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New EPA water rule slows development of Gateway industrial park in North Hall
Definition of stream is issue causing hold-up
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Kubota's new plant in the Gateway Industrial Centre is beginning to take shape as the steel and concrete walls are erected. To continue construction, Gainesville and the Hall County Development Authority need special permitting from Corps of Engineers for stream crossings in the construction of the industrial park.
A new federal regulation that could expand clean water protections to more streams and tributaries has complicated construction and development of the Gateway Industrial Centre off Ga. 365 in North Hall. “Since the project has started, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has expanded its definition of what a stream is,” said Tim Evans, vice president of economic development at the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce. “Some things we didn’t consider a stream, they did.