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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-30 - DROUGHT MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-30-.01 - Purpose of Rule

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
To establish rules and regulations relating to drought
				  management, including: provisions for a drought response committee; drought
				  indicators and triggers; a drought declaration process; and state and local
				  predrought mitigation strategies and drought response strategies. Predrought
				  mitigation strategies are designed to minimize the potential effects of
				  drought. Drought response strategies include measures or actions to be
				  implemented during various stages of drought.
O.C.G.A. §§
										12-5-8.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-30 - DROUGHT MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-30-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
When used in this Chapter:
(1) "Affected drought area" means any area
				subject to a drought declaration made in accordance with Rule
				391-3-30-.05.
(2) "Director" means the director, or his/her
				designee, of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural
				Resources.
(3) "Division" means the
				Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural
				Resources.
(4) "Drip irrigation"
				means the use of an irrigation system manufactured and sold specifically for
				delivering water through small flexible pipes and emitters slowly and directly
				to the soil around the base of individual plants in a manner that minimizes
				evaporative losses, pooling, runoff and wetting of plant foliage. This type of
				system may be part of a larger automated irrigation system or may operate as a
				stand-alone system connected to a typical outdoor faucet.
(5) "Farm uses" means irrigation of any land
				used for general farming, forage, aquaculture, pasture, turf production,
				orchards, or tree and ornamental nurseries; or provisions of water supply for
				farm animals, poultry farming, or any other activity conducted in the course of
				a farming operation. Farm uses shall also include the processing of perishable
				agricultural products.
(6)
				"Permittee" is defined as:
(a) Any person that
				holds a water withdrawal permit issued by the Director pursuant to the Georgia
				Water Quality Control Act, O.C.G.A. §
										12-5-20
et
				seq.
;
(b) Any person that
				holds a water withdrawal permit issued by the Director pursuant to the
				Groundwater Use Act, O.C.G.A. §
										12-5-90
et seq.
;
				or
(c) Any person that holds a
				permit issued by the Director pursuant to the Georgia Safe Drinking Water Act,
				O.C.G.A. §
										12-5-170
et seq.
,
				that uses water obtained from any person meeting the criteria in paragraphs (a)
				or (b);
(d) Permittee does not
				include any person that holds a water withdrawal permit for farm
				uses.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-30 - DROUGHT MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-30-.03 - Predrought Mitigation Strategies

Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) During non-drought periods, irrigation
				outdoors for purposes of planting, growing, managing, or maintaining ground
				cover, trees, shrubs, or other plants shall be in accordance with O.C.G.A.
				§
									12-5-7 (a.1)(1) and (2).
(a) Persons may irrigate outdoors daily for
				purposes of planting, growing, managing, or maintaining ground cover, trees,
				shrubs, or other plants only between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 10:00
				a.m.
(b) Paragraph (a) shall not
				create any limitation upon the following outdoor water uses:
1. Commercial agricultural operations as
				defined in Code Section
				1-3-3;
2. Capture and reuse of cooling system
				condensate or storm water in compliance with applicable local ordinances and
				state guidelines;
3. Reuse of gray
				water in compliance with Code Section
				31-3-5.2 and applicable local
				board of health regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
4. Use of reclaimed waste water by a
				designated user from a system permitted by the Environmental Protection
				Division of the department to provide reclaimed waste water;
5. Irrigation of personal food
				gardens;
6. Irrigation of new and
				replanted plant, seed, or turf in landscapes, golf courses, or sports turf
				fields during installation and for a period of 30 days immediately following
				the date of installation;
7. Drip
				irrigation or irrigation using soaker hoses;
8. Handwatering with a hose with automatic
				cutoff or handheld container;
9.
				Use of water withdrawn from private water wells or surface water by an owner or
				operator of property if such well or surface water is on said property;
10. Irrigation of horticultural
				crops held for sale, resale, or installation;
11. Irrigation of athletic fields, golf
				courses, or public turf grass recreational areas;
12. Installation, maintenance, or calibration
				of irrigation systems; or
13.
				Hydroseeding.
