Georgia Department Of Natural Resources

• Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Georgia; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan

EPA is proposing a limited approval of a revision to the Georgia state implementation plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Georgia through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), on February 11, 2010, as supplemented on November 19, 2010, that addresses regional haze for the first implementation period. This SIP revision, as supplemented, addresses the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's rules that require states to prevent any future and remedy any existing anthropogenic impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I areas (national parks and wilderness areas) caused by emissions of air pollutants from numerous sources located over a wide geographic area (also referred to as the ``regional haze program''). States are require...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 11452, February 27, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Environmental Protection Agency

• Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Georgia; 110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission, submitted by the State of Georgia, through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (EPD), to demonstrate that the State meets the requirements of sections 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Section 110(a) of the CAA requires that each state adopt and submit a SIP for the implementation, maintenance and enforcement of each NAAQS promulgated by the EPA, which is commonly referred to as an ``infrastructure'' SIP. EPD certified that the Georgia SIP contains provisions that ensure the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS are implemented, enforced, and maintained in Georgia (hereafter referred to as ``i...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 75849, December 05, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Environmental Protection Agency

• Catherine Rozar, Wayne Beard, Anita Ashley, Vance Heard, Royel Lee Hines, Essie B. Brantley, Joyce Cummings, Maceo Rozar, Homer L. Berry, Sr., Tommy Lee Beard, Individually and as Representative of Save Our Neighborhood Community Neighborhood Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. D.M. Mullis, Individually and as Member of the Laurens County Board of Commissioners, Roscoe Brower, Individually and Member of the Laurens County Board of Commissioners, Emory Lake, Individually and as Member of the Laurens County Board of Commissioners, Michael Wolfe, Individually and as Member of the Laurens County Board of Commissioners, Harold Reheis, Individually and as Director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Laurens County, Georgia, Defendants-Appellees., 85 F.3d 556 (11th Cir. 1996)

Lonzy F. Edwards, Edwards & Youmans, Macon, GA, for Appellants. Thomas F. Richardson, Christopher D. Balch, Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Macon, GA, Bi...

• Federal Circuits

• State Courts To Implement U.S. Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Decision? Friends Of The Chattahoochee v. Georgia Department Of Natural Resources Suggest Yes.

On April 2, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court determined, in Massachusetts v. EPA, that greenhouse gasses fit within the Clean Air Act's ("CAA") definition...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2008, March 2008

• State Courts To Implement U.S. Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Decision? Friends Of The Chattahoochee v. Georgia Department Of Natural Resources Suggest Yes

On April 2, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court determined, in Massachusetts v. EPA, that greenhouse gasses fit within the Clean Air Act's ("CAA...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES et al. v. THERAGENICS CORPORATION., 273 Ga. 724, 545 S.E.2.d 904 (2001)

Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia -- 244 Ga. App. 829., Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.

• Supreme Court of Georgia

• The Georgia Department of Natural Resources seized 500 turtles from Steve Santhuff, alleging his possession of them was illegal.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Georgia Department of Natural Resources seized 500 turtles from Steve Santhuff, alleging his possession of them was illeg...

• Reason
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 7, December 2009

• Kevin Wayne Sullivan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Research Vessel 'Anna', Defendants-Appellees., 724 F.2d 1478 (11th Cir. 1984)

Edward E. Boshears, Brunswick, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant. Patricia T. Barmeyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees. Appeal f...

• Federal Circuits

• Endangered Species; File No. 16645

Notice is hereby given that the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA DNR) has applied in due form for a permit pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The permit application is for the incidental take of ESA-listed shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum) and Atlantic sturgeon (A. oxyrinchus) associated with the otherwise lawful commercial shad fishery in Georgia. The duration of the proposed permit is 10 years. NMFS is furnishing this notice in order to allow other agencies and the public an opportunity to review and comment on the application materials. All comments received will become part of the public record and will be available for review.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 21751, April 11, 2012
• Notices
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION v. UNION TIMBER CORPORATION., 258 Ga. 873, 375 S.E.2.d 856 (1989)

Judgment reversed. All the Justices concur, except Smith, J., who dissents.

• Supreme Court of Georgia