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Ogeechee River, Georgia coast on list of imperiled places
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Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Weddincamp investigates discharge from King America Finishing plant discharge pipe on the Ogeechee River in July 2011. - photo by Photo courtesy of Statesboro Herald

The Georgia Water Coalition on Tuesday released its 2021 “Dirty Dozen” report, which it says lists “twelve of the worst offenses to Georgia’s waters.”

Included in the report are Ogeechee River, due to the state Environmental Protection Division’s “three-year delay in updating” permits the groups say is allowing Milliken to continue to discharge chemicals into the Ogeechee from a plant in Screven County.

The plant, once operated by King America Finishing, was reportedly responsible in 2011 for the largest recorded fish kill in the Ogeechee’s history.

Also making the Dirty Dozen is St. Simon Sound, due to the Golden Ray disaster; Brunswick, due to ongoing issues coming from the Hercules Superfund landfill site; and the entire Georgia coast, which “is one of the most vulnerable and least prepared states when it comes to dealing with effects of climate change.”

The GWC is made up of more than 285 conservation and environmental organizations. While not a list of the most polluted waterways in the state, the list instead “highlights the politics, policies and issues that threaten the health of Georgia’s waters.”

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Decision on potential Parker's Kitchen location delayed
Decision on potential Parkers’ Kitchen location delayed
A picture of the Burnt Church Cemetery in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Residents at Tuesday's county commission meeting believe that the potential rezoning for the proposed Parkers' Kitchen location will negatively disrupt the historic gravesite. Photo credit: findagrave.com.
Bryan County Commissioners on Tuesday night deferred a decision on whether to rezone some 3.8 acres near the historic Burnt Church Cemetery to allow a Parker’s Kitchen convenience store. The vote to defer the decision for 30 days to look into concerns raised by opponents to the project came after several residents – including parents of children buried in the 195-year-old cemetery – urged commissioners to deny the rezoning.
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