Public Notice
Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board
P. O. Box 2261
Jackson, MS 39225
Telephone No. (601) 961-5171

Public Notice Start Date: July 17, 2016	MDEQ Contact: Charity Rockingham

Mississippi Power Company, Plant Victor J. Daniel, located at 13201 Highway 63 North in Moss Point, MS, (228) 897-6396, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action:  Reissuance of Solid Waste Management Permit No. SW0300040527. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 4911.  The solid waste management facility is located at Mississippi Power Company’s, Plant Victor J. Daniel facility located at 13201 Highway 63 in Section 37, Township 6 South, Range 6 West in Escatawpa, Jackson County, Mississippi.
Mississippi Power Company owns and operates the Plant Daniel North Ash Management Unit (NAMU) for the disposal of fly ash and bottom ash produced as a result of the plant’s coal fired electric generation process. The reissuance of this individual permit will authorize Mississippi Power Company to continue to operate and maintain the ash management unit with a disposal footprint of 45.83 acres. 
The staff of the Permit Board has developed this draft permit based on information submitted to the Permit Board by the applicant, appropriate State and Federal agencies and other interested parties. The staff of the Permit Board is soliciting all relative information pertaining to the proposed activity, including public comment, to ensure that the final staff recommendation on the draft permit complies with all State and Federal regulations. Public review and comment on the draft permit and supporting documentation is an important element in the staff evaluation and resulting recommendation to the Permit Board. The draft permit conditions have been developed to ensure compliance with all State and Federal regulations but are subject to change based on information received as a result of public participation.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed determinations are invited to submit comments in writing to Charity Rockingham at the Permit Board's address shown above, no later than thirty (30) days from the start of the public notice. All comments received by this date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the application. Any comments relative to zoning or economic and social impacts are within the jurisdiction of local zoning and planning authorities and should be addressed to them.
The Permit Board is created by Mississippi Law for the purpose of issuing or denying, under such conditions and limitations as it may prescribe, environmental protection permits to control or prevent the release of contaminants into the air and waters of the State.  By law, the Board is composed of the Chief of the Bureau of Environmental Health within the State Department of Health; the Director of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, the Director of the Office of Land and Water Resources within the Department of Environmental Quality, the Supervisor of the State Oil and Gas Board; the Director of the Department of Marine Resources; the Director of Geology within the Department of Environmental Quality; and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or their respective designees.

Before making any decision, the Board will consider all issues and concerns raised regarding environmental protection.  Any interested party aggrieved by the decision of the Permit Board may file a written request for a formal hearing, after the formal evidentiary hearing the Permit Board will make its final decision in the matter. Any person aggrieved by that decision may appeal to the chancery court in the county of the proposed project.
Additional details about the application, including a copy of the draft permit, are available by writing or calling Mr. Lorenzo Boddie at the above Permit Board address and telephone number.  Additionally, as a courtesy, for those with Internet access, a copy of the draft permit(s) may be found on the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s website at: http://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx. This information is also available for review at the following location(s) during normal business hours:
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Pollution Control
515 E. Amite St 
Jackson, MS 39201 
East Central Public Library
21801 Slider Road
Moss Point, MS 39562    

Please bring the foregoing to the attention of persons whom you know will be interested.