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EPD: King violated river permit
Plant ordered to spend $1M to help Ogeechee
Ogeechee File Web
In this Herald file photo from May, Ogeechee Riverkeeper director Dianna Wedincamp collects a dead fish on the Ogeechee River near U.S. 301 while investigating the mass fish kill.
King America Finishing will fund $1 million in environmental improvements to the Ogeechee River after a finding that the plant violated discharge permits to dump toxins into the river. After an investigation lasting more than three months, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division found the Screven County textiles plant in violation of discharge permits as well as the state’s Clean Water Act, said Georgia EPD Assistant Director Jim Ussery. Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Wedincamp expressed approval of the EPD’s order.