APA Board Update Winter 2014
The national planning conference is quickly approaching and I am really looking forward to being in Atlanta at the end of April. I hear that the local host committee is ready to show us what Atlanta...
The national planning conference is quickly approaching and I am really looking forward to being in Atlanta at the end of April. I hear that the local host committee is ready to show us what Atlanta...
House Bill 921, introduced in the Georgia House by Representative Matt Dollar (R - Marietta), aims to stifle the ability of local Development Authorities around the State to promote economic growth....
This legislation provides a new tool for cities to partner with private industry to finance infrastructure construction and operation. A city that is interested in using this financing mechanism must...
This bill makes changes to the Georgia Reservoir Fund. The fund is renamed the Georgia Reservoir and Water Supply Fund and extends the authority of GEFA's water supply division to make loans and...
This bill would require applicants for a permit for a sludge land application system to provide written verification to the Director of EPD by the applicant that the proposed facility complies with...
This legislation would mandate that cities with water and wastewater permits report monthly to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division the amount of water returned to surface water. If certain...
This legislation would place a moratorium on using wells or boreholes for the purpose of injecting surface or ground water into the Floridan aquifer in counties governed by the coastal management...
This legislation seeks to revise the Flint River Drought Protection Act. It calls upon the state to identify opportunities to enhance incentives and programs to support the state agriculture water...
This bill would allow someone who owns property that the Environmental Protection Division has listed in the hazardous site inventory after July 1, 2014 to be entitled to a...