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

Public Notice Start Date: May 8, 2013	MDEQ Contact: Krista Caron
Deadline For Comment: June 7, 2013

Homan Industries, located at 105 Homan Road, in Fulton, MS, (662) 862-2125, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action(s): Air Ref. No. 1240-00007. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 2421.    
Homan Industries currently operates three companies that include Tri-State Lumber Company, Homan Forest Products, and Homan Wood Products.  Currently, Homan Industries operates these sites as separately permitted/regulated sources.  During this permitting action all three sources will be combined under one Synthetic Minor Operating Permit.  Homan Industries processes southern yellow pine to create dimensional lumber.  Secondary products are CCA or Copper Azole treated lumber products.  The principal emission units/processes utilized to create product are sawmill, dry kilns, planer mill, wood treatment process, and remanning and wood fired boiler.  The permit includes requirements to ensure the facility wide emissions of criteria pollutants (PM10, CO NOx, and SOx) stay below the 99 tons per year.  A Statement of Basis has been prepared that contains a discussion of decision-making that went into the development of the permit and to provide the permitting authority, the public, and other government bodies a record of the technical issues surrounding issuance of the permit.
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 Krista Caron at the Permit Board's address shown above, no later than May 3, 2013.  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).  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 proposed 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 
Itawamba County Library
210 Cedar Street
Fulton, MS 38843    

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