State rules
Mississippi
Mississippi’s asbestos program is the Department of Environmental Quality air division. MDEQ says it regulates building demolition and renovation and accredits and certifies training providers and people who do abatement. The page warns that any certificate that appears to come from MDEQ must be checked on the list of certified individuals, because a paper card alone is not the verification step. Links cover the certification portal, storm-debris guidance, school buildings, building-permit-office guidance, and demolition and renovation operations. EPA lists a NESHAP contact at MDEQ. Mississippi is not an AHERA waiver state. There is no separate labor-board asbestos license described on this page.
Checked against official sources on October 11, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.
- Who runs the asbestos program
- Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
- Who must be licensed or accredited
- MDEQ accredits and certifies training providers and individuals who do asbestos abatement, and it regulates demolition and renovation.
- Official program page
- Official page →
The verification sentence is the operational heart of the page. MDEQ tells the public that certificates need to be confirmed on the certified-individual list. That is the roster path, published from the asbestos page that returned HTTP 200. Hiring from a photocopy of a card, without that lookup, skips the step the agency itself prints. Training providers are separately listed as Mississippi accredited providers, including a list for the current training year on the page that was retrieved.
Demolition and renovation are their own link, and building-permit offices have guidance, which means a city permit counter is expected to see asbestos questions but is not the certifying authority. Storm-debris guidance is a distinct document for cleanup after weather, when material is already on the ground. School asbestos management is another link. Because Mississippi is not on EPA’s waiver list, that school link sits beside the federal AHERA rule rather than replacing it as a waived state program.
EPA’s contact for Mississippi is labeled NESHAP, which matches an environmental-quality air program. OSHA’s construction standard still applies to workers. Before a job, check the person on the certified list, ask whether the project needs a demolition or renovation notification, and ask the landfill or the demolition guidance which waste rules apply. Do not treat a building permit as the certification. MDEQ says to verify the person on the certified-individual list.
Official resources in Mississippi
Certification list, demolition and renovation, and school links.
Mississippi NESHAP contact listed by EPA.
Federal demolition and renovation standard.
AHERA duties. Mississippi is not a listed waiver state.
Key facts for Mississippi
- MDEQ regulates demolition and renovation and certifies people and training providers who do abatement.
- MDEQ says certificates must be verified on its list of certified individuals.
- The asbestos page links building-permit-office guidance, so local permits are not the certification.
- Storm-debris guidance is a separate document from ordinary demolition guidance.
- School asbestos management is linked from the same air program.
- Mississippi is not on EPA’s list of twelve AHERA waiver states.
What to do next
- Verify the person on MDEQ’s certified-individual list before the job starts.
- Ask which demolition or renovation notification applies.
- Use the storm-debris guidance only for storm debris, not as the ordinary rule.
- Keep school plans aligned with AHERA as well as the MDEQ school link.
Looking for your city or county in Mississippi?
We haven't found official program-level pages for Mississippi we can verify yet, so we don't show local numbers here rather than guess. Here's what to use instead, in order:
- General Start with the statewide information above. It applies across Mississippi, but cities and counties can add their own steps, fees or deadlines.
- Call to confirm Ask the official office. They have the current local rule, fee and form.Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Website →Phone: (601) 961-5225 (as listed on that page, checked Oct 4, 2026)Your city or county office: Local governments →Not sure who handles it locally? USAGov's free help line, 1-844-872-4681, or the Mississippi page on USA.gov can point you to the right office. - Know the current info? Tell us and include a link to the official page. We check every tip before it goes up.
Helpful guides
- What an asbestos inspection is
- NESHAP notification before demolition
- Asbestos rules for schools
- OSHA rules that protect asbestos workers