Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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An act to establish the mississippi agricultural and farmland wind tower protection act of 2026; To define and regulate wind tower facilities; To vest exclusive siting, permitting and operational authority in the mississippi public service commission; To require certificates of public convenience and necessity, environmental and agricultural impact assessments, public notice and landowner consent; To impose statewide setback requirements to protect agricultural lands, aerial agricultural operations, residences and public buildings; To prohibit wind tower facilities near wildlife refuges, wetlands, migratory bird corridors and critical habitats; To require financial assurance and decommissioning bonds for site restoration; To subject wind tower facilities to public utility laws; To authorize rulemaking and interagency consultation; To create the wind tower agricultural and environmental impacts study committee and require a legislative report; To provide enforcement authority, civil penalties and remediation remedies; And for related purposes.
