From AJC.com:

 Georgia’s Attorney General has ruled that state agencies — the road-builders at the Georgia Department of Transportation, in particular — do not have to adhere to local storm water runoff regulations.

Environmentalists aren’t happy. Muddy discharge from construction sites is one of the biggest threats to the health of the state’s streams, rivers and lakes. Vegetation and wildlife, including fish and river otters, can also be impacted by runoff.

“Polluted storm water is the largest pollution problem in Georgia waterways, particularly in urban areas like metro Atlanta,” Sally Bethea, executive director for the nonprofit Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, said Tuesday. “The Attorney General’s opinion says, in a loud voice, that the state doesn’t have to abide by the same rules as everybody else.”

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