So in reading through the links, it looks like the folks who live there agree with the EPA.

from comments re eived by EPA...

The response to EPA’s PD has been impressive. EPA received approximately 47,600 comment letters including approximately 1,500 individual comment letters and 46,100 mass mailers.1 Of these 47,600 comments, 99.91 percent urged EPA to prohibit the proposed pumps project and approximately 0.084 percent supported construction of the proposed pumps project. Looking at the 1,500 individual letters, 97.29 percent urged EPA to prohibit the proposed pumps project and 2.52 percent supported construction of the proposed pumps project. Within the state of Mississippi, approximately 461 residents submitted written comments during the public comment period or spoke at the public hearing. Of these, 417 expressed support for EPA’s proposal and 43 favored construction of the pumps. EPA Headquarters received two additional comment letters from private citizens living within the project area on July 26, 2007; both letters expressed support for the proposed project.

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