Apparently you can mine almost anywhere in Bradford County, Florida, according to the Bradford County Comprehensive Plan:
Illustration A-X Bradford County MINING AREAS
That map is about as bad as the one in Continue reading
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Union County Proposed Mining Areas 2017-08-30
Update 2017-08-31: More maps and other information in the Phosphate Mining page.
Here’s a much better map:
Proposed Mining Areas, Application CPA 17-02, 2017-09-18
PDF of this map
I was confused by the mining areas map in the NCFRPC materials for the recent Union County Comprehensive Plan workshop Monday 21 August 2017. That map in the previous post appears to show almost all of Union County as mining areas. So I asked NCFRPC E.D. Ed Koons. He clarified: Continue reading
Mining change drafts for Union County Comp. Plan 2017-08-21
Update 2017-08-31: More maps and other information in the Phosphate Mining page.
Update 2017-08-30: Follow this link for a proposed new and much better mining areas map.
Here are copies of the original searchable and high resolution PDFs of the three main items presented by NCFRPC (a slide presentation, the evaluation amendments, and a draft mining text amendment) at the Union County Comprehensive Plan workshop Monday 21 August 2017.
Illustration A-X: Mining Areas on page A-25 of the
Evaluation Amendments.
PDF of this page.
Thanks to Scott R. Koons, Executive Director, North Centra Florida Regional Planning Council, for sending these documents in response to a public records request from Suwannee Riverkeeper.
The documents are (with links to the PDFs): Continue reading
2018 5-year update of SGRC Regional Plan Kick-off 2017-08-24
Received 21 August 2017:
Good Morning Everyone,
This email is to inform you that the Southern Georgia Regional Commission is formally kicking off its 2018 5-year update of the SGRC Regional Plan. The initial kick-off public meeting will be held during the regular SGRC Board meeting on:
Thursday, August 24, 2017
11 a.m. or soon thereafter
City of Pearson Sports Complex and Civic Center,
786 Austin Ave East, Pearson
Page 13: Conservation and Development MapThe purpose of this kick-off hearing is to Continue reading
Brooks County Comprehensive Plan Workshop
More about that in a previous post.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Workshop, Greater Brooks 2030 Comprehensive Plan, 2017-02-07
First on the list of Areas Requiring Special Attention in Brooks County, Georgia:
- Areas of significant natural or cultural resources, particularly where they are likely to be intruded upon or otherwise impacted by development; such as wetlands, groundwater recharge areas and river corridors.
![/pictures/2007-01-01--brooks-compplan/[Map D-4 Water Resource Protection Districts]](/pictures/2007-01-01--brooks-compplan/small/Brooks_County_Community_Assessment-0091.jpg)
Map D-4 Water Resource Protection Districts
The next workshop for the Brooks County Comprehensive Plan will be:
Thursday, February 7th, 2017
9:30 a.m
Brooks County Commission Offices
610 South Highland Street, QuitmanIn this workshop we will work on the Land Use Maps and Character Areas.
We are inviting you to participate to ensure Continue reading
Video of citizens and Commission against Sabal Trail in Suwannee County, FL 2015-11-17
The Commissioners
unanimously voted for that
resolution
to ask Sabal Trail to move the Hildreth compressor station,
as you can see on
Suwannee County’s own video of that meeting.
First, several people spoke against the compressor station, including:
- Dave Shields (WWALS member), who moved to Suwannee County with his family to run an organic farm, only to discover a compressor station planned for upwind,
- Joe Peurrung, President and Owner, Security Safe, who hinted his $3 million company Continue reading
Rules for river corridor protection –GA EPD
So
Georgia state law requires protection for perennial river corridors
and
the major rivers in the WWALS watersheds qualify as perennial rivers.
What are the rules?
Apparently to be a “Qualified Local Government” a comprehensive plan
including River Corridor Protection Plans with
protection for a natural vegetative buffer area
bordering each protected river is required.
Rules of Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Environmental Protection Division
Chapter 391-3-16
Rules for Environmental Planning Criteria
391-3-16-.04 Criteria for River Corridor Protection
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(1)(b) The Comprehensive Georgia Planning Act of 1989 provides for the development of coordinated and comprehensive planning by municipal and county governments. Such comprehensive plans shall consider the natural resources, environments, and vital areas within the jurisdiction of the local government. Maintenance of the status as a “Qualified Local Government” is contingent upon the development of such comprehensive plans (O.C.G.A. 50-8-1 et seq.).