Epps Bridge Centre Update

Once again Lee Becker scoops the mainstream media with details of the environmental devastation that could be wrought by this massive development behind Lowe's at the By-Pass. Please consider writing the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to voice your opinion of the environmental impact of this development and the lack of wetlands set-asides in Oconee County.

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From: Lee Becker <lbbecker@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Subject: Epps Bridge Centre Update
To: lbbecker@mindspring.com


Dear Friends,

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has given those interested in commenting on an application by the developer of the proposed Epps Bridge Centre until Jan. 19 to file statements about the environmental impact of the development.

Developer Frank Bishop wants the state to set aside its requirements that streams on the site of the proposed development be protected by a 25-foot buffer. He wants to pipe and fill 2,678 feet of five unnamed perennial tributaries to McNutt Creek.

Before Bishop can get his variance, he also needs a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Before he can start building, he needs the state to let a contract for the roadway to his shopping center. At present, he has no permit, and the state has not let the bid.

Despite these problems and the difficult economic times, Bishop is pushing forward.

Details are on my blog, as is the address for those who want to write to the state indicating whether it is better to buffer or bury streams in Oconee County.

The posting is at www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com.

Lee

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Lee Becker

Blog: www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com

Web: http://lbbecker48.googlepages.com/




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Sincerely,

Dan J. Matthews, Jr.

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