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

Public Notice Start Date: May 4, 2017	MDEQ Contact: John Havard

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC, DeKalb Compressor Station Number 542, located at 538 Pumping Station Road, in Daleville, MS, (662) 743-2552, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action:  Renewal of NPDES Permit No. MS0045462. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 4922.  A Statement of Basis has been prepared that contains a discussion of the decision-making that went into the development of the permit and provides the permitting authority, the public, and other government bodies a record of the technical issues surrounding issuance of the permit.  
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, is a natural gas transmission company engaged in the interstate transmission of natural gas through a series of subsurface pipelines.
The facility has one outfall which flows to an unnamed tributary of the Sucarnoochee River of the Tombigbee River Basin.  
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 John Havard at the Permit Board's address shown above, no later than the end of the thirty (30) day public notice. All comments received by this date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the application.  A public hearing will be held if the Permit Board finds a significant degree of public interest in the proposed permit. Persons wishing to request a public hearing may do so by submitting that request in writing to John Havard or the Chief of the Environmental Permits Division at the address shown above.  The Permit Board is limited in the scope of its analysis to environmental impact.  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.
Additional details about the application(s), including a copy of the draft permit, are available by writing or calling John Havard at the above Permit Board address and telephone number.  Additionally, as a courtesy, for those with Internet access, a copy of the draft permit 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 
DeKalb Public Library
141 Bell Street
DeKalb, MS 39328

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