Public Notice
Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board
P. O. Box 2261 | Jackson, MS 39225
515 East Amite St. | Jackson, MS 39201
Telephone No. (601) 961-5171

Public Notice Start Date: March 8, 2023	MDEQ Contact: Slater Smith

Louis Dreyfus Company River Elevators LLC, Port of Rosedale, River Elevator (Louis Dreyfus), located at 489 David Work Drive, in Rosedale, MS, (662) 344-6304, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the following permitting action(s): Modification of Synthetic Minor Operating Permit (SMOP) Ref. No. 0240-00097. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 5153.  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.  
Louis Dreyfus manages an existing grain elevator. Whole grains such as corn, soybeans, wheat, milo, and rice are received via truck. Grains are unloaded at two receiving areas each having two hopper truck dump pits, and grains are subsequently transferred into storage bins via a bucket elevator. There are six storage silos with a total storage capacity of 2,225,000 bushels. If necessary, the facility dries grain in the grain tower dryer (Emission Point AA-003) which has a maximum throughput of 960,000 tons per year (tpy). The grain dryer is the only fuel burning equipment onsite. Grains are loaded out into trucks or barges and are sent to loadout through either a truck loadout leg/spout or the barge loadout covered belt. Louis Dreyfus operates two baghouses to control particulate matter (PM) emissions onsite. The aforementioned equipment and production areas are sources of PM, PM less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM10), PM less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), and Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) emissions.
Louis Dreyfus has the potential to exceed the Title V major source threshold of 100 tpy for PM10 emissions and the PSD major source threshold of 250 tpy for PM. The proposed facility-wide grain throughput limit of 850,000 tpy, will reduce the proposed allowable emission for PM and PM10. The facility will limit PM and PM10 emissions to below the major source thresholds and compliance will be demonstrated through monitoring and recordkeeping. The facility is an area source of HAP emissions and does not have the potential to exceed the major source thresholds for individual HAP emissions (10 tpy) and total HAP emissions (25 tpy).
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 https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/smith-slater/ or to the Permit Board 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 at https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/smith-slater/ or to the Permit Board 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, including a copy of the draft permit, are available by writing or calling the Public Records Request Officer at the above Permit Board address and telephone number or by completing the form at the following website: https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/about-mdeq/public-records-request/public-records-request-form/ . Additionally, a copy of the draft permit and statement of basis may be found on the MDEQ’s website at: https://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx . This information is also available for review at the office of the MDEQ at the Permit Board address shown above during normal business hours. Please bring the foregoing to the attention of persons whom you know will be interested.