Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; amend certain sections concerning.

Bill version label updated from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the Senate,' reflecting procedural advancement rather than any change to the bill's content.

Permit hearings for commercial hazardous waste management facilities and solid waste landfills/incinerators may now be held in Hinds County, within the county or municipality where the permit is required, or via an online platform, rather than at a fixed location.

The requirement to send permit expiration notices by certified mail was removed to reduce administrative costs for notifying permit holders.

The Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality is now authorized to issue orders required under the Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act without needing separate commission approval.

The $10 water permit application fee was eliminated entirely.

The Executive Director may now make permit decisions on behalf of the Permit Board for certain facilities, with those decisions subject to the same formal hearing and appeal processes as board decisions.