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Permit could set less water testing at Ogeechee River plant

In a 2011 file photo. Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Wedincamp investigates affluent runoff into the Ogeechee River from King America Finishing. Environmentalists are protesting a proposal to loosen testing requirements for water discharged from the textile plant, now called Milliken & Co.'s Longleaf Plant.

Ogeechee file Web — In a 2011 file photo. Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Wedincamp investigates affluent runoff into the Ogeechee River from King America Finishing. Environmentalists are protesting a proposal to loosen testing requirements for water discharged from the textile plant, now called Milliken & Co.'s Longleaf Plant.

SYLVANIA — Environmentalists are protesting a proposal to loosen testing requirements for water discharged from a Georgia textile plant.

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