A court hearing regarding an appeal to a consent order against a Screven County textiles plant is slated for Jan. 23, said Ogeechee Riverkeeper Diana Wedincamp. In October, the Environmental Protection Division ordered King America Finishing to spend $1 million to submit plans to fund supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) as a penalty for permit and environmental violations. The EPD launched an investigation after a massive fish kill in May 2011, when around 38,000 fish died due to an outbreak of columnaris, caused by “environmental stress.”