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July 15, 2014

Senator Cochran proposes amendment to define state waters 9 miles south

AP analysis: Feds don’t recognize Mississippi’s claim that state waters extend 9 miles south JACKSON, Mississippi — Since July 2013, Mississippi has claimed its state waters extend nine miles south into the Gulf of Mexico. The federal government refuses to recognize the declaration, standing by a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that determined the offshore…