The Georgia Department of Natural Resources issued a permit to the City of Guyton to construct a land application system (LAS), which applies treated wastewater to land via irrigation system. The Petitioner, an adjacent land owner, argued surface water and groundwater from the LAS site would enter his land and contain levels of constituents that […]
Decision to issue land application system permit upheld. Read More
Petitioner, a certified emission inspector, issued passing emission certificates to forty-four vehicles, despite never having tested the vehicles’ gas caps. He also issued passing emission certificates to three vehicles that were never tested using a fraudulent practice called “clean scanning,” whereby a surrogate vehicle is employed to obtain passing test results. During a covert audit,
In compliance with the Georgia Safe Dams Act, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources reclassified the Lakes at Ansley Dam as a Category I dam because improper operation or dam failure would flood a residence with 1.5 feet of water, causing a probable loss of human life for vulnerable occupants such as elderly or disabled
Dam reclassification from Category II to Category I upheld. Read More
Petitioner challenged the suspension of his driver’s license because the stop of his vehicle was unsupported by in-court testimony. The arresting officer’s testimony regarding the statements of the stopping officer, Petitioner argued, was hearsay, and therefore inadmissible to support the validity of the stop. However, the Court concluded that even assuming that the validity of
A former county commissioner‘s retirement benefits were reduced after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe and violating his oath of office. Pursuant to Georgia law, the former commissioner’s benefits were reduced by an amount to three times the economic impact of his abuse of governmental office.
The State is required pursuant to the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act to increase the resource limit for nursing home Medicaid where doing so would enable a nursing home resident’s non-institutionalized (or “community”) spouse to meet a monthly maintenance needs allowance, the amount of income necessary to assure that the community spouse had sufficient income available
