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June 04 Cover and Back1.qxp 5/11/2004 3:25 PM Page 1 June 220000404 mmberber 6 Special Issue: Environmental Law June 04 Cover and Back1.qxp 5/11/2004 3:25 PM Page 2 LexisNexis® is proud to be selected as the new Publisher of the Official Georgia Reports. LexisNexis® The New Publisher of the Official Georgia Reports As the new publisher of the Official Georgia Reports, we would like to welcome Georgia attorneys, courts, and judges to a new world of print integration. Now you can get the Official Georgia Reports from the same publisher that provides you with the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. For more information about LexisNexis, the publisher of the Official Georgia Reports, please call 800.223.1940. LexisNexis and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. It’s How You Know is a trademark of LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. © 2004 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 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The purpose of the pro- away. gram is to provide a convenient mechanism for the reso- lution of disputes between lawyers and clients over fees. 404.527.8700 800.334.6865 www.gabar.org 6-04GBJ.qxp 5/11/2004 5:04 PM Page 2 JJuneune 2200004 mbmberer 6 Legals 12 Dining on the Alphabet Soup of Environmental Law: An Overview for Non-EEnvironmental Lawyers On the Cover By Bill Sapp and Kate Grunin The environmental-themed issue is made possible by the 24 Speaking Whale: support of the Environmental The Impact of Georgia's New Nonattainment Law Section of the State Bar Designations on the Georgia Business Community of Georgia. By Randy E. Brogdon and Debra S. Cline Cover photo by Kevin B. Smith 32 Georgia's Hazardous Site Response Act: Growing Pains for Georgia's Baby Superfund By Robert D. Mowrey and Shelly Jacobs Ellerhorst Features 38 Environmental Groups in Georgia— Searching for a Tipping Point Departments By Allison Burdette and Chad Baum 4 From the Section Chair 46 2004 Georgia General Assembly 6 From the President Water Legislation Update 8 From the Executive Director By Julie V. Mayfield 10 From the YLD President 52 Water, Growth Management Are Georgia's Most Serious Issues: A Conversation with 68 Bench & Bar EPA Region 4 Administrator Jimmy Palmer 72 Office of the General Counsel By Jeffrey S. Dehner 74 Lawyer Discipline 56 2004 General Assembly: An Action-PPacked Adventure 76 Law Practice Management By Mark Middleton 78 South Georgia Office 60 Keeping Prior Commitments to Money 80 Pro Bono and Special Interests Out of Judicial Races 84 Section News By R. William Ide 86 In Memoriam 63 Spring 2004 Board of Governors Meeting Summary 87 CLE Calendar By C. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to same address. 6-04GBJ.qxp 5/11/2004 5:04 PM Page 4 Environmental Law: Chair How it Affects You ronmental law similarly has become more reetings from the State Bar of challenging, presenting new opportunities for Georgia’s Environmental Law environmental lawyers.