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

Public Notice Start Date:  May 11, 2013	MDEQ Contact: Deanna Rush
Deadline For Comment:  June 10, 2013

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Yazoo City Compressor Station located at 5170 Racetrack Road, in Yazoo City, MS, (713) 989-8357 has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the following permitting action: Reissuance of NPDES Permit Ref. No. MS0047457. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 4922.       
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Yazoo City Compressor Station is an existing natural gas pipeline compressor station. This permit will authorize the permittee to continue to discharge miscellaneous non-process wastewater from compressor building sump and turbine pit sump, air receiver condensate, equipment cleaning, turbine pit cleaning, and drainage of secondary containment, after treatment, into Willis Creek, and then into the Yazoo River.  Wastewater treatment consists of sediment filtration, oil and water separation, carbon absorption and clay/coal filtration. 
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 Deanna Rush at the Permit Board's address shown above, no later than June 10, 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, are available by writing or calling Deanna Rush at the above Permit Board address and telephone number.  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/report_public_notice.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 
Ricks Memorial Library
310 North Main Street
Yazoo City, MS 39194    

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