fish, Game and Bird Protection and Refuges|In General|§ 49-5-13.1. Department to develop and implement safety program for hiking, horseback riding and walking trails in wildlife management areas during gun season

  The department shall clearly designate and mark hiking, horseback riding and walking trails on state-owned wildlife management areas.The department shall develop and implement a safety program and regulations for the use of the trails during any gun season.   The department is directed to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the USDA Forest Service to develop and implement a safety program and regulations for the use of hiking, horseback riding and walking trails during any gun season in wildlife management areas on national forest lands.