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: April 8, 2026	MDEQ Contact: Ivelina Pilgrim

Southeastern Timber Products LLC, Ackerman Plant, located at 240 PCA Road, in Ackerman, MS, (662) 285-3291, has applied to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the following permitting action: Renewal of a Title V Operating Permit (TVOP) (Air Ref. No. 0400-00005). The applicant's operations fall within SIC Code 2421 (Sawmills and Planing Mills, General).  
Southeastern Timber Products is an existing facility that manufactures dimensional lumber from harvested southern yellow pine timber. The proposed TVOP incorporates the project authorized under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permit to Construct issued December 11, 2019 and modified July 3, 2025.  The project consisted of installing one (1) lumber continuous drying kiln (CDK) equipped with a 46 MMBTU/ hour natural gas-fired burner (Emission Point AA-017). The facility has the potential to emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in excess of the Title V threshold [i.e.100 tons per year (tpy)] and above the PSD threshold [i.e.250 tpy]. Therefore, the facility is considered a PSD major stationary source.  
An information relative 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 information relative also addresses any changes to emissions and/or discharges resulting from any modification of the facility.  
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 Ivelina Pilgrim at https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/pilgrim-ivelina/ or to the Permit Board address shown above, no later than May 8, 2026. All comments received by this date will be considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the application.  A public hearing will be held if the Permit Board finds a significant degree of public interest in the proposed permit. Persons wishing to request a public hearing may do so by submitting that request in writing to Ivelina Pilgrim at https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/pilgrim-ivelina/ 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.
After receipt of public comments and thorough consideration of all comments, the staff will formulate its recommendations for permit issuance and a proposed permit if that is the recommendation. The Title V Permit to Operate is a permit that is required by Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law. The Title V permit is a Federally-enforceable permit as well as a State permit.  Therefore, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will also be allowed an opportunity to review the application, proposed permit, and all comments received during the public comment period prior to Permit Board action on the application. 
The status regarding EPA’s 45-day review of this project and the deadline for citizen’s petitions can be found at the following website address:  https://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/mississippi-proposed-title-v-permits
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 information relative 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.