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: April 15, 2026	MDEQ Contact: Clinton Gentry

Sunshine Mills Inc, located at 2103 South Gloster Street, in Tupelo, MS, (662) 842-6175, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the following permitting action(s): Synthetic Minor Operating Permit Modification, Air Ref. No. 1540-00027. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 2047.  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.  
Sunshine Mills Inc is an animal feed production facility whose primary function is the production of thirty to forty different types of dog food. The permit will be modified upon reissuance to include more stringent requirements, in line with other feed mill operations within the state. These will include a throughput limitation on dog food produced yearly, as well as one time stack tests on all control devices.
Sunshine Mills has the potential to exceed the Title V threshold of 100 tpy for PM10 emissions. In order to qualify as a synthetic minor source and avoid Title V and PSD, Sunshine Mills has elected to take an emissions limitation of 99.0 tpy per rolling 12-months for PM10. Sunshine Mills will make monthly throughput calculations, which will be based off of emissions factors determined via stack tests of each controlled, emission point. The facility will also limit their throughput to 500 tons per day, or 182,500 tpy. Along with visible emissions evaluations, all of this will help ensure that Sunshine does not exceed their PM10 emission limit.
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 Clinton Gentry at https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/Gentry-Clinton/ 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 Clinton Gentry at https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/Gentry-Clinton/ 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.