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: August 12, 2026	MDEQ Contact: Thomas Parker

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc, Verona Facility (Ashley Furniture), located at 108 Lipford Road in Verona, MS, (608) 323-1870, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the following permitting action(s): Reissuance of the Synthetic Minor Operating Permit (SMOP), Air Ref. No. 1540-00050. The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 3086. 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.  
Ashley Furniture owns and operates a foam manufacturing and fabrication facility that consists of space heaters, emergency generators, emergency fire pumps, one (1) steam generator, foam fabrication production line, and chemical storage tanks. Ashley Furniture’s process operations will generate emissions of Particulate Matter (PM), PM less than 10 microns (µm) (PM10), PM less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). Ashley Furniture is proposing to add sixteen (16) polyol storage tanks, one (1) steam generator, two (2) diesel storage tanks, one (1) emergency generator, and one (1) emergency fire pump as new emission points with this permitting action. The facility has also requested that one slab stock foam fabrication line (Emission Point AA-001) be removed along with this renewal, as it was never constructed. Ashley Furniture has the potential to exceed the Title V major source threshold of 100.0 tons per year (tpy) for VOC emissions. The facility will remain a synthetic minor source and stay below the Title V threshold by limiting VOC emissions to 99.0 tpy. The facility’s maximum uncontrolled and potential emissions for Individual and Total HAPs are below the Title V major source thresholds of 10.0 tpy and 25.0 tpy, respectively. Therefore, Ashley Furniture has also elected to retain the limits set forth in the previous permitting action of 9.0 tpy for Individual HAPs and 24.0 for Total HAPs to ensure the facility remains below the Title V major source thresholds.
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 Thomas Parker at https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/Parker-Thomas/ 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 Thomas Parker at https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/Parker-Thomas/ 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.