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Senator objects to trout-stream buffer language tucked into cleanup substitute; Rules Committee punts action
Summary
Senator Hatchett told the Rules Committee the substitute to HB 485 contains a major policy change that would remove a 50-foot buffer for designated trout streams, saying DNR and EPD were not consulted; the committee paused the substitute and agreed to reconvene with counsel and the author.
Senator Hatchett told the Georgia Senate Rules Committee on March 19 that language tucked into a substitute to HB 485 goes far beyond a technical cleanup and would remove a 50-foot buffer for designated trout streams, a change he said could affect property-rights interests, conservation easements and create potential litigation.
Hatchett said he reviewed the substitute with both the Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Division and said those agencies were not…
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