(c)
				Paragraph (a) shall not create any limitation upon outdoor water uses for
				purposes other than planting, growing, managing, or maintaining ground cover,
				trees, shrubs, or other plants.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-30 - DROUGHT MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-30-.04 - Drought Indicators and Triggers

Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Director shall monitor climatic
				indicators and water supply conditions as needed to assess drought occurrence
				and severity, and its impact upon the ability of permittees that are public
				water systems to provide adequate supplies of water and avoid or relieve local
				water shortages. Such indicators and conditions may include but may not be
				limited to the following:
(a)
				Precipitation;
(b)
				Streamflow;
(c)
				Groundwater;
(d) Reservoir
				Levels;
(e) Soil
				Moisture;
(f) Short Term Climate
				Predictions;
(g) U.S. Drought
				Monitor; and
(h) Water Supply
				Conditions.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-30 - DROUGHT MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-30-.05 - Drought Declaration

Current through Rules and Regulations
				filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Based upon an evaluation in accordance
				with Rule
				391-3-30-.04, the Director may
				declare non-drought conditions and various drought response levels for the
				affected drought area(s). Such declaration shall be based upon the severity of
				drought conditions and their impact on the ability of permittees that are
				public water systems to provide adequate supplies of water within the affected
				drought area(s) and avoid or relieve local water shortages.
(2) The Director may declare non-drought
				conditions and drought response Level 1, 2 or 3, with Level 1 being the least
				severe and Level 3 being the most severe drought response level.
(3) The Director shall designate the
				geographical boundary of the affected drought area(s). The geographical
				delineation of a drought response level shall be based upon the severity of
				climatic indicators and condition of water supplies occurring within all or a
				portion of defined hydrologic units, counties or other areas. The drought
				response level shall apply to all permittees, except as described in
				subparagraph (4), within the affected drought area(s).
(4) The Director may differentiate between
				surface water drought and ground water drought in any affected drought area(s).
(5) Upon declaring a drought
				response level, including non-drought conditions, the Director shall provide
				notice of such declaration to all permittees and the general public within the
				affected drought area(s). At a minimum, the Director shall issue a press
				release and send each affected permittee a letter which shall include the
				drought response level and a summary of the requirements for that particular
				drought response level.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  12-5-8
				  .
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A Drought Response Committee may be convened by the Director
				  at any time for purposes of consulting on the development and/or implementation
				  of predrought mitigation strategies or drought response strategies and may
				  consist of such members and for such period of time as the Director deems
				  appropriate.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  12-5-8
				  .
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-30 - DROUGHT MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-30-.07 - Drought Response Strategies

Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Within 5 days of receipt of notice from
				the Division of a drought response level declared pursuant to Rule
				391-3-30-.05, each permittee within
				an area subject to a drought response level declaration shall implement the
				applicable drought response strategies listed below.
(2) Drought Response Level 1.
(a) Permittees that are public water systems
				shall implement a public information campaign that shall include, at a minimum,
				public notice regarding drought conditions and drought specific public-service
				messages in one or more of the following ways: newspaper advertisements, bill
				inserts, website homepage, social media, and notices in public libraries.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-30 - DROUGHT MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-30-.08 - Variance Requests

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Any application for a variance pursuant
				O.C.G.A. §
									12-5-7(a)(1) to
				impose restrictions on outdoor water use that are more stringent than those
				described in this Rule shall provide the following information demonstrating
				that the outdoor water use restrictions required by Chapter 391-3-30 will not
				avoid or relieve a local water shortage and the degree to which additional
				restrictions will avoid or relieve such water shortage:
(a) A statement of which Drought Response
				Level (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, or Level 3 plus) the public water system
				seeks to apply, the duration of those restrictions, and a description of why
				such restrictions are necessary. For the purposes of this Rule, "Level 3 plus"
				means all Level 3 water usage restrictions plus additional restrictions
				proposed by the public water system in order to avoid or relieve a local water
				shortage.
(b) For permittees whose
				principal source of water is surface water, a water supply and demand analysis
				which includes a quantitative analysis of the effect that additional
				restrictions will have upon the permittee's source of water in terms of
				increased storage or streamflow available to the permittee for each month
				during which they will be implemented. The water supply and demand analysis
				shall, at a minimum, consist of a 24-month projection of the response of
				reservoir storage, or water withdrawals as a percent of streamflow, whichever
				is applicable, to demands represented by monthly water use for each month of
				the preceding calendar year, assuming calendar year 2007 - 2008 hydrologic
				conditions, and shall be conducted in accordance with the "Water Supply and
				Demand Analysis Worksheet."
