SPRINGFIELD — One by one, speakers told state Environmental Protection Division representatives that the agency wasn’t doing its job and the pollution of the Ogeechee River had to stop. EPD held a public hearing Tuesday night at Effingham County High School on a proposed consent order for King America Finishing, and those in attendance blasted both the company and the state agency. “Your job is to protect the environment,” Connie Hayes said.
Residents rebuke EPD, King America
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