Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Part 4 - Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations
Chapter 7 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Hazardous and Nonhazardous Solid Waste Applicant Disclosure Regulations
Rule 11-4-7.15 - Grounds for Refusal to Issue, Reissue or Transfer a Permit

A. has misrepresented or concealed any material fact in the disclosure statement;

B. has obtained a permit from the Permit Board by misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact;

C. has been convicted of a felony or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony involving any federal or state laws, including but not limited to environmental laws, within the five-year period immediately preceding the filing of the application for the issuance, reissuance or transfer of a permit;

D. has habitually violated any provisions of federal or state environmental laws, rules or regulations related to the management of nonhazardous solid waste or hazardous waste within the five-year period immediately preceding the filing of the application for the issuance, reissuance or transfer of a permit, or, if neither the applicant nor any person required to be listed in the disclosure statement has worked or done business in the nonhazardous solid waste or hazardous waste fields within the five-year period immediately preceding the filing of the application for the issuance, reissuance or transfer of a permit, has habitually violated any other provisions of federal or state environmental law, rules or regulations within the same five year period;

E. has been adjudicated in contempt of an order of any court enforcing any state or federal environmental laws within the five-year period immediately preceding the filing of the application for the issuance, reissuance or transfer of a permit;

F. has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to bribery or attempting to bribe a public officer or employee of the federal government or of any state or local government in the United States in the public officer's or employee's official capacity within the five-year period immediately preceding the filing of the application for the issuance, reissuance or transfer of a permit; or

G. has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to collusion among bidders or prospective bidders in restraint of freedom of competition by agreement to bid a fixed price within the five-year period immediately preceding the filing of the application for the issuance, reissuance or transfer of a permit.