Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality approves a NORM landspreading rule of the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board, thus ending 18 years of litigation spearheaded by multiple energy clients of Jeffery P. Reynolds, P. A.

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., Total E&P USA, Inc., Anadarko US Offshore Corporation, BP America Production Company, and Marathon Oil Corporation, led by Jeff Reynolds, along with the U. S. Oil and Gas Association, began the fight for a sensible, safe, economic landspreading disposal option for low levels of naturally occurring radioactive materials (“NORM”) back in 1999 against the NORM plaintiff attorney from New Orleans, Stuart Smith. After many years of litigation and multiple appeals, the energy industry emerged victorious. Landspreading of NORM is now a legal disposal option in Mississippi by virtue of Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board Rule 68.