EPD investigates textiles plant

DNR official traced fish kill to discharge pipe

Effingham County resident Liz Moore, center, shows Keith Kruse, right, and Rose Harvey pictures of dead fish and a water sample from her river front property before Tuesday's public meeting where state agencies involved in investigating the Ogeechee River fish kill presented their findings and answered questions from the public at Effingham County Middle School.

W 060711 FISH KILL MEETING 04 — Effingham County resident Liz Moore, center, shows Keith Kruse, right, and Rose Harvey pictures of dead fish and a water sample from her river front property before Tuesday's public meeting where state agencies involved in investigating the Ogeechee River fish kill presented their findings and answered questions from the public at Effingham County Middle School.

Government officials pointed the finger at a textiles industry plant Tuesday night during a meeting regarding a fish kill in the Ogeechee River, and an Atlanta attorney announced a class action suit has been filed against the company. Hundreds of concerned citizens filled the Effingham County Middle School cafeteria to hear answers to questions they had about the fish kill in the Ogeechee that was first reported the weekend of May 20. Spokesmen from the Environmental Protection Division and Georgia Department of Natural Resources said an investigation is “ongoing” regarding King America Finishing, a textiles treatment facility in Screven County that discharges waste into the river.

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