Archive for June 2015
Georgia Supreme Court Resolves Buffer Dispute, Upholds EPD
Resolving a contentious dispute over the proper interpretation of one of Georgia’s key water protection statutes, the Georgia Supreme Court held today that Georgia’s stream buffer law does not apply to wetlands (particularly non-coastal wetlands) because they generally lack “wrested vegetation.”[1] Siding with the state Environmental Protection Division (EPD), the Court rejected environmental advocacy groups’…
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