Public may soon weigh in on controversial mine proposed near the Okefenokee

Aerial view of wetlands in Okefenokee

A company called Twin Pines proposed building a titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia in 2019. Critics say it could harm the swamp, which is a national wildlife refuge. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

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A plan to build a mine near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp could be coming up for public comment soon.

The head of the state Department of Natural Resources told the DNR board on Friday that the agency is waiting on answers to a few questions they had asked the company.

“If that response is adequate,” DNR director Richard Dunn told the board, the next step would be to put the land use plan for the mine out for public comment.