O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-4-145 (2019)

Storing hazardous or detrimental chemicals or materials in caves or sinkholes; dumping or disposing of garbage, dead animals, or similar materials in caves or sinkholes

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) It shall be unlawful to store in caves or sinkholes any chemicals or other materials which may be detrimental or hazardous to caves or sinkholes, to the mineral deposits therein, to the wildlife inhabiting

CONSERVATION & NATURAL RES.

caves, to the waters of the state, or to the persons using such phenomena for any purposes.

(b) It shall be unlawful to dump, litter, dispose of, or otherwise place any refuse, garbage, dead animals, sewage, trash, or other such similar waste materials in any quantity in any cave or sinkhole.

(c) Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1977, p. 833, § 6.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 61C Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, §§ 2032, 2033.

C.J.S. - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 151.