Court will put DHEC to test Posted: Monday, June 4, 2012 12:27 a.m
Summary: Editorial hopes the S.C. Supreme Court with see through legal morass and decide against DHEC.
Key Quotes:
Plaintiffs say the DHEC board acted inappropriately when, after Gov.
Nikki Haley intervened in the process, it reversed an earlier decision
and approved a water quality permit for Georgia. We agree.
If the Supreme Court agrees that DHEC was in the wrong, the prospect for stopping the ill-advised plan improves.
Yes, it will slow down the Georgia Ports Authority in its
environmentally sketchy plan to dredge the Savannah River. But when you
tease apart the controversial details, you still get a system that
awards federal dollars to projects with the most political muscle
instead of the most merit.
The disputatious situation calls for a more reasonable approach to
funding projects like the dredging of the Savannah River and of
Charleston Harbor.
The S.C. State Ports Authority believes the Charleston Harbor dredging
proposal would fare well if it were compared to the much more expensive
($600 million) and environmentally invasive Savannah River proposal. And
industry analysts suggest that only one of the projects is necessary.
A. Joseph Marshall
Coldwell Banker Commercial
Commercial Real Estate Advisor
Savannah, Ga
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