PERMIT RATIONALE FOR ISSUANCE
7 Lakes RV Park and Campground LLC
Tishomingo County
Golden, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MSU224008
4 May 2026

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial State Operating Permit (SOP)

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater – RV Park 

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated by means of anaerobic lagoon followed by a no discharge mound absorption system.

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – None. No discharge to surface waters is described within the application.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin. Code Pt. 6 Ch. 1.

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS – The following permit conditions are noted:

L-2: No permit for the construction of a wastewater treatment facility shall be issued unless the applicant can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Permit Board that a qualified operator will be made available to operate and maintain the facility [11 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 6, Ch. 1, Subch. 1.1.1.C(1)(c)]

L-3: The permittee shall provide written notification to the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality no later than thirty (30) days after the loss of the permittee’s certified operator. [11 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 6, Ch. 1, Subch. 1.]

L-4: Failure to provide adequate treatment leading to nuisance conditions or other operational failures, as determined by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), may be cause for termination.  If the permit is revoked, then the operation of the facility must cease until proper operational conditions have been met as determined by MDEQ. [11 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 6, Ch. 1, Subch. 1.]

S-1: The Permittee shall submit analytical results on a monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR): Due monthly, by the 28th of the subsequent month. [11 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 6, Ch. 1, Subch. 1.]  As shown in Table 1.

Table 1

T-17: All records and results of monitoring activities required by this permit, including calibration and maintenance records, shall be retained by the permittee for a minimum of three (3) years, unless otherwise required or extended by the Permit Board, copies of which shall be furnished to the Department upon request. [11 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 6, Ch. 1, Subch. 1.1.4.A(29)(a)]