The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to obtain a South Carolina pollution control permit for its controversial project to deepen the Savannah River, according to a lawsuit filed in state court by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Georgia and South Carolina conservation groups. “This project cannot proceed until and unless the [...]
In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, 111 members of the South Carolina House of Representatives rebuked Gov. Nikki Haley and the SCDHEC Board, which supported a permit allowing the State of Georgia to dredge the Savannah River to deepen port facilities in Savannah. A bipartisan bill sponsored by Charleston Reps. Leon Stavrinakis (D) and Jim [...]
Something unusual happened in the South Carolina Senate Chambers Tuesday… By Jennifer Bellamy (wltx) Source: wltx, January 18, 2012;
A decision by a state environmental board will be a death knell for plant and marine life in the Savannah River and could jeopardize a … By TOM BARTON (islandpacket) Source: islandpacket, January 13, 2012;
Savannah’s port-deepening project won’t help Orangeburg County the way improving South Carolina’s ports would, local lawmakers say… By GENE ZALESKI (thetandd) Source: thetandd, December 5, 2011;
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal had requested that S.C. Governor Nikki Haley asks her board to give a hearing to an appeal by the Army Corps of Engineers, which was seeking a permit as part of Georgia’s dredging project. On November 10, DHEC board heard the appeal and awarded the permit. South Carolina congress protested the [...]
Governor Nikki Haley is discussing the Department of Health and Environmental Control board’s decision to allow a water quality permit needed for the expansion of Savannah’s port works. Haley stated that an agreement to meet South Carolina’s rules, including a 50-year dedication to maintain wetlands and check dissolved oxygen levels along the river has been [...]
Savannah Maritime Commission has been supported by the Charleston Legislative Delegation upon opposing the DHEC issuing permits to dredge the Savannah River, says Rep. Chip Limehouse. “We feel like many environmental concerns may have been overlooked with the hasty issuance of this DHEC permit,” Limehouse said.“It is our hope that we can slow this down [...]
Georgia’s 15-year push to deepen the river channel to the booming Port of Savannah got a big endorsement Tuesday from Transportation … By RUSS BYNUM AP (thestate) Source: thestate, November 17, 2011;
S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson has entered the increasingly bitter interstate fight over dredging the port of Savannah to accommodate … By SAMMY FRETWELL (thestate) Source: thestate, November 16, 2011;
