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Ogeechee River case: Judge rules in favor of Riverkeeper
Says organization has the right to protest King America consent order
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An Atlanta judge previously ruled that the Ogeechee Riverkeeper organization had no right to sue the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in protest of a consent order against a textiles company accused of causing a fish kill, but Bulloch County Superior Court Judge John R. Turner disagrees. Turner ruled Thursday that a consent order for textiles company King America Finishing, based in Screven County, was “invalid for lack of public hearing.” “We are pleased Judge Turner realized the importance of Ogeechee Riverkeeper member testimony and how we as citizens have a right to bring suit against EPD for their poor decision in signing the consent order with KAF,” Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Wedincamp said in a released statement Monday.
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