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Fri., August 10, 2012 5:44pm
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued a wastewater discharge permit to King America Finishing plant in Screven County in the eastern part of the state.
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Wed., July 25, 2012 11:27am
The Ogeechee Riverkeeper's case seeks to have a court fine King America for its pollution of the river and to issue an order stopping the illegal discharge. The new lawsuit was filed coincidentally on the same day, Monday, that the Riverkeeper won a ruling in a separately moving legal fight involving the fish kill.
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Tue., July 24, 2012 7:31am
A Bulloch County judge has ruled the state Environmental Protection Division’s consent order with a Screven County textile mill is invalid because state officials did not have a public hearing.
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Wed., June 13, 2012 12:51am
Dozens of angry residents spoke against a new pollution permit for an East Georgia textile mill last night. About 200 people came to an emotional public hearing concerning the proposed permit for King America Finishing. The company is linked to last year's huge fish kill in the Ogeechee River.
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Fri., May 25, 2012 2:54pm
12 more dead fish have turned up in the Ogeechee River in east Georgia.