(c)
				Quantity estimate of reduced water use on a monthly basis expected from
				implementing such restrictions for each month during which they will be
				implemented compared to a quantity estimate of reduced water use on a monthly
				basis expected from implementing the restrictions otherwise required by Chapter
				391-3-30;
(d) Quantity estimate of
				the effect such restrictions will have upon the permittee's source of water in
				terms of increased storage or streamflow available to the permittee for each
				month during which they will be implemented.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-31 - RULES FOR WATER CONSERVATION BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CERTIFICATION › Rule 391-3-31-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
When used in this Chapter:
(1) "Best Management Practices" or "BMPs"
				means those practices that, when implemented by a facility, result in an
				efficient use of water.
(2) "Car
				Wash" means a permanent facility car wash such as a self-serve car wash, a
				conveyor car wash, or a roll over/in bay car wash, generally available for use
				by the public.
(3) "Certification"
				means the Division has determined a facility is in compliance with the
				applicable best management practices.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  12-5-31,
				  12-5-102
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) These rules may apply to any facility for
				which the Division has adopted best management practices, such as a permanent
				facility car wash.
(2) Car washes,
				which the Division has certified as meeting best management practices, are not
				considered to be an outdoor water use for purposes of any outdoor watering
				restrictions.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  12-5-31,
				  12-5-102
et
				  seq.
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Best Management Practices for car washes:
(a) The facility will have a backflow
				prevention device installed on the potable water supply.
(b) All spray nozzles will be changed
				annually.
(c) All water leaks will
				be repaired as they occur.
(d) All
				hoses and faucets will be attended or shut off. All hoses will utilize an
				automatic shutoff valve.
(e) All
				hand-held hoses must have a flow no greater than 3 gallons a minute.
(f) Driveways and impervious surfaces may be
				washed with high pressure, low volume systems for health/safety purposes
				only.
(g) If spot-free reverse
				osmosis water is used, the reverse osmosis reject water shall be reused in the
				vehicle wash process.
(h) For
				Self-Serve Car Washes, the wash nozzle and pump system will be high-pressure
				and flow at no greater than 3 gallons per minute.
(i) For Conveyor Car Washes, automatic
				high-level water cut-offs will be installed in all towel and chamois washing
				machines.
(j) For Conveyor Car
				Washes constructed after January 1, 2000, a minimum of 50% of water utilized
				will be recycled.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-33 - RULES FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY EFFICIENCY › Rule 391-3-33-.01 - Purpose of Rule

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
The purpose of these Rules is to establish policies,
				  procedures, requirements and standards to implement Chapter 5 of Title 12 of
				  the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A), relating to water resources
				  as amended in the new Code Section
				  12-5-4.1, and as included in the
				  Georgia Water Stewardship Act of 2010 to carry out the purposes of adopting
				  standards for public water systems to improve the efficiency of water supply
				  through the development and improvement of water loss abatement programs and to
				  implement the industry's best management practices for controlling water loss
				  by achieving recommended standards.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  12-5-4 and
				  12-5-4.1.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
These rules apply to any public water system that regularly
				  serves 3,300 or more individuals.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  12-5-4 and
				  12-5-4.1.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1)
Water Loss Audits.
Public
				water systems shall conduct an annual water loss audit in accordance with the
				International Water Association (IWA) and American Water Works Association
				(AWWA) methodology for water loss auditing as provided by the Division in the
				most current versions of the Georgia Water System Audits and Water Loss Control
				Manual and AWWA Water Audit Software.
(2)
Reporting.
By March 1 of
				each calendar year, annual water loss audit results for the previous calendar
				year shall be submitted to the Division in a form and manner prescribed by the
				Division and shall include documentation of the basis of the audit in the
				comments section of the Reporting Worksheet. A certification statement shall be
				included with each annual water loss audit reporting that a Qualified Water
				Loss Auditor has examined the annual water loss audit results and the results
				meet the requirements in the Georgia Water System Audits and Water Loss Control
				Manual and the American Water Works Association methodology for water loss
				auditing.
