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Judge allows King lawsuit to continue
Ruling says Riverkeeper can sue King for discharges without permit
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Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Weddincamp investigates discharge from King America Finishing plant discharge pipe on the Ogeechee River Saturday, July, 16, 2011. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file
Ogeechee River supporters are cheering a judge's ruling that a lawsuit against King America Finishing can go forward. On Wednesday, Chief Judge Lisa Godbey Wood, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, ruled in partial favor of the Ogeechee Riverkeeper organization on an attempt by the Screven County textiles plant to have the lawsuit dismissed. The Riverkeeper filed the suit last year claiming that King America violated the federal Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants into the Ogeechee River that are believed to have contributed to one of the largest fish kills in state history.
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