PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
LV Petroleum LLC TA McComb
Pike County
McComb, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0050415
August 2025

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via an activated sludge prior to discharge. Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in treated effluent flow proposed. 

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Minnehaha Creek thence into Tangipahoa River. The receiving waters are located in the Independent Streams drainage basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife. At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies, but the discharge does appear on a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Fecal Coliform on the Tangipahoa River. The discharge also appears on a completed TMDL for Organic Enrichment/Low DO. These limitations should not impact water quality.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code pt. 6, Commercial Facility Guidelines (Technology), State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria (MSWQS)

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter		Value				Basis
Flow			0.03 MGD		Design
BOD			30 mg/l 			Technology
TSS 			30 mg/l 			Technology
E. coli			126 Col./100mL 	MSWQS
pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.	MSWQS
Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/l	Technology

VII.	CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PERMIT – 

There was no change from last reissuance