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, 2018	MDEQ Contact: Slater Smith

Australis TMS Inc, Ash 31H-1 and 31H-2 Production Facility, located at South of Lower Centreville Road, Off Perkins Road, in Centreville, MS, (346) 229-2525, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action: Issuance of Synthetic Minor Operating Permit (SMOP) Ref. No. 0080-00033. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 1311.  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. The Statement of Basis also addresses any changes to emissions and/or discharges resulting from any modification of the facility.  
Australis TMS Inc., has applied for the issuance of a SMOP for the Ash 31H-1 and 31H-2 Production Facility. The Ash 31H-1 and 31H-2 facility produces oil and natural gas and contains the following emission sources: the production wells, pump jack engines, three-phase separator, heater treater, oil/condensate storage tanks, produced water storage tanks, a process control flare, oil/condensate and produced water load-out operations, and facility-wide fugitive emissions. The facility has the potential to exceed the Title V major source threshold of 100 tons per year for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions; however, the facility will operate and maintain control equipment (i.e. the control flare) in order to remain a Synthetic Minor source. 
For the entire facility, the permittee shall limit the emissions of VOC to no more than 95.0 tons per year for each consecutive 12-month period on a rolling basis. Furthermore, for the entire facility, the permittee shall limit the emissions of any individual Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) emissions to no more than 9.0 tons per year and the emissions of all combined HAP emissions to no more than 24.0 tons per year for each consecutive 12-month period on a rolling basis. The permittee is also required to route all vented gas emissions from to the control flare. The permittee is also required to comply with several work practice standards for the control flare in order to ensure that the vented gas emissions are controlled as efficiently as possible.
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 Slater Smith 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(s).  A public hearing will be held if the Permit Board finds a significant degree of public interest in the proposed permit(s). Persons wishing to request a public hearing may do so by submitting that request in writing to Slater Smith 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(s), are available by writing or calling 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 
Liberty Public Library
PO Box 187
Liberty, MS 39648    

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