ATLANTA – The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) launched a 60-day public comment period Thursday on an Alabama-based company’s plan to mine titanium near the Okefenokee Swamp that has drawn intense opposition.
The public comment period coincides with the EPD’s release of a draft mining land use plan submitted by Twin Pines Minerals, which is proposing a mine along Trail Ridge in Charlton County near the southeastern edge of the largest black water swamp in North America.
Jurisdiction over permitting for the project shifted back and forth last year between the state and federal governments.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended the EPD’s review of the proposed mine last June. But the federal agency later agreed in an out-of-court settlement with Twin Pines to step aside and let the EPD resume its consideration of the permits,…
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