PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Roger Parker, Cove Lane Cottages
Lee County
Tupelo, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0062391
June 2022

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial 

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Wastewater is collected and treated by means of an Aerated Treatment Unit (ATU) followed by chlorine disinfection prior to discharge. Only one discharge to surface water is described in the application. 

IV.	RECEIVING WATER – Ditch then Tulip Creek. The receiving water is located in the Tombigbee River Basin and is classified as Fish and Wildlife.  The receiving water does appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) list of evaluated or impaired waterbodies. Specifically, Tulip Creek is listed for biological impairment at Tupelo from Headwaters to mouth at Town Creek. The facility will be required to perform quarterly monitoring of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorous in accordance with the Town Creek Nutrient Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code pt. 6, Commercial Facility Guidelines (Technology), Wasteload Allocation (WLA)

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS – 
Parameter				Value			Basis
Flow				0.005 MGD			Design
BOD5				13 mg/l			WLA
Ammonia Nitrogen			3 mg/l			WLA
TSS				30 mg/l			Technology
E. coli				126 Col./100ml		Admin Code
Oxygen, Dissolved			6.0 mg/l (minimum)	WLA
Chlorine, Total Residual		0.1 – 1.0 mg/l		Technology
pH				6.0 – 9.0 S.U		Admin Code
Total Nitrogen				Report lbs./day		WLA
	Total Phosphorus 			Report lbs./day		WLA