ATLANTA – Legislation declaring a three-year moratorium on the type of mining being planned near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge sailed through the Georgia House Tuesday.
House lawmakers passed the bill 167-4, marking the first action the General Assembly has taken on plans to mine titanium along Trail Ridge in Charlton County. An earlier bill has been bottled up in a House committee for two years despite boasting more than 90 cosponsors in the 180-member House.
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