22 MAC Pt. 23, R. 14.2
Agencies proposing reviewable actions must submit such actions for review at least
Cite as 22 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 23, R. 14.2
Agencies proposing reviewable actions must submit such actions for review at least
sixty (60) days prior to such action, provided that surface mining permits issued through the
DEQ will have a forty-five-day (45-day) review period so that reviews under these policy
coordination procedures do not conflict with the statutory review time for such permits.
Reviewable actions are listed below:
A. Department of Environmental Quality-Office of Pollution Control:
1. Issuance of new air or water pollution permits.
2. Renewal of such permits.
3. Substantive regulatory changes, including but not limited to changes in the
designation of water quality areas, and modifications to water quality parameters
for these areas.
4. Financial assistance administered through the Office of Pollution Control.
5. The review and approval of plans and specifications for sewage collection
systems for new subdivisions, extensions of municipal systems, and for new or
expanded privately or publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities.
6. Procedural changes in rules and regulations.
B. Department of Environmental Quality-Office of Geology and Energy Resources:
1. The leasing of any state-owned minerals in the coastal area at least sixty (60) days
prior to the advertisement for such lease.
2. Plans or programs for mineral leasing.
3. Surface mining permits (subject to forty-five-day (45-day) review period only).
4. Permit and lease renewals.
5. Assessment documents for the DEQ Rules and Regulations Governing Leasing
for Production or Extraction of Oil, Gas and other Minerals from State Owned
Lands.
C. Department of Environmental Quality -Office of Land and Water Resources:
1. Issuance of water withdrawal or impoundment permits either in the coastal area or
on major coastal rivers and streams in George, Stone, or Pearl River Counties
when these water diversions are not returned to the stream upstream of the coastal
area.
2. Delineation of capacity use areas for groundwater.
3. Issuance of permits for groundwater utilization in capacity use areas.
4. Permit renewals.
D. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks:
1. Planning programs for park acquisition and development land acquisitions.
2. Land acquisitions.
3. Plans and specifications for park development (review should take place at
preliminary plan stage).
4. Construction of parks.
E. Department of Archives and