EPD Structure
The Air Protection Branch is responsible for protecting
Georgia's air quality through the regulation of emissions from industrial
and mobile sources. The Branch also monitors levels of air pollutants
throughout the State.
The Land Protection Branch regulates facilities
that generate, treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes. This Branch also regulates solid waste disposal
and treatment, scrap tire cleanups, lead and asbestos abatement,
underground storage tank registration and remediation, and surface
mining permitting and reclamation. This Branch
administers the State Superfund, which is used for hazardous
site cleanup work.
The Watershed Protection Branch manages water resources in Georgia through permits to local governments and industry to discharge treated wastewater and to local governments, industry, farmers and subdivisions for surface water and groundwater withdrawals. The Branch ensures that Georgia's public water systems are operating properly to supply safe drinking water to citizens, works to control nonpoint sources of pollution, including erosion and sedimentation, and manages storm water discharges. This Branch also conducts water quality monitoring and modeling of Georgia's waterways.
Georgia EPD oversees the operation of seven district offices located around the state. EPD associates in these offices perform enforcement and compliance work on a variety of environmental issues, and field citizen complaints and questions.
See also: Mission and Vision
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