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Consultant: DEP requests decommissioning details and an anti‑degradation study for GP plant permit renewal; commissioners and residents raise sludge and plume‑s
Summary
A consultant for Georgia‑Pacific’s permit renewal described a Department of Environmental Protection request for additional information, including a decommissioning plan, stormwater/peak flow calculations, groundwater monitoring updates, and an anti‑degradation study tied to a proposed move of the discharge point upstream. Residents pressed for a U
Taylor County commissioners heard a detailed permitting update on the former mill’s wastewater and decommissioning work, including a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) request for additional information (RAI) and a requirement that Georgia‑Pacific (GP) complete an anti‑degradation study if it seeks to move its effluent discharge upstream.
Jeff Tompkins, P.E., principal at Due Diligence Associates Inc., told the board that DEP issued a formal RAI after GP filed amendments to its wastewater permit renewal. "DEP actually has 60 days to review that application, then make a request for additional information," Tompkins said, adding that DEP’s questions were thorough and that GP must respond by Oct. 11 unless DEP grants an extension. He noted the administrative rule allows up to 90 days for a response and that GP may request additional…
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