Area waste site operator sued by DHEC over consent order
DHEC filed an enforcement action in Aiken County against Bobby Brewer Jr operator of Metal Retrievers for alleged violations of state pollution laws and failure to comply with an August 2000 consent order to clean up oils diesel fuel hydraulic fluids tires and soil at the Fire Tower Road facility. Inspections found over 100 spills and multiple debris items with a daily penalty of 100 accruing since late February. Brewer has 30 days to respond.
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Bobby Brewer Jr
Saint
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Aiken County
Brewer
Metal Retrievers
DHEC
Storytime program returns to Hopelands Gardens
Hopelands Storytime resumes weekly through May at 4 p.m. in Hopelands Gardens behind the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. Senior readers entertain 70 to 150 children with three or four books, with a free book for each child at the end. On rainy Tuesdays the event moves to H Odell Weeks Activities Center.
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Hopelands Gardens
Grandpa
Heck
Ginger Ingram
Ingram
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Global warming topic sparks CNTA meeting with Dr. Addis
Dr. Robert Addis of Savannah River Technology Center outlines natural versus human factors in climate change at the Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness session. He notes sun cycles, orbital variations, volcanic activity, and deforestation as influences with projections of a three to five degree rise over 100 years.
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Robert Addis
Addis
Savannah River
Earth
Sahara Desert
Krakatoa
United States
City planners deny two proposed Whiskey Road developments
The Aiken Planning Commission rejected two requests Tuesday for residential projects fronting commercial property along Whiskey Road. A 6-1 vote blocked P. Properties sewer and zoning for tracts near Elmwood Park and Underhouse Road, while Country Home Builders faced a similar denial south of Stratford Hall.
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Aiken
Whiskey Road
Stratford Hall
Tad Barber
Ronny Bolton
Elmwood Park
Aiken High Rise Plan Put On Hold By City Council
Aiken City Council postponed action on raising the height limit from 50 to 70 feet after discussions and a map showed zoning complexities. Officials plan further meetings and consider an overlay district to guide taller construction while planning comments from the Planning Commission.
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Aiken
Roger LeDue
Planning Commission
Aiken Department of Public ‘Safety
Pete
LeDuc
Indiate
Ager
Fred Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Anaclerio
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Hopelands
Wyteller
CNTA
Adam Burton
Rye Patch
Ame Alu Sna
Friends of
Berrie Road
Canaugh
Aiken Golf Club
Floyd and Greene
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