RATIONALE FOR ISSUANCE
MC Environmental, LLC
MC Environmental Class II Rubbish Site
Marion County
Solid Waste Permit No. SW0460020618
Date of Application: October 18, 2023

I.	FACILITY INFORMATION

Facility Name:  	MC Environmental Class II Rubbish Site
Facility Owner: 	MC Environmental, LLC
Facility Address:	971 Columbia-Purvis Road
Columbia, MS 39429    
Permit No.:		SW0460020618
SIC Code:		4953
Permit Writer:		Ross D. Williams, RPG 
Waste Division:	Solid Waste Permitting Branch	

II.	NATURE OF BUSINESS AND CURRENT CONDITIONS

The applicant, MC Environmental, LLC, currently operates two solid waste management facilities at the referenced location: the MC Environmental Class I Rubbish Site (Solid Waste Permit No. SW0460020606) and the MC Environmental Composting Facility (Letter of Authorization dated August 10, 2022).  The site is also the location of a surface mining operation.  

III.	PROPOSED SOLID WASTE PERMITTING ACTION

MC Environmental, LLC has submitted a solid waste permit application to operate a new class II rubbish site at this location.  The proposed MC Environmental Class II Rubish Site would be authorized to dispose of class II rubbish, including natural vegetation, brick, mortar, concrete, stone, asphalt, and other similar class II rubbish wastes. The proposed class II rubbish disposal area will consist of 17.7 acres.
 
IV.	LOCATION INFORMATION AND TOTAL PROPERTY AREA

The facility is located in Section 18, Township 3 North, Range 17 West of Marion County, Mississippi.  The physical address is 971 Columbia-Purvis Road, Columbia, Mississippi 39532. Global positioning system (GPS) coordinates at the gate are 31° 12’ 48.91” North, 89° 44’ 40.13" West. The total deeded contiguous property is 443 acres.  

V.	LOCAL SOLID WASTE PLANNING AND ZONING INFORMATION

The proposed permit action is consistent with the Marion County Solid Waste Management Plan (Plan).  The Marion County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution on August 22, 2024, approved the final version of a comprehensive update to the Marion County Solid Waste Management Plan. In this plan, the MC Environmental Class II Rubbish Site was recognized to be included as a disposal facility. The Plan was approved on February 21, 2025, by the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality, Administrative Order No. 7456 25, to allow up to 17.9 acres of total disposal for class II disposal at the facility. 

The Marion County Board of Supervisors provided a letter dated September 5, 2023, stating that Marion County does not have zoning regulations that would conflict with a solid waste disposal facility operating at the referenced location.

VI.	APPROVED SERVICE AREA

The Marion County Solid Waste Management Plan includes an approved service area for the MC Environmental Class II Rubbish Site, as approved by the Marion County Board of Supervisors. The approved service area includes all Mississippi Counties that fall within 120-mile radius of the site, as well as all of Louisiana and Alabama. 

VII.	SITING CRITERIA

The applicant has demonstrated compliance with the minimum siting criteria established in the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations for the operation of a class II rubbish site. No variances to the siting criteria are proposed with the application. The proposed buffer setback distances from the class II disposal area to the property line on the north, south, east, and west side of the site are greater than 200 feet. 

VIII.	HOURS OF OPERATION AND SITE SECURITY 

The application indicates that personnel are on site from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday on Saturday. The applicant will open other hours as needed to accommodate increased waste loads associated with natural disasters, etc. Portions of the facility property are fenced with heavy vegetation along the perimeter of the entire property. The entrance gate off Columbia-Purvis Road is closed and locked whenever site personnel are not onsite.  Security cameras are used throughout the site. 

IX.	WASTE ACCEPTANCE AND COVER SCHEDULE

The facility will accept and dispose of authorized class II rubbish wastes as defined by the regulations. The facility anticipates receiving up to 300 cubic yards of class II rubbish per week. 

At least six inches of earthen cover will be applied to the waste at least once every two weeks on Friday. Twelve inches of earthen cover will be applied to all areas that have received no waste for 30 days.

X.	FINAL COVER SYSTEM AND HEIGHT 

Upon closure, a final cover system must be constructed in accordance with State Regulations and the approved closure plan. The final height of the disposal area, including a minimum of 2 feet of earthen cover, shall not exceed 336.8 feet mean sea level.  The final cover system will be developed with no more than 25% side slopes and a top cap with a minimum of 4% slopes. 

XI.	CLOSURE/POST-CLOSURE 

MC Environmental, LLC must notify MDEQ in writing that the rubbish site has been closed. The permit requires MC Environmental, LLC to perform post-closure activities for a minimum of 10 years to include regular inspections of the conditions of the final cover as well as maintenance of the vegetative cover and all storm water and erosion controls.

XII.	APPLICANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION 

In accordance with State Law, the applicant filed an updated disclosure statement, received in MDEQ’s office on October 18, 2023, describing the company’s structure, key officers and members, other affiliated businesses and any civil or criminal violations.  This disclosure statement was reviewed by the MDEQ Legal Division and determined to be completed on November 11, 2023.

XIII.	APPLICANT CONTACT INFORMATION  

Greg Prine
MC Environmental, LLC 
60 Dyess Circle
Columbia, MS 39429
Office: 601-736-2199

XIV.	OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

The facility maintains Industrial Storm Water Certificate of Coverage MSR002520 for this Class II Rubbish site and MSR002471 for the MC Environmental Class I Rubbish Site, Solid Waste Permit No. SW0460020606. The applicant also has on file with the MDEQ-Office of Geology a Notice of Exempt Operations for a four- acre tract on the property for a surface mining pit.