Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 33 - Public Health - Local Governments And Rural Water Systems Improvements Board › Part 502 - Authority and Procedures for Accepting, Reviewing, and Recommending Action on Applications for Permits to Divert or Withdraw for Beneficial Use the Public Waters of the State of Mississippi › Chapter 1 - Procedures for Accepting, Reviewing, and Recommending Action on Applications for Permits to Divert or Withdraw for Beneficial Use the Public Waters of the State of Mississippi › Rule 33-502-1.3 - Recommendation on Completed Applications

Current through June 25, 2024
After determining that the application process is complete
				  pursuant to Rule 1.2 herein, staff members within the Yazoo Mississippi Delta
				  Joint Water Management District permitting program will proceed on those
				  applications as follows:
(a) For
				completed applications for new diversions or withdrawals where no public
				comments were received during the public comment period and such applications
				are consistent with the current permitting rules, regulations, and policies and
				the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Water Management
				Plan, the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Permitting
				Director is authorized to submit a recommendation for permit issuance to the
				Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board within ten (10) working days
				from the date the application is considered complete. If an application is not
				consistent with the permitting rules, regulations, or policies or the YMD Water
				Management Plan, the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District
				Permitting Director shall place such permit or permits on the agenda for the
				next subsequent Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Board
				of Commissioners meeting. Each commissioner in attendance shall be provided a
				copy of the permit application and a statement explaining such inconsistencies.
				Following action by the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District
				Board of Commissioners, the Permitting Director shall submit a recommendation
				consistent with the Board's action to the Mississippi Environmental Quality
				Permit Board.
(b) For completed
				applications for new diversions or withdrawals where a public comment or
				comments were received and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
				has provided the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District a copy
				of the comment or comments and all responses, the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint
				Water Management District Permitting Director shall place such permit or
				permits on the agenda for the next subsequent Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint
				Water Management District Board of Commissioners meeting. Each commissioner in
				attendance shall be provided a copy of the permit application, the public
				comment or comments, and all responses. Following action by the Yazoo
				Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Board of Commissioners, the
				Permitting Director shall submit a recommendation consistent with the Board's
				action to the Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board.
(c) For completed applications for renewal or
				modification of a permit for diversion or withdrawal for beneficial use of
				public waters of the State of Mississippi, a replacement well, or a stand-by
				well, the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Permitting
				Director is authorized to submit a recommendation for permit issuance to the
				Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board within ten (10) working days
				from the date the application is considered complete, if the applications are
				consistent with the current permitting rules, regulations, and policies and the
				YMD Water Management Plan. If an application is not consistent with the current
				permitting rules, regulations, or policies or the YMD Water Management Plan,
				the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Permitting Director
				shall place such permit or permits on the agenda for the next subsequent Yazoo
				Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Board of Commissioners
				meeting. Each commissioner in attendance shall be provided a copy of the permit
				application and a statement explaining such inconsistencies. Following action
				by the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District Board of
				Commissioners, the Permitting Director shall submit a recommendation consistent
				with the Board's action to the Environmental Quality Permit Board.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										51-8-27