(3)
Review by the
				Division.
Public water systems shall cooperate with the Division during
				Division review of the submitted water loss audits, including providing
				responses to follow up questions by the Division and the submittal of
				additional supporting information for the audits. If the Division determines
				that an audit is of poor quality, the Division may require the Public water
				system to have their audit reviewed and resubmitted by a third party Qualified
				Water Loss Auditor.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  12-5-4 and
				  12-5-4.1.
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Water Loss Control Program.
By July 1, 2016, Public water systems shall develop and conduct a water loss
				control program to investigate, assess, and implement efforts to improve water
				supply efficiency. Water loss control programs shall be updated periodically as
				needed. Water loss control programs may include, but are not limited to, the
				following:
(a) Leakage Management, including
				distribution system water leakage detection and repairs;
(b) Finished Water Meter Flow
				Verification;
(c) Customer Water
				Meter Testing and Calibration;
(d)
				Resource Allocation, including planned preventive maintenance; and
(e) Revenue Recovery Activities.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.01

Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise specifically defined
				herein, all words shall be defined in accordance with O.C.G.A. Section
				27-1-2.
(2) "Mobility Impaired" is as defined in
				O.C.G.A. §
									27-2-4.4(a).
(3) "Hunt and Learn" means a department
				hosted event during which the department provides one-on-one mentored hunting
				opportunity to new or inexperienced hunters, and may be application only and
				limited by quota.
(4) "Specialty"
				hunt means a Wildlife Management Area hunt open to Youth (as specified in
				391-4-2-.64), women, Disability
				License holders, Returning Georgia Veterans Honorary License holders, and
				hunters age 65 years and older.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) It is unlawful for any person killing a
				black bear, deer, wild turkey, or alligator to:
(a) remove such carcass from the place of
				killing without first recording all information specified by the department in
				the manner specified by the department.
(b) fail to report the harvest of each black
				bear, alligator, deer, or turkey within 24 hours of carcass recovery by
				providing such information specified by the department in the manner specified
				by the department; provided, however, that such wildlife killed by a motor
				vehicle (O.C.G.A. Sec.
				27-3-28), taken under
				authorization of a department-issued permit (O.C.G.A. Secs.
				27-2-18,
				27-2-21, or
				27-2-31) or tagged by authorized
				personnel at a public land hunt are exempt from harvest recording and reporting
				requirements.
(c) transfer
				possession to any private or commercial cold storage or processing facility
				without first providing the harvest-reporting confirmation number unless the
				animal was killed by a motor vehicle, taken under authorization of a
				department-issued permit, or tagged by authorized personnel at a public land
				hunt.
(d) transport a carcass (not
				processed for human consumption) killed by another person unless the following
				written information is attached to the carcass: name and address of the hunter
				who killed such black bear, deer, turkey, or alligator, date and county of
				kill, and the harvest-reporting confirmation number, if applicable in
				accordance with (b) above.
(e)
				provide false harvest recording or reporting information.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.04 - Required Clothing

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
It is unlawful for any person to hunt deer or bears or for
				  any person to accompany another person hunting deer or bears during firearms
				  and primitive weapons deer or bear seasons unless each person shall wear a
				  total of at least 500 visible square inches of daylight fluorescent orange
				  material as an outer garment. This also includes any deer or bear firearms and
				  primitive weapons hunt on a wildlife management area, or any other hunt so
				  designated in
				  391-4-2-.70 or
				  391-4-2-.71 regardless of state
				  season. Such clothing must be worn above the waistline and may include a head
				  covering.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-3-25,
				  27-3-40.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) An employee or volunteer of the
				department may become a hunter education instructor upon satisfactory
				completion of an instructor led training program administered or approved by
				the department.
(2) Persons or
				agencies authorized to administer a recognized course of hunter instruction
				shall submit to the Department a list of all persons who have successfully
				completed the course of instruction in accordance with the department's hunter
				education instructor handbook.
(3)
				Volunteer and staff instructors must have a valid Georgia hunter education
				instructor certificate on record at the time they conduct a course.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-2-5.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-2-5.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(1) Hunting seasons
				or dates on lands within the boundaries of wildlife management areas, other
				department managed lands, State or Federal Wildlife Refuges, and military
				reservations may not coincide with statewide, regional, local or general
				seasons or regulations unless so stated pursuant to
				391-4-2-.70 through
				391-4-2-.73.
