PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Manoj Bajaj dba Ed’s Quickie
Rankin County
Florence, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0062197
June 11, 2019

I.	FACILITY INFORMATION

	Facility Name:  Manoj Bajaj dba Ed’s Quickie
Facility Address:  4113 Highway 49 South 
Florence, MS  39073    
Floren  Permit No.:  MS0062197
SIC:  5812
Permit Writer:  Rajeev Gupta
EPD Branch:  Water Branch II

II.	NATURE OF BUSINESS

The applicant operates as a Convenience Store.

III.	EFFLUENT AND RECEIVING STREAM FLOW DATA

One outfall has been applied to be permitted 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)

IV.	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.  

V.	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	

BOD5, pH, TSS, and E. Coli shall be monitored annually with a grab sample.  Flow shall be measured weekly instantaneously while Total Residual Chlorine shall be be monitored weekly with a grab sample.  Permit limitations are based on the State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria and Domestic Facility Guidelines (Technology) for treated domestic sanitary wastewater.  Currently, the facility’s existing permit contains limitations for fecal coliform.  The “State of Mississippi Water Quality Critieria” has been modified to now address E. Coli instead of fecal coliform.  As a result, limitations for E. Coli have been added to the permit and fecal coliform limitations have been removed.

One special condition of the permit shall be as follows:

Effluent limits have been developed such that the waste treatment system should protect water quality. However, this permit is subject to modifications if future evidence, monitoring
results, or nuisance conditions indicate that a higher degree of treatment is required to maintain water quality. The discharge from this facility shall cease and connection made to a regional sewer system when the sewer system is available in the area. At that time, the discharge from the system shall be terminated. In accordance with the Municipal and Domestic Water and Wastewater System Operator's Certification Act of 1986, this treatment facility must be operated by
persons who are certified as qualified to operate the facility. The Office of Pollution Control must concur with plans and specifications for the installation or modification of the wastewater treatment facility and sewer collection system, if applicable, prior to the commencement of construction.