Existing Rules and Corresponding Laws

Below are links to Georgia's environmental rules as published on the Georgia Secretary of State's website and to corresponding laws on the LexisNexis® website, the official publisher of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) Please note that rules recently adopted by the Board of Natural Resources, but not yet published on the Secretary of State's website, are available on the Proposed Rules page.

Authorizing Statute (Law)

OCGA 12-7-1 Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act [amended 2003]

OCGA 12-8-60 Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act

OCGA 12-8-90 Georgia Hazardous Site Response Act

OCGA 12-8-200 Georgia Brownfield Act

391-3-19 Hazardous Site Response

OCGA 12-8-60 Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act

OCGA 12-8-90 Georgia Hazardous Site Response Act

OCGA 12-8-200 Georgia Brownfield Act

OCGA 12-8-100 Georgia Voluntary Remediation Program Act

OCGA 44-16-1 Uniform Environmental Covenants Act

391-3-31 Rules for Water Conservation and Carwash Best Management Practices

OCGA 12-5-4 Programs for Voluntary Water Conservation and Enhancing Water Supply

OCGA 12-5-20 Georgia Water Quality Act

OCGA 12-5-90 Ground-Water Use Act

OCGA 12-5-170 Georgia Safe Drinking Water Act of 1977