ATLANTA - A proposal to ban boats longer than 30 feet on Lake Oconee was introduced Tuesday in the Georgia House. <br>
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The measure also would require mufflers on certain types of boats to reduce noise. <br>
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``We don't want Lake Oconee to become another Lake Lanier," the bill's author, Democratic Representative Mickey Channell of Greensboro, said.<br>
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Channell says the idea for his bill came from residents near Lake Oconee, who fear boat owners are fleeing Lanier because of overcrowding and low water levels caused by years of drought. <br>
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Channell says house boats are already banned at Lake Oconee, a 19,000-acre lake in Greene County. It is the state's largest lake after Lanier.
