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EPD chief: Ogeechee cleaner, safer than in 2011
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State EPD director Jud Turner spoke to local business and government leaders last week about what has transpired on the Ogeechee River in the last two years. - photo by Photo by Pat Donahue
The director of the state Environmental Protection Division told Effingham County government and community leaders that the discharge from a Screven County textiles plant is being held to a much higher standard. Turner, meeting with several Effingham County community and government leaders, said the limitations proposed on King America Finishing’s discharge are more stringent han beforehand. “We are hopeful and confident that the river is in pretty good shape right now,” he said.
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