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Georgia lawmakers are trying to ban mining near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge — as state regulators consider a permit for one such mining project.
A bill, introduced on a newly-proclaimed Okefenokee Day, would prohibit the state Environmental Protection Division from issuing new mining permits for the geologic feature known as Trail Ridge, which sits to the east of the Okefenokee Swamp in Southeast Georgia.
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