(2) It is unlawful to hunt any wildlife on
				that portion of Morgan Falls Lake (Bull Sluice) impoundment lying within Fulton
				County and that portion lying within Willeo Creek.
Authority O.C.G.A.
				  Secs. 27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-3-24 and
				  40-7-5.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.11 - Quota Hunts

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Applicants for department administered
				quota hunts shall complete an online application provided by the department,
				except as otherwise instructed in Rule
				391-4-2-.70.
(2) Only selected applicants may hunt, except
				that selected applicants for waterfowl, quail, and rabbit may bring no more
				than two hunting guests; selected parties for dog-deer may bring no more than
				eighteen hunting guests; selected applicants for a dog-bear hunt may bring no
				more than nine guests, and selected applicants for dog-feral hog may bring no
				more than four hunting guests. The individual selected for the hunt shall be
				present except that only one member of a selected dog-deer party must be
				present, and may designate up to eighteen hunting guests at check-in on the day
				of the hunt.
(3) The total hunting
				party size shall not exceed 5 for deer, State Park, dove, 10 for dog-bear hunts
				and feral hog hunts; 20 for dog-deer hunts; and 3 for alligator and turkey
				quota hunts unless otherwise specified in Rule
				391-4-2-.70.
(4) Only persons aged sixteen (16) years or
				less may apply for Youth hunts.
(5)
				An individual shall not participate in more than 3 quail quota hunts in a
				single season.
(6) A drawn hunter
				may be accompanied afield by a non-hunting assistant who shall be licensed but
				shall not take or attempt to take game. Such assistant shall not carry a
				firearm or archery tackle (except as provided in O.C.G.A. §
									16-11-125) and must remain within
				15 feet of the drawn hunter.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-1-4.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.12 - Trapping

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) The trapping season for raccoon, mink,
				otter, fox, opossum, muskrat, skunk, bobcat and weasel is December 1 through
				the last day of February except that on private lands not managed by the
				department there is no closed season on trapping of beaver, coyotes, opossum,
				and raccoon.
(2) Within thirty (30)
				days after the close of trapping season, all trappers must report to the
				department in writing the number of furs, hides or pelts which have been taken
				during the open season. Completion of the annual trapping survey distributed by
				the department satisfies the reporting requirements herein.
(3) All bobcats and otters trapped in Georgia
				and exported out of Georgia shall be tagged with a department-provided Federal
				Export Tag. The tag must be attached to the hide or carcass no later than
				thirty (30) days after closure of trapping season.
(4) Snares may be used for trapping beaver
				provided that snares are set in water or on land within ten (10) feet of water,
				including swamps, marshes, and tidal areas. All snares must be marked with the
				trapper's name or identification number.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-3-8,
				  27-3-62.
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4 and
				  27-2-7.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.16 - Possession of Non-game Nonprotected Wildlife

Current through Rules
				and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
It shall be unlawful to possess live coyotes, armadillos,
				  groundhogs, and beaver except as provided in O.C.G.A.
				  27-2-12, 27-213, and
				  27-2-22. Coyotes may be held live
				  in accordance with the same provisions for live fox as provided in O.C.G.A.
				  27-2-22.1, except coyotes trapped
				  for sale to commercial fox hunting preserves may be held at any time for up to
				  five days until sold.
Ga. L. 1997, p. 396;
				  O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-1-28.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Definitions. As used in these Rules and
				Regulations, the following term is defined as follows:
(a) "Confine" is to capture, possess or
				impede free egress of white-tailed deer with a fenced enclosure on an area less
				than 640 contiguous acres.
(b)
				"Contiguous" means a single unit of land that shall not be transected by public
				roads, creeks, rivers, or rights-of-way of public service
				corporations.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) It is unlawful to:
(a) hunt alligators except for hunters with a
				valid alligator harvest permit issued by the department for such purpose and
				except for assistants directly accompanying the alligator harvest permit holder
				if the assistant has in their possession a required valid license to
				hunt.
(b) transfer an alligator
				harvest permit to another person.
