There are sixteen contaminated sites in Georgia on the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priority List. The site of the former Woolfork Chemical Plant outside Fort Valley will receive $5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to complete its clean-up.
Fort Valley Mayor Dr. John Stumbo:
The Woolfolk Chemical Plant started operations there in about 1924. They made [...]
Archive for the ‘Air Quality, Control & Rights’ Category
21 Apr
Stimulus Money To Clean Up Fort Valley Superfund Site
2 Jan
Coal Plant Proposal At Issue In Fulton County Superior Court Decision Concluding CO2 Regulated by Clean Air Act Abandoned
The proposal for a new coal power plant in Early County Coal appears to be dead. Dynegy Inc., the Texas-based energy company that proposed what would’ve been Georgia’s first new coal power plant in 20 years, announced today that it has pulled out of the project.
From a company press release:
Dynegy Inc. (NYSE:DYN) today announced that [...]
11 Dec
No Crematory Deal In Snellville . . . Yet
There may be a end in sight for the continuing, continuing, continuing, and continuing crematory battle in Snellville. No deal yet and there remains division on the City Council, but the parties are exploring resolution.
The city attorney will have a recommendation within 60 days on whether to settle or “take our chances” in court.
16 Oct
Snellville Revokes Crematory’s Certificate of Occupancy
In the fight that keeps going and going and going, the Snellville Board of Appeals revoked the City’s issuance of certificates of occupancy and development conformance. By a vote of 3-2, the Board ruled that the building plan submitted by the crematory in 2006 differed substantially from the actual operation that opened in September, including the installation of a [...]
27 Sep
Snellville Considers Regulating Air Pollution . . . Continuing The Crematory Fight
After losing the first and second rounds in the fight against the crematory, Snellville City Council member Kelly Kautz has introduced a proposed ordinance to prevent businesses such as hospitals and crematories —- one crematory in particular —- from polluting the air. The ordinance would place specific limits on mercury and dioxin/furan emissions for any incinerator of [...]
30 Aug
Georgia Court of Appeals Will Hear Fulton County Superior Court CO2 Decision
The Georgia Court of Appeals has accepted the appeal of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore’s decision that the Georgia Air Quality Act and the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) regulate emission of carbon dioxide (CO2). A decision is not likely until early 2009.
26 Aug
Snellville Concedes Crematorium Legal
After weeks of delay, Snellville seems to have conceded that it has no legal right to stop a proposed crematorium. Faced with neighborhood opposition, the City Council had delayedissuing a business permit so it could conduct environmental studies. City Manager Russell Treadway spent two weeks researching the environmental impact of crematories and announced at the City Council meeting [...]
5 Aug
Fulton County Superior Court CO2 Decision Appealed
At its heart the question is whether the Georgia Air Quality Act and the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) regulate emission of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, the Friends of the Chattahoochee, Inc. and Sierra Club say YES.
Dr. Carol Couch, Director of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Georgia Department [...]
2 Jul
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Concludes CO2 Regulated By Clean Air Act and Stops Construction of Coal Plant
Yesterday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore (who is not running for re-election after nearly 30 years on the bench) entered a final order in Friends of the Chattachooche, Inc. and Sierra Club v. Dr. Carol Couch, Director Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Longleaf Energy Associates, LLC, Superior [...]
29 May
Aesthetic-Based Cell Tower Zoning Ordinance Upheld
On May 13, 2008, the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia held that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA), 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., does not preempt state or local zoning powers so long as local governments (1) do not unreasonably discriminate among providers; (2) prohibit personal wireless services; or, (3) limit [...]
