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Music By Turner: Concert on the river will help the river

...International Paper are among the largest dischargers of toxic materials in our area, even if they are within Environmental Protection Division limits.Tonya also showed me where she and her staff and volunteers have removed many abandoned boats that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-05-01/music-turner-concert-
Texas tragedy stirs interest in chemical plant safety

...Administration are taking a closer look at fertilizer plants, including those in Georgia. Georgia's Environmental Protection Division also makes annual inspections at Georgia's four fertilizer plants, but usually only for air quality...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-27/texas-tragedy-stirs-interest-
Augusta to pay fines for underground tank violations

...8,850 and correct environmental violations involving three underground fuel storage tanks.Georgia Environmental Protection Division inspectors found deficiencies at tanks at the Augusta Riverfront Marina, the city landfill on Deans Bridge...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-30/augusta-pay-fines-underground
Savannah Harbor settlement includes upstream environmental projects

...The fund would be managed by a Savannah River Restoration Board, with representatives of Georgia's Environmental Protection Division and Department of Natural Resources, Savannah Riverkeeper and various South Carolina conservation groups...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-22/savannah-harbor-settlement-in
Savannah Harbor settlement includes upstream environmental projects

...The fund would be managed by a Savannah River Restoration Board, with representatives of Georgia's Environmental Protection Division and Department of Natural Resources, Savannah Riverkeeper and various South Carolina conservation groups...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-22/savannah-harbor-settlement-in
Local academy widens effort to land Ogeechee study funds

...in water quality monitoring projects that might otherwise go to Georgia Southern University.Georgia's Environmental Protection Division proposed a consent order last fall in which a Screven County industry, King America Finishing, would finance...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-07/local-academy-widens-effort-l
Comments on King America sanctions under final review

...linked to an Ogeechee River fish kill.In a consent order criticized by some as being too lax, Georgia's Environmental Protection Division proposed $1 million in penalties against King America Finishing over violations discovered after 38,000...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-22/comments-king-america-sanctio
Commissioners question waste collection contract

...Augusta's ground-level ozone, for which the city was designated a non-attainment area by the state Environmental Protection Division.Commissioners spent weeks last summer debating the wisdom of reducing garbage pickup from twice a week...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-25/commissioners-question-w
New permit would allow King America Finishing to continue discharging into Ogeechee

A Screven County industry would be allowed to continue discharging wastewater into the Ogeechee River under a new permit proposed Monday by Georgia's Environmental Protection Division.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-25/new-permit-would-allow-king-a
Masters Week forecast: Cold start, wet ending

...temperatures average 76-77 degrees during Masters Week, but Bill Murphey, a climatologist at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, said long-range forecasts have a "high degree of uncertainty and low confidence level" that precedes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-25/masters-week-forecast-cold-st