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Stakeholders come to compromise over new erosion rules for Hall development

Water filled with sediment rushes from a construction site in Hall County into Lake Lanier. A rule change could allow more dirt to be disturbed at a time, which Lake Lanier advocates worry could further harm Lanier. Photo courtesy Dale Caldwell of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.

07272020 EROSION 2 — Water filled with sediment rushes from a construction site in Hall County into Lake Lanier. A rule change could allow more dirt to be disturbed at a time, which Lake Lanier advocates worry could further harm Lanier. Photo courtesy Dale Caldwell of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.

Under previous county regulations, only 20 acres of a construction site could be disturbed at any given time. The new rules remove that restriction, instead deferring to state rules that allow for 50 acres to be disturbed at once.