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The information contained in this report is obtained from MDEQ's enSite (electronic environmental Site Information System) System used by the Office of Pollution Control's Air Division, Environmental Permits Division and Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Division, and the Office of Geology's Mining and Reclamation Division. The purpose of the system is to support permitting and compliance activities of the Department of Environmental Quality. Regulatory programs that are supported by this database are the Surface Water National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program; the Air Title V, Construction and Operating Programs; the Solid and Hazardous Waste Programs; Geology Surface Mining and Reclamation Division; and the Waste Tire Program (the UST program is currently not supported). There are other regulatory programs within the Department that do not currently utilize this database including programs managed by the Office of Land and Water, and the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program.

OPC Environmental Permits Division

Public Hearing Details

Kemper County Landfill Company LLC, a subsidiary of Waste Pro of Mississippi Inc

AI IDBranchSICCountyBasinStartEnd
3522Air 2
Solid Waste
Waste Tire
Water 2		4953, 9511KemperTombigbee River04/12/1994 


Physical Address (Primary)Mailing Address
21211 Highway 16 East
DeKalb, MS 39328 		21211 Highway 16 East
DeKalb, MS 39328


Hearing DateHearing Location
05/29/2025Kemper County Courthouse Annex
230 Main Avenue
De Kalb, MS39328

Comments: Kemper County Landfill Company, LLC, has submitted a solid waste permit application to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the renewal of its permitted municipal solid waste landfill, the Kemper County Solid Waste Landfill, located at 21211 Highway 16 East, DeKalb, MS 39328. The permit application proposed the continued acceptance and disposal of various nonhazardous solid wastes from residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and other approved sources from within the approved service area at the existing municipal solid waste landfill. MDEQ will hold a public hearing on the proposed project at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2025. This public hearing is being held at the Kemper County Courthouse Annex. located at 230 Main Avenue, De Kalb, MS 39328. The submitted solid waste permit application proposes to allow the facility to continue to accept and dispose of various nonhazardous solid wastes from residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and other approved sources from within the approved service area. Additionally, the facility may accept regulated asbestos containing materials (RACM) and bulk liquid wastes for solidification and disposal in accordance with the approved plan of operations. The total property area to be owned by Kemper County Landfill Company, LLC is approximately 102 acres. The approved service area for the facility, as approved by the Kemper County Board of Supervisors, includes the entirety of the State of Mississippi plus other locations within a 150-mile radius of Kemper County.

Shared Documents

VIEWPermit TypeDocument Description
click for document Solid Waste RA-SW-Mun LandfillNotice of Public Hearing
click for document Solid Waste RA-SW-Mun LandfillRationale
click for document Solid Waste RA-SW-Mun LandfillPublic Hearing Draft Permit

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