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Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup & Redevelopment Act (MS)

Tracked preemption from the Mississippi overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1998-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MS
Other Mississippi preemptions
Mississippi Coastal Preserves System — Tidelands Trust & MDMR Designated PreservesMississippi Gaming Control Act — Gulf Coast & River County Casino Siting PreemptionMississippi Tax Increment Financing Act — Redevelopment & Economic Development TIFMississippi Agricultural Districts & Agricultural Land PreservationMississippi Coastal Wetlands Protection Law — MDMR Permit JurisdictionMississippi Floodplain Management Act — NFIP Compliance & SFHA Construction StandardsMississippi Military Installation Influence — AICUZ Coordination (Keesler AFB, Columbus AFB, NAS Meridian, Stennis Space Center, Camp Shelby)Mississippi Inland Wetlands & Waters — §401 Water Quality Certification

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

OR
  • parcel.in_brownfield_voluntary_cleanup_site == True
  • parcel.has_brownfield_agreed_order == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
review_typerequiremdeq_brownfield_agreed_order§49-35-11: bona fide prospective purchaser executes Brownfield Agreed Order with MDEQ defining cleanup standards and use restrictions; on completion, MDEQ issues No Further Action determination
land_development.prospective_purchaser_liabilityoverridelimited_per_brownfield_agreed_orderBFPP / inculpable participant liability limited per §49-35-15 once agreed order is signed and remediation completed

Citation

Authority source
Miss. Code Ann. §§49-35-1 through 49-35-25 (Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup & Redevelopment Act); §49-35-11 (Agreed Order); §49-35-15 (liability limits)
§ §§49-35-1 et seq.; §49-35-11
https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-49/chapter-35/

Research notes

MDEQ Brownfields Section administers the program (one of the earliest EPA-recognized state response programs). Sites enrolled include Gulf Coast post-Katrina commercial parcels, Mid-South industrial corridor parcels (Tupelo, Meridian, Hattiesburg), and former military / shipyard sites (Pascagoula, Gulfport). Federal conflict check: parallel federal CERCLA (42 USC §9601 et seq.) BFPP defense and EPA Brownfields Program (42 USC §9628) — most MS BAOs structured to qualify for both state and federal liability protection.