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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Sunday, July 11,1993
SEWER Continued from Page 1A
vice eait down Highway 20 to
reach the subdivisions.
AN OLD SYSTEM
BREAKS DOWN
Tuller agreed the system has
had problems because of its age.
He estimated more than
SIOO,OOO has been spent on
repairs and updating the system
in the last seven years.
However, the neighbors closest
to the plant, Gene and Kathy
Barrington, have seen increas
ing problems over the last sever
al years.
Mrs. Barrington attributes her
upper respiratory problems to
the plant and has called the
EPD many times complaining
about odor.
Since 1990 the Habersham-
Lanier Utility Corp. has been
cited with a number of viola
tions by the EPD.
These include: three illegal
dumpings of raw sewage on land
near the No. 3 lift station, one
dumping of sludge without a
permit or a sludge disposal plan,
AGENDA
The commissioners will meet
in a regular meeting July 12, at
7 p.m. on the second floor of the
courthouse.
After a full agenda the board
will have an alcohol license
revocation hearing for Cruser’s
Bar and Grill. The bar is located
at the intersection of Hwy. 369
and Keith Bridge Road.
Licensee Kenneth Lamar Cruse
and two Cruser’s employees
have been arrested on drug
charges.
The agenda includes:
• Consideration of proposed
amendment to Comprehensive
Zoning and Land Use
Resolution to prohibit private
landfills. This is a continuation
of discussion continuing for the
last several months. There is
pow a moratorium on placing
private landfills in Forsyth
County. The public hearing for
this issue has already been held.
• Consideration of proposed
ordinance to establish local reg
ulatory control over the opera
tion of food service establish
ments and related matters. The
public hearing was held on June
28.
• Consideration of proposed
budget for FY 94 for the opera
tions of the library system.
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two spills of treated effluent
because of broken lines, and
three overflows of raw sewage
from manholes.
According to Tuller, who
responded in letters to EPD offi
cials, these accidents were due
either to the age of the system,
vandalism, or construction
debris in the system.
The corporation was fined for
one spill in 1990 of less than
2,000 gallons when a lift pump
broke down while the back up
was out for repairs. The original
SIO,OOO fine was reduced to
$1,500 by the EPD.
The largest spill was one of
30,000 gallons in March, 1992. A
spill of up to 2,000 gallons per
day is considered to have no
impact on a stream. A spill of
20,000 to 100,000 gallons per
day is considered to have minor
impact, according to EPD’s
enforcement rationale.
After the fine, Tuller said he
upped monitoring of the plant
from five days a week to seven.
The illegal dumping was done
once at the direction of the cor
Recently the Board of
Education, which has tradition
ally paid half of the library’s
local budget, reduced its amount
of participation and announced
its plans to systematically
reduce its funding until it is no
longer contributing in 1997.
• Request adoption of amend
ment to Johns Creek Sewer
agreement with Fulton County.
• Request adoption of resolu
tion in memoriam of O.G.
Moore. Moore was a member of
the Board of Commissioners and
passed away on July 1.
• Request acceptance of bid for
construction of Phase I of
Sharon Springs Park.
• Request for consideration to
amend ordinance #3O to require
posting of the property for vari
ances. Commissioner Ron Seder
wishes variances on property
which could affect whole neigh
borhoods be required to be post
ed as in the case of rezonings.
• Request concurrence of
agreement for probation ser
vices for the State Court.
• Request appointment of
members to the Regional
Mental Health/Mental
Retardation/Substance Abuse
Board to represent Forsyth
County.
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poration “in the heat of the
moment” to prevent overflow
into the lake and twice by con
tractors who did not know they
were not permitted to dump on
land, Tuller stated. The utility
corporation now has a contract
with the city of Cumming to dis
pose ofita sludge.
Tuller said the Barringtons’
increasing problems with the
plant coincide with the growth
of the area and a greater
amount of waste moving
through the system.
Many of the problems are
caused by the plant’s proximity
to Lake Lanier and its poor loca
tion which requires five pump
ing stations to deliver the waste
safely to the plant to be
processed, Tuller said.
After an inspection in August,
1991, EPD Environmental
Specialist Steve Duncan report
ed: “Overall the plant is aging
and beginning to deteriorate.
Portions of the plant are not
working properly and portions
are not working at all.”
Tuller reported all aspects of
MOTIONS Continued from Page 1A
Reid murder case have dis
cussed a change in venue, docu
ments show.
