PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Moore Utility Company, Moore Subdivision
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0054674
October 16, 2025

I.	FACILITY INFORMATION

a.	Facility Name:  Moore Utility Company, Moore Subdivision
b.	Facility Address:  Old Highway 6 
    				      Pontotoc, MS  38863   Pontotoc, 
c.	Permit No.:  MS0054674
d.	SIC:  6552
e.	Permit Writer:  James “Luke” Wall
f.	EPD Branch:  Municipal and Private Facilities Branch

II.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

IV.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via a conventional lagoon.  

V.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed Creek thence into Lappatubby Creek. Lappatubby Creek, Waterbody ID# MS232E, in Pontotoc County, does not appear on The State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Waterbodies.  This discharge is listed in a TMDL for Pathogens.  As permitted, this facility will comply with the condition of the TMDL.  These waterbodies are in the Yazoo River drainage basin, and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.

VI.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Administration Code Pt. 6,  State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria, Commercial Facility Guidelines

VII.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

a.	Parameter		Value					Basis
b.	Flow			0.01 MGD				Design
c.	BOD			30 mg/l 				Domestic Guidelines
d.	TSS			90 mg/l 				Domestic Guidelines
e.	E. Coli			126 Col./100mL 			Domestic Guidelines
f.	pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.				MS WQS
g.	Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/l				MS WQS

E. Coli will now be the bacterial indicator used for all freshwaters in MS designated as Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Support, and /or Public Water supply (replacing the use of fecal coliform).