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Riverkeeper announces intent to sue
Complaint gives King Finishing 60 days to respond
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Discharge from a King America Finishing plant outfall pipe flows into the the Ogeechee River in this Saturday, July, 16, 2011 file photo.
King America Finishing, Inc., a textiles treatment plant near Dover in Screven County, has 60 days in which to respond to complaints by the Ogeechee Riverkeeper organization regarding allegations the plant is violating the law by dumping chemicals into the Ogeechee River. If they do not respond and reach an agreement to cease the alleged illegal dumping, then Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Wedincamp said her organization will file suit against the company. The action follows a massive fish kill in May she said was caused by chemicals poured into the river through the plant’s outfall pipe, six miles north of the U.S. 301 North bridge.
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