A new federal regulation that could expand clean water protections to more streams and tributaries was halted by a federal court last week, sinking the rule’s implementation while the lawsuit proceeds. The decision was met with applause from businesses, as well as state and national representatives from Georgia. And it has strong implications in Hall County, where rural farmers and large water resources are important cogs in the economic life of the region.
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