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The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Valley Services, Inc. (“VSI”) entered into a March 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a pretreatment permit. See Order No. 6839 1A.

The AO is stated to address a Pearl, Mississippi facility.

MCEQ is stated to have contacted VSI by letters dated June 22, 2017, August 30, 2017, December 4, 2017 and January 4, 2018 regarding alleged violations of the pretreatment permit’s discharge limits.

The alleged violations include:

• Biochemical Oxygen Demand milligram per liter monthly average limitation of 500 mg\L for specified months
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand milligram per liter daily maximum limitation of 750 mg\L for specified months
• Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen per liter monthly average limitation of 30 mg\L for specified months
• Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen milligram per liter daily maximum limitation of 45 mg\L
• Oil and Grease milligram per liter daily maximum limitation of 100 mg\L for specified months

VSI is assessed a civil penalty of $42,500. Further, the company is required to perform an engineering study to determine the cause(s) of permit exceedances and develop a work plan within 90 days of the execution of the AO. Such work plan is required to be implemented and documentation of such completion submitted to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality within twelve (12) months of submittal of the work plan.

Copies of the Agreed Order can be downloaded below.