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Georgia EPD outlines priorities for air, water and land protection; flags PFOS lab testing and regional water planning
Summary
Environmental Protection Division director Jeff Cowan briefed the committee on EPD's role in permitting, monitoring, emergency response and laboratory testing capacity, including PFOS testing and regional water planning for coastal and southwest Georgia.
Jeff Cowan, director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, told the House Natural Resources & Environment Committee that EPD's core mission is to "protect and restore Georgia's environment" by ensuring clean air, water and land in partnership with local governments and other agencies.
Cowan outlined primary program areas: watershed protection (issuing wastewater and water withdrawal permits, monitoring water quality and managing nonpoint-source grants), air protection (state air-monitoring network, emissions inventories and vehicle…
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