PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Bass Memorial Academy
Lamar County
Lumberton, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0036064
November 6, 2025

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial NPDES 

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

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

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – An unnamed creek thence Beaver Creek.  The receiving waters are located in the Pascagoula River Basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.  At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) list of evaluated or impaired waterbodies nor has a TMDL been conducted for this receiving stream. Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in treated effluent flow proposed.  

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code pt. 6, Commercial Guidelines

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS – 
	Parameter				Value				Basis
	Flow					0.0075 MGD			Design
	BOD5					30 mg/l (Max Mo. Avg.)	Admin Code
	TSS					90 mg/l (Max Mo. Avg.)	Domestic Guidelines
	E. Coli					126 Col./100 ml		Admin Code
	Chlorine, Total Residual		0.1 – 1.0 mg/l			Admin Code
	pH					6.0 – 9.0 SU			Admin Code