PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Jolimar Summit Fitness Retreat
Lincoln County
Summit, Mississippi
Water NPDES Permit No. MS0053601
August 2024

I.	FACILITY INFORMATION

Facility Name:  	Jolimar Summit Fitness Retreat
Facility Address:  	740 Jolimar Trail South East 
	Summit, MS  39666    
Summit, 
Permit No.:  		MS0053601
SIC Code:  		8361
Permit Writer:  	Josh Campbell
EPD Branch:  		Municipal

II.	NATURE OF BUSINESS

This facility is an event venue that offers on-site and off-site catering.  

III.	      AVAILABILITY OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGE VIA CITY SEWER

No available connection is apparent.  

IV.	EFFLUENT AND RECEIVING STREAM FLOW DATA

One (1) outfall discharges treated domestic/sanitary wastewater to receiving stream Unnamed Tributary of Bogue Chitto River.  The receiving waters are located in the Pearl River Basin.  The Bogue Chitto River is designated as Recreation.  The outfall is permitted a maximum monthly average flowrate of 1,500 gallons per day.  

V.	TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) AND 303(d) ISSUES

The Bogue Chitto River is included on the Mississippi 2018 Section 303(d) List of Impaired Water Bodies; it is included for biological impairment. The facility does not show on any TMDL.  This permit can be reopened and reissued if a completed TMDL requires additional or more stringent monitoring based on the listed impairment.    

VI.	TYPE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Aerobic Treatment Unit (ATU).    

This facility services a population of less than 200 people.  It employs nine people.    

IX.	PROPOSED FINAL LIMITATIONS 

				   Maximum
		Monthly	Daily	
Parameter	Minimum	Average	Maximum	Basis			
Flow	------------	0.0015 MGD	Report	Design
BOD5	------------	30 mg/L	45 mg/L	Domestic Guidelines
TSS	------------	30 mg/L	45 mg/L	Domestic Guidelines
E. coli	------------	126 col./100ml	410 col./100ml	Domestic Guidelines
pH	6.0 SU	----------	9.0 SU	MSWQS*
Chlorine	0.1 mg/L	----------	1.0 mg/L	Domestic Guidelines

*MSWQS = Mississippi Water Quality Standard

Chlorine, E. coli, BOD5, pH, and TSS shall be monitored by grab samples. Flow shall be monitored by instantaneous sampling.  

E. coli, BOD5, pH, and TSS shall be sampled annually. Chlorine and Flow shall be sampled weekly.   

All data is to be submitted on an annual DMR.