PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Homewood Oxford LLC
Lafayette County
Oxford, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0060810
May 2, 2013

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT - Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via an activated sludge system.  

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS - Unnamed tributary of Yellow Leaf Creek. Yellow Leaf Creek does not appear on current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies.   This waterbody is in the Yazoo River drainage basin. The receiving waters are classified as Fish and Wildlife.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES - State of Mississippi Wastewater Regulations (WPC-1), State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria, Commercial Facility Guidelines

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITAITONS – 

Parameters		Value					Basis
Flow			0.075 MGD			Design
BOD			20 mg/l (Monthly Avg)		Domestic Guidelines
TSS			30 mg/l (Monthly Avg)		Domestic Guidelines
Fecal Coliform	200 Col./100mL (Monthly Avg)	Domestic Guidelines
pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.		MS WQS
Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/l		MS WQS

All previously permitted parameters have remained the same in the reissuance, except pH, which has been updated to reflect the current water quality criteria.