PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Manoj Bajaj dba Ed’s Quickie
Rankin County
Florence, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0062197
March 2024

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic

III.	NATURE OF BUSINESS

The applicant operates as a Convenience Store.

IV.	EFFLUENT AND RECEIVING STREAM FLOW DATA

One outfall has been applied to be reissued for.  The effluent from the facility consists of sanitary wastewater.  The design flow from the facility is 750 gpd.  The effluent from the facility discharges to an unnamed tributary of Steen Creek. The creek has intermittent flow (7Q10  = 0 MGD)

V.	303(d) ISSUES

The receiving water is not listed in the 2018 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies and there are no applicable TMDL’s which apply to the facility.  

VI.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and biologically treated by an aerobic treatment unit (ATU).

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS 

Average Limitations

Parameter	Categorical Limitation	Water Quality Limitation	Present Permit Limitation	Proposed Permit Limitation	Basis	
BOD5	--	30 mg/l	30 mg/l	30 mg/l	Domestic Guidelines	
TSS	--	30 mg/l	30 mg/l	30 mg/l	Domestic Guidelines	
E. Coli	--	126 Col./100mL	---	126 Col./100mL	MSWQS	
pH	--	6.0 – 9.0 S.U.	6.0 – 9.0 S.U.	6.0 – 9.0 S.U.	MSWQS	

Maximum Limitations

Parameter	Categorical Limitation	Water Quality Limitation	Present Permit Limitation	Proposed Permit Limitation	Basis	
BOD5	--	45 mg/l	45 mg/l	45 mg/l	Domestic Guidelines	
TSS	--	45 mg/l	45 mg/l	45 mg/l	Domestic Guidelines	
E. Coli	--	410 Col./100mL	---	410 Col./100mL	MSWQS	
pH	--	6.0 – 9.0 S.U.	6.0 – 9.0 S.U.	6.0 – 9.0 S.U.	MSWQS 	
Chlorine, total residual	--	0.1 – 1.0 mg/l	0.1 – 1.0 mg/l	0.1 – 1.0 mg/l	Domestic Guidelines