Filed with FERC 19 November 2013:
nancy c dwyer, Lake Panasoffkee, FL.
Where is consideration for alternate routes? Such as co-locating with other FPL projects? Or, for example, locating 6 miles of pipeline in nearby deep sandy soil vs karst/limestone substrate connected to the aquifer, which is part of the proposed route in Sumter County, FL.
How to comment with FERC.
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Filed with FERC 18 November 2013:
James W Padgett, President
Olney-Alger Family Trust
42550 US Hwy 441 N
Okeechobee, FL 34972November 7, 2013
Robert Sharra, Business Development
Florida Southeast Connection, LLC.
700 Universe Blvd
Juno Beach, FL 33408Dear Mr. Sharra:
Continue reading Land owners affected by this project are listed as private (confidential) –James W Padgett to FERC about cemeteries in path of PF14-2 Florida Southeast Connection
I am President, of Olney-Alger Family Trust Inc and represent the interest of the Padgett Cemetery in Indian River County and the Willis Cemetery in Osceola County. These two cemeteries are near the proposed route of the Pipeline Project PF14-2.
Filed with FERC 16 November 2013:
David C. Watkins, III, Valdosta, GA.
I am submitting my opposition to this pipeline. I own 2.09 acres of land in Lowndes County Ga. that was passed down from my Grandfather to my Father who then passed it down to me. We built our home on the north end of this lot and there is enough land left below the existing SONAT pipeline to build another home for our grandchildren or possibly a rental home for future supplemental income. There is already a septic tank and water supply line there for future use. Granting Sabal Trail/ Spectra an easement completely destroys any further use of this property. I am not interested in receiving fair market value for this strip of land because it will be a minimal amount but will not allow me to put any structure on this property.
Also I am very concerned about potential safety hazards. They do not have a good safety record. Also the first interaction that I had with them I was misled or lied to. I received a form requesting permission to come on my property for surveying. I called the contact number on the form to ask if they would be using the existing SONAT easement and was told “Absolutely”. Assuming that this was true I signed the form and sent it back in. Later I am told by the surveyors that they cannot share easements. On Monday 11/18/2013 I will be sending a form VIA registered mail that they are not to enter my property again.
I just do not understand why if they cannot use the existing easement why not go another route instead of taking property from the same property owners twice.
Respectfully Yours,
D.C. Watkins III
How to comment with FERC.
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Received yesterday by email to me and Beth Gordon. -jsq
*John and Beth,*
*Regarding your FOIA questions, I’ve contacted the Commission’s Offices of External Affairs and General & Administrative Law, and have determined that the best course of action to fully and accurately respond to your questions would be for you to speak directly with our FOIA Public Liaison Ms. Toyia Jackson. I was hoping to be able to answer your questions myself; however, I believe that it would be better if Ms. Jackson responded to you. As the Commission’s FOIA Public Liaison she is much more capable than I to answer your questions. I have forwarded your questions to her and we have discussed the conversations each of us have had. