8-K

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2002 (August 13, 2002)

GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	1-9753 (Commission File Number)	58-1563799 (IRS Employer Identification Number)
400 Perimeter Center Terrace, Suite 595, Atlanta, GA (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		30346 (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: (770) 395-4500

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (c) Exhibits.

99.1

Statement Under Oath of Edward A. Schmitt, Chief Executive Officer



99.2

Statement Under Oath of Richard B. Marchese, Chief Financial Officer

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

        On August 13, 2002, pursuant to the requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460, the statements under oath of each of Edward A. Schmitt, Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Gulf, and Richard B. Marchese, Chief Financial Officer of Georgia Gulf, were delivered to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these statements are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.

SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: August 14, 2002
	Georgia Gulf Corporation
	By:	/s/  JOEL I. BEERMAN
	Name:	Joel I. Beerman
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1

Statement Under Oath of Edward A. Schmitt, Chief Executive Officer

99.2

Statement Under Oath of Richard B. Marchese, Chief Financial Officer

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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX

EX-99.1

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Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal
Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
Exchange Act Filings

I, Edward A. Schmitt, state and attest that:

        (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Georgia Gulf Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

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no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



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no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

        (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

        (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

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Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of Georgia Gulf Corporation;



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all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Georgia Gulf Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  EDWARD A. SCHMITT Edward A. Schmitt Chief Executive Officer August 13, 2002	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002.
	/s/  ELAINE B. HOLTBERG Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: Feb. 1, 2005

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Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

EX-99.2

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Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal
Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
Exchange Act Filings

I, Richard B. Marchese, state and attest that:

        (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Georgia Gulf Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

•

no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



•

no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

        (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

        (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

•

Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of Georgia Gulf Corporation;



•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Georgia Gulf Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  RICHARD B. MARCHESE Richard B. Marchese Chief Financial Officer August 13, 2002	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002.
	/s/  ELAINE B. HOLTBERG Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: Feb. 1, 2005

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Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings