PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Ray Nelson Broome, dba Nelsons Utility, The Woods Subdivision Phase Two
Lamar County
Purvis, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0053511
April 14, 2025

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated biologically by means of an aerated lagoon followed by disinfection by chlorination. No increase in effluent flow is proposed within the application. 

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Boggy Branch. The receiving stream is located within the Pascagoula River Basin and is classified as Fish and Wildlife. The receiving stream does not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies. The facility disinfects, which complies with the TMDL. Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in flow proposed. 

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 MS Admin Code pt.6, Domestic Guidelines

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter			Values			Basis
Flow				0.02 MGD			Design
BOD5				30 mg/l (Monthly Average)		Domestic Guidelines
TSS				60 mg/l (Monthly Average)		Admin Code
E. Coli				126 Col./100ml (Monthly Average)	Admin Code
Chlorine, Total Residual	0.1 – 1.0 mg/l			Domestic Guidelines
pH				6.0 – 9.0 S.U.			Admin Code