NATCHEZ, Miss. –Adams County supervisors today heard plans for a waste landfill being developed south of Natchez that would be for disposing materials from oilfield operations.
The waste-dump developers are seeking permits from the state Department of Environmental Quality to build the facility near U.S. 61 south, according to company representative Aimee Blount. Plans call for the new landfill to be by Waste Management’s household trash dump about 15 miles from Natchez.
Blount requested assurances that Adams County has no zoning restrictions to prohibit the proposed landfill’s location on Shieldsboro Road.
Supervisor Kevin Wilson, who’s in the oil business and noted he owns land there, said such a disposal site is needed for oilfield wastes in a five-state region.
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Two weeks after Wilson and Supervisor Ricky Gray exchanged angry words, Gray said today that board members shouldn’t let high emotions influence their actions, but “I’m not coming at you when I say this,” he told Wilson.
The two county supervisors quarreled during the Oct. 2 board meeting after Gray complained about Wilson asking the state auditor to investigate Adams County government.
Gray alleged state auditors were “coming just for Black people,” but Wilson said “I don’t care if (they are) White, Black or green. If somebody is doing something wrong on the county dime or the city dime, it’s wrong — and it should be taken care of.”
“You accuse me of it, but I ain’t never did nothing wrong,” Gray told Wilson at the Oct. 2 board meeting.
“That remains to be seen. … That will be proven one way or the other,” Wilson said.
His call for an investigation was prompted by the board’s 3-2 vote in April to approve the controversial deal with Adams County’s trash-collecting contractor. Wilson has been outspokenly against the contract he’s said is “suspect” and was “done in the dark.” While he alleged “somebody took money on that trash contract,” Wilson said he was not accusing Gray of taking a bribe.
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The board closed the public out Monday to discuss selling county-owned land to an industrial prospect interested in the old IP paper mill site.
The Adams County Board of Supervisors has been trying to attract new industries to the property since it bought the 478-acre site in 2013 for $9 million. Three businesses currently occupy parts of the property: Delta-Energy, which recycles scrap tires, along with Winnwood and NetCo, two forest-products companies.
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