--- title: O.C.G.A. § 46-4-62. Effect of article on authority of Department of Natural Resources. collection: code id: 46-4-62 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 46-4-62 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-4-62 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-4-62.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-4-62/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=48adb3c4_0#page=406 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-4.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-4-61.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/46-4-80.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia heading_path: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION / DISTRIBUTION, STORAGE, AND SALE OF GAS / UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF GAS --- # O.C.G.A. § 46-4-62. Effect of article on authority of Department of Natural Resources. No provision of this article shall in any way be construed to impair or interfere with the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to prevent or abate injury, pollution, or contamination of any usable fresh-water resources. ## History Code 1933, § 93-813, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.