PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Ring Road Utility Company Inc, Ring Road Subdivision
Warren County
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0047309
May 6, 2013

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

III.	RECEIVING WATERS – Paces Bayou.  Pace Bayou does not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies.  This waterbody is in the Lower Mississippi River Basin.  Pace Bayou is classified as Fish and Wildlife. One discharge to surface water is described within the application with no increase in flow.

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

V.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS - 

Parameters			Value					Basis
Flow			0.025 MGD			Design
BOD			30 mg/l (Monthly Avg)		Domestic Guidelines
TSS			90 mg/l (Monthly Avg)		Domestic Guidelines
Fecal Coliform		200 Col./100 ml		Domestic Guidelines
pH 			6.0 – 9.0 S.U.		MSWQS
Chlorine			0.1 – 1.0 mg/l (Monthly Avg)		MSWQS

All previous permitted parameters have remained the same in the reissuance.