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

Public Notice Start Date: September 17, 2018	MDEQ Contact: Carter Cress

Waste Management of Mississippi Inc, Prairie Bluff Landfill and Recycling Center, located at 1649 Highway 15 North, in Houston, Mississippi, telephone No. (662) 456-9560, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action(s): Reissuance of water pretreatment permit No. MSP090940 and water NPDES permit No. MSS051861.  The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 4953.  
This facility is a municipal solid waste landfill.  This public notice pertains to the reissuance of the facility’s two (2) active water permits.  
Water pretreatment permit No. MSP090940 authorizes the discharge of landfill leachate and equipment wash water to the Reynolds R. Ridgley POTW located in Columbus on Yorkville Road West and the Greenwood POTW located on West Church Street.  The permit requires periodically monitoring the process wastewater for: metals, ammonia, biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, oil and grease, pH, and flowrate.  
Water NPDES permit No. MSS051861 authorizes the discharge of non-contact stormwater.  Three (3) stormwater discharging outfalls are identified in the permit.  A sedimentation pond is associated with each outfall.  Each constructed pond is capable of handling rainfall from a 25-year, 24-hour rain event.  The facility and the receiving stream, Little Houlka Creek, are located in the Tombigbee River Basin.  The permit requires periodically monitoring the stormwater runoff for: chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, turbidity, and pH.    
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 Carter Cress 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 Carter Cress 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 
Houston Carnegie Library
105 W. Madison St.
Houston, MS  38851
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library
314 7th St. N.
Columbus, MS  39701

Greenwood-Leflore Public Library
405 W. Washington St.
Greenwood, MS  38930  

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