Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 49-17-1 (2026)

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Sections 49-17-1 through 49-17-43 may be cited as the "Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law."

Codes, 1942, § 7106-135; Laws, 1966, ch. 258, § 25, eff. 7/1/1966.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2004 · leading case: TK Stanley, Inc. v. Cason, 614 So. 2d 942 (Miss. 1993).
TK Stanley, Inc. v. Cason, 614 So. 2d 942 (Miss. 1993). “Stanley repeats its objection here to Instruction P-6, which was taken from part of the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law ( Miss. Code Ann. § 49-17-1 to 49-17-43 (1972)) and designates certain air pollution as "unlawful.”
City of Jackson v. Filtrol Corp., 624 F.2d 1384 (5th Cir. 1980). “The City claims that Filtrol acted illegally under the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 49-17-1 et seq. This law was not enacted until 1972, however.”
Barrett Refining Corp. v. Mississippi Comm'n on Env't Quality, 751 So. 2d 1104 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999). “§§ 6901 through 6992k; Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 49-17-1 through 49-17-45 (Supp.”
Norman v. Prestage Farms, Inc. (In Re Moore), 306 B.R. 849 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2004). · cites it 2× “The Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law The plaintiffs allege that the actions of the defendants constitute a public nuisance in violation of the provisions of the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law, codified in Miss.Code Ann. § 49-17-1, et seq. The…”
Norman v. Prestage Farms, Inc. (In Re Moore), 310 B.R. 795 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2004). “The court withheld a dispositive decision on the motions for summary judgment until the parties could brief the issue of whether an individual plaintiff enjoyed a private right of action to seek redress for violations of the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law,…”
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