Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Part 3 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
Chapter 1 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
Rule 11-3-1.10 - Financial Capability, Commercial Hazardous Waste Management Facilities

A. For the purposes of this Rule 1.10, the following definitions shall apply:

B. Annually, the owner and operator of a commercial hazardous waste management incinerator or land disposal facility must provide to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality documentation of a current actual or implied (hypothetical) rating no lower than BB (Standard and Poor's Corporation) or Ba (Moody's Investor Service) or equivalent on senior unsecured debt obligations from a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization as established by the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission. This rating must be for the owner and operator named in the permit application.

C. Annually, the owner and operator of any kind of commercial hazardous waste management facility other than an incinerator or land disposal facility must provide to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality documentation of a current actual or implied (hypothetical) rating no lower than B (Standard and Poor's Corporation) or B (Moody's Investor Service) or equivalent on senior unsecured debt obligations from a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization as established by the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission. This rating must be for the owner and operator named in the permit application.