MDEQ wants to do business with you. We can help you find the permits you need, assist with compliance, provide a Small Business Technical Assistance Program and ensure your success in helping protect our environment.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is hereby providing notice and the opportunity for public comment on an exceptional events demonstration for the Hattiesburg PM 2.5 monitoring site for calendar years 2022 and 2023. (Start Date: December 29, 2024; End Date: January 31, 2025)

The Environmental Permits Division (EPD) implements and oversees most of the permitting programs for MDEQ. EPD also provides support to the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division (ECED) in regulating the permitted facilities.

MDEQ strives to ensure that the use, storage, allocation, and management of water resources be accomplished to the fullest extent possible; and, that water pumped and impounded in Mississippi complies with applicable permit regulations.

How to Contact MDEQ Telephone Numbers. Main switchboard: (601) 961-5171. Complaint Hotline. Toll-Free Number: 1-888-786-0661 *Calls after business hours are recorded. Fax Numbers. A listing of all fax numbers. Staff Directory. A listing of all staff including department areas, telephone numbers, and other ways to contact. Mailing Addresses

Regulations Renumbered and Reformatted Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board Regulations

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is currently assessing the impact of the US Supreme Court ruling in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency on the permitting process in Mississippi.

This page contains links that may be of interest to residents of the State of Mississippi interacting with MDEQ. In addition, the MDEQ staff contact information is available in the About section to answer questions and respond to environmental complaints.

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Coverage recipients should access and print their Certificate of Coverage from the MDEQ website by following the steps listed below. Access enSearch Online at https://opc.deq.state.ms.us/search_ai_alt.aspx and input the appropriate nine-digit coverage number (MSR10_ _ _ _) in the Permit Number query box. The project’s unique coverage …