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2018 Georgia Code 12-5-178 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 12-5-178 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 12-5-178

TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 5. Water Resources, 12-5-1 through 12-5-586.

ARTICLE 3 WELLS AND DRINKING WATER

12-5-178. Variances and exemptions.

The director may authorize variances or exemptions from the regulations promulgated pursuant to this part under such conditions and in such manner as he deems necessary and desirable; provided, however, that such variances or exemptions shall not be permitted under conditions which are less stringent than the conditions under which variances and exemptions may be granted under the federal act.

(Ga. L. 1977, p. 351, § 8.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Waterworks and Water Companies, §§ 2, 39.

C.J.S.

- 94 C.J.S., Waters, §§ 583, 588, 589.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 12-5-178

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Bass v. Ledbetter, 363 S.E.2d 760 (Ga. 1988).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 21, 1988 | 257 Ga. 738, 27 ERC (BNA) 1471

...protection of the public health and welfare. To that end, the legislature vested the EPD and its director with broad discretionary powers. See OCGA § 12-5-174 et seq. The lone explicit statutory restriction on the director's power is found in OCGA § 12-5-178, which limits him only as to making any variances or exemptions less stringent than the federal standard....