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: February 4, 2026	MDEQ Contact: Clinton Gentry

Mississippi Lime Company-Vicksburg Plant, located at 1543 Haining Road,  in Vicksburg, MS, (601) 636-0932, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the following permitting action(s): Synthetic Minor Operating Permit Renewal, Air Ref. No. 2780-00014. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 3274.  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.  
Mississippi Lime Company’s (MLC) Vicksburg Plant is a dry bulk lime processing facility located in Vicksburg, MS. The facility’s primary function is the receiving, processing, storage and distribution of lime and hydrated lime. MLC currently has the potential to exceed the Title V threshold for PM10 emissions. In order to qualify as a Synthetic Minor Source, Mississippi Lime has elected to take throughput limits on their various intake points to ensure that production levels keep emissions below the Title V threshold of 100 tpy for PM10. The facility also operates various control devices at the facility, and MLC has requested a limit requiring these control devices to be operating at all times while emissions may be vented to them.
As a part of this reissuance, MLC has also requested that modifications be made to the permit. These modifications include: the removal of the throughput limit on Emission Points AA-015A, AA-015B, and AA-016, the addition of control devices on Emission Points AA-025 and AA-031B, the addition of Emission Points AA-046 and AA-047, and an increase in the throughput limit on Emission Points AA-025 and AA-033. Additional information regarding these modifications can be found in the permit review summary at: https://opc.deq.state.ms.us/publicnotice.aspx   
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 that the final staff recommendation on 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 resulting recommendation to the Permit Board. 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.