PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
H and H Estates Inc
Lauderdale County
Lauderdale, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0036919
October 2018

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via a conventional lagoon. 

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Ponta Creek. Ponta Creek does not appear on the updated State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies nor has a TMDL been completed for Ponta Creek. This waterbody is in the Tombigbee River drainage basin. Ponta Creek is classified as Fish & Wildlife. One discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in flow proposed. The discharge from this facility should not further impair water quality. 

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES 11 Mississippi Admin. Code pt. 6 (Admin. Code) and Domestic Facility Guidelines

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 
Parameter			Value					Basis
Flow				0.055 MGD				Design
BOD				30 mg/l 				Domestic Guidelines 
TSS				90 mg/l 				Domestic Guidelines
E. Coli				126 Col./100mL 			Domestic Guidelines
Effluent pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.				Admin. Code
Chlorine			0.1 to 1.0 mg/l				Admin. Code

VII	CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PERMIT- E. Coli limitations have replaced Fecal Coliform.