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: July 1, 2026	MDEQ Contact: Clinton Gentry

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC, Bellewood Compressor Station Number 602, located at Bellewood Road,  in Bellewood, MS, (662) 712-2022 (W. Cox), has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the following permitting action(s): Permit to Construct, Air Ref. No. 1180-00030. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 4922 (Natural Gas Transmission).  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.  
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC (TGP) proposes to construct the new Bellewood Compressor Station No. 602 (CS 602) near Isola, Mississippi. CS 602 is one of three compressor stations that are part of the proposed TGP Mississippi Crossing Project (MSX Project). The MSX Project consists of approximately 208 miles of new pipeline and associated facilities in the states of Mississippi and Alabama, designed to transport natural gas from TGP's 100 line near Greenville, Mississippi, to interconnections with other pipeline companies in Attala County and Humphreys County, Mississippi and Choctaw County, Alabama. CS 602 will receive low-pressure inlet natural gas and compress the gas to increase the pressure in the pipeline and maintain the downstream flow. The proposed compressor station will be built with bi-directional piping to allow for flow in either direction.
CS 602 is classified as a major source with respect to Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act. The facility has the uncontrolled potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year (tpy) of the criteria pollutants Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Carbon Monoxide (CO).  CS 602 has the uncontrolled potential to emit less than 25 tpy of combined hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), as well as less than 10 tpy of each individual HAP. Compressor stations are not one of the listed source categories in 40 CFR 52.21(b)(1)(i)(A); therefore, the major source threshold is 250 tons per year (tpy) of any regulated NSR pollutant. CS 602 does not have the potential to emit greater than 250 tpy for any NSR pollutant; therefore, CS 602 is considered a minor stationary source. 
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 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 its consideration of key aspects of the permit action. 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.