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Recent Press Releases
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VDOT opens bids for design-build of controversial 29 bypass
May 11, 2012VDOT officials today opened bid submittals from companies seeking to win a multi-million dollar state contract to design and build the controversial Western Bypass of U.S. 29 just north of Charlottesville.
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Groups Reach Agreement in Canton Paper Mill Controversy
May 7, 2012Establishing stricter limits on the temperature of the wastewater discharged into the Pigeon River from the paper mill in Canton, North Carolina, has enabled five conservation and river advocacy groups and downriver Cocke County, Tennessee, to reach an agreement with mill owner Blue Ridge Paper Products and the North Carolina state agency that issued the mill’s permit to discharge into the river.
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Court Upholds N.C. Law Limiting Location and Size of Landfills
May 4, 2012The North Carolina Court of Appeals this week ruled that a 2007 law enacted by the N.C. General Assembly, which put limitations on the location and size of landfills, does not discriminate against out-of-state waste.
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