According to a letter to
Superior Court Judge Stan
Gault, Lawrenceville attorney
Jeffrey SUtz, who is represent
ing defendant Kenneth Lamar
Brady, the two discussed moving
the trial elsewhere.
“I believe it will be virtually
impossible to find any jury to
hear this case in either
Gwinnett, Forsyth, Cherokee,
Hall or White counties,” stated
Slitz, citing media coverage and
publicity from the reward cam
paign conducted by E.H. Reid,
the father of victim Tony Reid.
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Since our opening in Aug. 1991, we have
experienced a tremendous steady growth
month after month. It is our intention to
continue to grow in this location and
throughout the North Georgia area.
We now have two additional locations in
Gainesville and Cornelia. We would like to
thank our customers for their support and
thank God for his many blessings upon our
business.
Danny Malone Forrester
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were corrected.
GROWTH BRINGS
QUESTIONS
The private plant is permitted
to release an average of 110,000
gallons of effluent per day into
Lake Lanier.
It is releasing about half that
amount now but about 30 more
homes and 15 more condomini
ums are expected, Tuller said.
In June, 1991, the maximum
daily flow from the plant was
7,700 gallons per day as reports
ed to the EPD.
Residents at last week’s meet
ing also worried about reports
that a new developer has plans
for a 175-lot development along
Habersham Marina Road. With
a variance approval the develop
er could possibly place the “clus
ter homes” on the small lots,
according to Commissioner
Seder, whom the residents con
tacted about the issue.
However, access to the
Habersham-Lanier sewer sys
tem wbuld be necessary. This is
In 1989, Tony Reid and his
wife Kathy were found shot to
death in the living room of their
home on Hwy. 141.
Slitz stated Moss has indicated
he would like to try the case in
Cherokee County “which I will
not agree to."
“I have told him that I feel that
any of the southern metro
Atlanta counties of Rockdale,
Spalding, Douglas, Fulton or
DeKalb would guarantee us an
impartial jury.”
Two other men, Billy Ray
Robertson and Felton Junior
Avery, are also charged with the
double murder. Officials believe
robbery might have been the
how nearby residents hope to
stop the dense development.
Lou Hollingsworth, a resident
who lives in a home off of
Habersham Marina Road,
claims that the poor perfor
mance of the old system and
rate of flow in the plant will pre
clude tying on a new develop
ment.
The EPD estimates a single
family residence produces 400
gallons per day of waste and
condominiums 300 gallons per
day. At this estimate the flow in
the system now is about 102,000
gallons per day, although this
rate is higher than Tuller
reports as the actual flow.
However, the EPD calculations,
including the expected additions
at Habersham Point and the
Weiland subdivision would be
almost 119,000 gallons per day.
An additional 175 single family
residential homes would raise
the EPD estimate by 70,000,
opponents of development
argue.
Tuller said he did not know if
the proposed development would
motive. No trial date has been
set.
• Sentencing has been sched
uled for Wednesday in the case
of Kay Milligan Howard, who
was convicted last month of
involuntary manslaughter. She
was originally charged with
murder in the shooting death of
her common-law husband, Kell
Leverne Howard of Forsyth
County.
Howard, who is originally from
Demorest, Ga., was released
from the Forsyth County Jail
June 30 on an $85,000 property
bond posted by her mother,
records show.
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tie onto the system. However,
any expansions or additions, for
example pumps and lift stations,
would have to be approved by
the EPD, he said.
GETTING HOOKED
Being hooked to the aging pri
vate system leaves the residents
feeling out of control and grasp
ing for security.
Wyatt said the group needs to
“drive toward getting control
and accountability.”
“We have got to get the county
commissioners to look after this.
They’ve got to have our best
interests at heart,” said one resi
dent.
However, there is no precedent
of the county getting involved in
a private sewer like this, Seder
said.
The residents will be meeting
with Seder and perhaps other
officials in August and in the
meantime are forming game
plans to contact Lake Lanier
Associations, other residents,
and Wieland Homes for help.
ELECTION
Continued from Page 1A
ed by Moore in November.
Also rumored to be consider
ing running are Mrs. O.G.
(Mary) Moore, and James
Harrington.
The special election in August
will be non partisan.
The qualifying fee is S9O and
all who run must live in the Big
Creek/Brandywine area.
If no candidate receives more
than 50 percent of the vote a
runoff will be held August 24
between the two top vote-get
ters.
Those not registered to vote
may register for the special
election until 4:30 on Thursday,
July 15.