PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Americas Catch Inc, Employee Housing
Leflore County
Itta Bena,, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0057240
July 8,2026

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated by a conventional lagoon followed by tablet chlorination prior to discharge.  No increase in permitted flow is proposed within the application.

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Gin Bayou. The receiving water is located within Yazoo River Basin and is classified as Fish and Wildlife. The receiving stream is not denoted on the State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Waterbodies as being impaired nor a TMDL has been conducted for this receiving stream.  

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Miss. Admin. Code Part 6

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS - 

Parameter		Value					Basis
Flow			0.012 MGD			Design
BOD5			30 mg/l (Max. Monthly Average)	Commercial Guidelines
TSS			90 mg/l (Max. Monthly Average)	Commercial Guidelines
E. Coli			126 Col./100ml  		Commercial Guidelines
pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.		Commercial Guidelines
Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/l		Commercial Guidelines

E. Coli will now be the bacterial indicator used for all freshwaters in MS designated as Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Support, and /or Public Water supply (replacing the use of fecal coliform).