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Georgia's environmental regulator has proposed linking a January 26, 2025 air-quality exceedance at an Augusta monitor to smoke from prescribed burns…
Georgia's environmental regulator is weighing whether to exclude a January 2025 air pollution reading at its Augusta monitor from official record because of nearby forestry burning.
The exclusion would lower the official pollution reading used to judge whether the Augusta area meets the federal annual PM2.5 health standard.
Excluding the days from the calculation could affect whether the Macon-Allied monitor shows the area meeting the federal annual soot standard.
The draft could let state regulators exclude smoke from prescribed burns when judging whether the Macon area meets federal fine-particle air quality standards.
Residents raised concerns about the Recreation Department's operations and its director, prompting a joint closed-door personnel discussion with the county's Recreation Board.
The vote clears the way for county attorneys to proceed on an agreement to interconnect the two counties' radio systems.
The agreement sets how the county works with the Circuit Public Defender's office to provide legal representation for residents who cannot afford an attorney.
Commissioners advertised four board and committee vacancies last fall and have since appointed members to the Board of Assessors and Planning & Zoning Board…
Residents seeking building permits should expect the county's permitting process to change as the new system is phased in over the coming year.
The correction would clarify jurisdiction language in the county's development code, which currently contains a repeated word in Section 1-104(c).
The county's Board of Assessors is set to review and sign off on E/R and Notice of Decision records, a routine step in the property assessment process.
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