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Committee approves $290,817 payment and consent order to resolve RM Clayton compliance violations; council seeks follow-up briefing

2390695 · February 25, 2025
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The City Utilities Committee approved a consent order and $290,817.33 payment to the Georgia EPD to resolve compliance violations at the RM Clayton treatment plant.

The City Utilities Committee on April 11 approved an ordinance authorizing the Department of Watershed Management to execute a consent order with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) and to pay $290,817.33 to resolve alleged compliance violations, including failures to sample, laboratory-analysis failures, reporting failures and spills between July 2023 and November 2024.

Council member Hillis questioned the timing and the committee’s receipt of the paperwork. He noted the letter from EPD was dated Jan. 15 and asked why…

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