(c) hunt alligators in any management zone or
				any harvest period not designated on the alligator harvest permit.
(d) to fail to affix a department issued
				CITES (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species) tag to an
				alligator carcass as specified by the department in the manner specified by the
				department.
(e) transfer a CITES
				tag to another person or use a CITES tag more than once.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) The open season for alligators is from
				sunset on the day immediately preceding the 3rd Saturday in August through
				sunrise the day immediately following the 1st Sunday in October for persons in
				possession of a valid alligator harvest permit only.
(2) The bag limit on alligators is one (1),
				greater than or equal to forty-eight (48) inches in length as measured from the
				end of the snout to the tip of the tail, per season, except that in Zone 1A
				only alligators greater than or equal to ninety-six (96) inches in length as
				measured from the end of the snout to the tip of the tail may be
				taken.
(3) For the purpose of
				hunting alligators, the State is divided into eleven hunting zones with
				established quotas:
ZONE
COUNTY
QUOTA
1
Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Early, Harris, Marion,
							 Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, Terrell, and Webster Cos.
39
1A
Lake Walter F. George
30
2
Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, and Seminole
							 Cos.
243
3
Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Dougherty, Houston, Lee,
							 Macon, Monroe, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Upson, and Worth Cos.
66
4
Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Lanier,
							 Lowndes, Thomas, Tift, and Turner Cos.
94
5
Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Coffee, Dodge,
							 Jeff Davis, Jones, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Twiggs,
							 Wheeler, Wilcox, and Wilkinson Cos.
110
6
Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch,
							 Echols, Pierce, and Ware Cos.
88
7
Appling, Glynn, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall, Toombs, and
							 Wayne Cos.
165
8
Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham (excluding the
							 Bradley River, Cane Patch Creek, and Rush Creek areas located within the
							 boundaries of Ossabaw Island), Effingham, Evans, and Liberty Cos.
176
8A
Fort Stewart
30
9
Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock,
							 Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, Warren, and
							 Washington Cos.
88
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-2-6,
				  27-3-15.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Rule
				391-4-2-.24, the season bag limit
				shall be 10 antlerless deer and 2 antlered bucks per hunter. One of the
				antlered bucks must have at least 4 points, one inch or longer, on one side of
				the antlers or a minimum outside antler spread of fifteen (15)
				inches.
(2) Deer harvested on
				public land during bonus deer hunts do not count toward the statewide bag limit
				when such deer are tagged with department issued single-use tags.
(3) Still hunting for deer is permitted in
				any area at any time during the legal season for hunting deer with
				dogs.
(4) In Dooly and Macon Cos.,
				antlered bucks may be taken on private land only if they have a minimum outside
				antler spread of fifteen (15) inches.
(5) In Hancock, Harris, Meriwether,
				Montgomery, Randolph, Talbot, and Troup Cos., antlered bucks may be taken on
				private land only if they have a minimum of 4 antler points 1 inch or longer on
				one side of the antlers or a minimum outside antler spread of fifteen (15)
				inches.
(6) In accordance with
				O.C.G.A. Sec
				27-3-15(a) and
				(b), the department is authorized to
				prescribe property-specific harvest objectives, based solely on sound wildlife
				management principles, relating to bag limit and season on properties enrolled
				in a deer management assistance program as established by the
				department.
O.C.G.A. §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-3-15.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Deer of either sex may be taken with
				archery equipment in all counties of the state from the second (2nd) Saturday
				in September through the last day of firearms deer season, except as otherwise
				specified in this Rule.
(2) Deer of
				either sex may be taken with archery equipment in Barrow, Bibb, Chatham,
				Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth,
				Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Muscogee, Paulding, Richmond, and Rockdale
				counties from the second (2nd) Saturday in September through the last day of
				January.
(3) In Baker, Decatur,
				Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, and Thomas Counties, only antlered
				deer may be taken with archery equipment from the second Saturday of September
				and for 15 days thereafter.
(4) In
				Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, and Thomas Counties,
				deer of either sex may be taken with archery equipment from the last Monday of
				September through the last day of January.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-3-15.
