PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Roy Lane, Chateau Lane Apartments
Oktibbeha County
Starkville, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0036862
May 2024

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated by means of a conventional lagoon.  No increase in flow is proposed within the application.

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed Tributary of Tobacco Juice Creek.  Neither waterbody appears on the current 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies. The discharge is listed in the TMDL For Nutrients and Organic Enrichment / Low DO in the Noxubee River, which the limitations in the permit comply with. The receiving waters are located within the Tombigbee River Basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.  One discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in flow proposed. The discharge from this facility should not further impair water quality.

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

V.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter		Value					Basis
Flow			0.0006 MGD				Design
BOD			30 mg/l				Domestic Guidelines
TSS			90 mg/l				Domestic Guidelines
E. Coli			126 Col./100mL			Domestic Guidelines
Effluent pH		6.0 to 9.0 S.U.				MS WQS
Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/l				MS WQS
	
No change from last reissuance