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Comments on King America sanctions under final review

...Finishing over violations discovered after 38,000 fish died along 70 miles of the river in May 2011.EPD spokesman Kevin Chambers said the agency received 34 written comments, along with opinions shared by 38 speakers at a March 5 public hearing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-22/comments-king-america-sanctio
Screven, Effingham, Bulloch counties issue Ogeechee advisories after dead fish discoveries

...million.EPD is again looking at the textile factory."We've got somebody at King American Finishing," spokesman Kevin Chambers said Thursday afternoon. "They have not reported any process upsets. In other words, everything is routine as...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-05-26/screven-effingham-bulloch-co
Judge throws out Ogeechee fish kill fix

...Riverkeeper has standing to bring this action."Turner remanded the case to the administrative law judge.EPD spokesman Kevin Chambers declined to comment on the decision.The EPD entered into a consent order with King America Finishing after investigations...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-07-24/judge-throws-out-ogeechee-fis
Irrigation altering Georgia's agricultural geometry

...withdrawal permits so far this calendar year, but several hundred applications are under review," said agency spokesman Kevin Chambers.The number of permits, including both groundwater and some surface water systems, rose from 245 in 2008 to 272...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-07-29/irrigation-altering-georgias-
Property owners along Ogeechee River challenge property assessments due to chemicals

...court, DeHihns said."We have fervently disagreed with the allegations in those cases," he said.EPD spokesman Kevin Chambers said the agency does not have a comment on the property tax issue, and referred inquiries to a news release about...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-08-26/property-owners-along-ogeeche
King America Finishing to create Ogeechee River nature center

...to proceed with environmental improvement projects to benefit the Ogeechee River in east Georgia," EPD spokesman Kevin Chambers said in a statement.The company came under scrutiny in May 2011 after 38,000 fish died along a 70-mile stretch...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-10-16/king-america-finishing-create
Two Jefferson County creeks affected by kaolin spill

...that affected two creeks Friday morning near a Thiele kaolin facility in Jefferson County.According to spokesman Kevin Chambers, of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, the spill was first detected about 7 a.m. at a broken pipeline...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-03-23/two-jefferson-county-creeks-
Georgia not reporting accounts receivable figures to the public

...explanations of why it isn't regularly compiled. For instance, the Environmental Protection Division spokesman Kevin Chambers replied that no single accounts-receivable total is maintained, although the division administers 51 types of fees...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2011-08-15/georgia-not-reporting-ac
Textile plant to pay $1 million in Ogeechee River fish kill

...wastewater, which was ultimately discharged to the Ogeechee River in violation of their permit," EPD spokesman Kevin Chambers said.Although the cause of fish mortality is difficult to pinpoint, scientists think some of the fish might have...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-09-21/textile-plant-pay-1-millio
Georgia investigates Brier Creek fish kill

...by Georgia's Environmental Protection Division."The complaint came in Saturday evening," said EPD spokesman Kevin Chambers. "Brier Creek in the Keysville area in Burke County is the most heavily impacted."Georgia's Wildlife Resources...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-10-17/georgia-environmental-protec