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Deer of either sex may be taken with primitive weapons in all
				  counties except Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and that portion of Fulton Co. lying
				  north of Georgia Highway 92, from the first Saturday after Oct. 8 through the
				  following Friday.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-3-15.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Dogs may be used to hunt deer pursuant to
				O.C.G.A 27-3-17 in the following counties
				during the seasons set forth below:
COUNTY
SEASON
(a) Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Calhoun, Camden,
							 Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Dougherty, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel,
							 Evans, Glynn (except that portion lying within Jekyll Island), Jenkins, that
							 portion of Lanier lying east of the Alapaha River and southeast of US Hwy 221,
							 Liberty, Long, McIntosh, that portion of Pierce lying southeast of US Hwy 84,
							 and that portion lying northwest of US Hwy 84 and east of Scenic Drive,
							 Screven, Tattnall, that portion of Ware lying south of US Hwy 82 and that
							 portion lying north of US Hwy 82 and southeast of US Hwy 84, that portion of
							 Washington lying north of GA Hwy 24, and that portion of Wayne lying north of
							 US Hwy 341 and west of Beard's Bluff Road, north of GA Hwy 169 and southeast of
							 US Hwy 84.
First Saturday after Oct. 15 through second Sunday in
							 Jan.
(b) Colquitt, Marion, Stewart, Terrell, and
							 Webster
First Saturday after Dec. 2 through second Sunday in
							 Jan.
(c) That portion of Atkinson lying south of US Hwy
							 82, Jefferson, and that portion of Johnson lying east of GA Hwy 15.
Thanksgiving Day through second Sunday in Jan.
Thanksgiving Day through second Sunday in Jan.
(d) Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Seminole, and
							 Thomas.
First Saturday after Oct. 15 through Jan.
							 15th.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-3-15,
				  27-3-17.
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Current through
				Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For purposes of administering O.C.G.A.
				Sec. 27-3-17 and issuance of permits,
				the following terms are defined:
(a)
				"Contiguous acres" means a single unit of land described on an application for
				a permit to hunt deer with dogs that may include multiple ownerships and may be
				transected by public roads, creeks, rivers, or rights-of-way of any public
				service corporation.
(b) "Eligible
				tracts" are those tracts of real property that contain a minimum of 1000
				contiguous acres or a minimum of 250 contiguous acres owned by the applicant;
				provided, however, that any eligible tract or any part thereof which was
				included in an application for a permit pursuant to this Chapter which has been
				the subject of a revocation or non-renewal pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sec.
				27-2-25 shall not be eligible for
				inclusion in any subsequent application for a permit for a period up to 2 years
				regardless of a change in the name or membership of the applicant until the
				expiration period of revocation or non-renewal.
(c) "Hunting deer with dogs" includes the act
				of placing, releasing or in any other manner causing or procuring the cause of
				dog(s) to be, or attempting to be, in the pursuit of running, trailing or
				baying deer, whether such act results in a taking or attempted taking or not.
				Once the owner of the dog(s), his agents, or permittees place, release or
				otherwise cause dog(s) to be in the pursuit of running, trailing or baying
				deer, then the owner, his agents or permittees are deemed to be "hunting deer
				with dogs" until such time that the dog owner, his agents or permittees have
				regained physical possession and control of the dog(s), or the dog(s) have
				otherwise ceased in the pursuit or attempted pursuit of running, trailing or
				baying deer.
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) The following species may be hunted in
				accordance with the areas, seasons, and daily bag limits set forth below,
				except as otherwise specifically provided herein:
Species
Area
Season
Bag Limit
(a) Bobcat
Statewide
Dec. 1 through last day in February
No Limit
(b) Fox
Statewide
Dec. 1 through last day in February
No Limit
(c) Grouse
Statewide
Oct. 15 through last day in February
Daily: 3
(d) Opossum
Department managed lands:
August 15 through the last day of
							 February
No Limit
All other lands:
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31
No Limit
(e) Quail
Statewide
Second Saturday in November through last day in
							 February
Daily: 12
(f) Rabbit
Statewide
First Saturday after Nov. 11 through last day in
							 February
Daily: 12
(g) Raccoon
Department managed lands:
August 15 through the last day of
							 February
No Limit
All other lands:
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31
No Limit
(h) Squirrel
Statewide
August 15 through last day in
							 February
Daily: 12
(2)
				Hunting with dogs is allowed.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-3-15.