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EPD agrees to review plant involved in fish kill

By Ray Henry
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ATLANTA (AP) — Environmental officials agreed Tuesday to conduct a new review of a Screven County textile plant implicated in a massive fish kill last year on the Ogeechee River, a decision that came shortly before the issue was headed to trial.

Judson Turner, director of the state’s Environmental Protection Division, said in a statement that his agency was withdrawing a wastewater permit discharge issued in August to King America Finishing. Instead, the agency will conduct a review to determine whether the cost of the pollution produced by the plant is outweighed by social or economic development goals.

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