DRAFT PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Waste Management of Mississippi Inc, Pine Ridge Sanitary Landfill and Recycling Center
Lauderdale County
Meridian, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MSS044393
October 17, 2023

I.	FACILITY INFORMATION

Facility Name:		Waste Management of Mississippi Inc, Pine Ridge Sanitary Landfill and Recycling Center
Facility Address:	520 Murphy Road 
	Meridian, MS 39301    
Meridian, 
Permit No.:		MSS044393
SIC:			4953
Permit Writer:		Rusty Parrish
EPD Branch:		Water II Branch

II.	NATURE OF BUSINESS

Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

III.	EFFLUENT AND RECEIVING STREAM FLOW DATA

Discharges from all outfalls consist of storm water runoff associated with the construction, development, and operation of the municipal landfill, except for working face runoff and leachate. Outfall 004 currently discharges into an unnamed tributary of Nanabe Creek thence into Sowashee Creek thence into the Pascagoula River. Outfall 005 currently discharges into Clear Branch thence into Sowashee Creek thence into the Pascagoula River. The Pascagoula River is located in the Pascagoula River Basin.	

IV.	303(d) and TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDLs) ISSUES

Sowashee Creek is on the Mississippi 2022 List of Impaired Water Bodies 303(d) for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus. The proposed permit complies with the following TMDLs:
•	Fecal Coliform – Chickasawhay River – Clarke, Wayne, and Greene Counties
•	Sediment – Pascagoula River Basin – May 2005 – ID: 405051703
•	Sediment – Sowashee Creek Watershed – Pascagoula River Basin – May 2011
•	Organic Enrichment/Low DO – Sowashee Creek – Lauderdale County – March 2012
•	Mercury – Pascagoula River – Pascagoula River Basin – March 2005 – ID:       405031801
•	Fecal Coliform – Pascagoula River - Pascagoula River Basin – December 1999 – ID: 499121505
•	DDT and Toxaphene – Pascagoula River Basin – January 2004 – ID: 404011301
•	Fecal Coliform – Okatibbee Creek – Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale, and Neshoba Counties – December 1999 – ID: 499121503
•	Organic Enrichment, Total Phosphorus, and Ammonia Toxicity – Chickasawhay River – Greene and Wayne Counties – June 2005 – ID: 405063008
•	Sediment – Chickasawhay River Watershed – Pascagoula River Basin – June 2005 – ID: 405052401

V.	TYPE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Stormwater is stored in sediment ponds for treatment.

VI.	EPA APPLICABLE CATEGORICAL GUIDELINES

Not applicable.

VII.	DATA FROM APPLICATION FORM 2F

VII.	PROPOSED FINAL LIMITATIONS 

1.	Average Permit Limitations

2.	Maximum Permit Limitations

*Basis: MSWQS = Mississippi Water Quality Standard; PPL = Present Permit Limitation; SLL = Standard Landfill Limitation

The parameters shall be monitored semiannually via grab sampling. Results will be reported annually on Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs).

There are updated conditions within the permit regarding the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP); therefore, an updated SWPPP shall be submitted within 30 days of permit issuance.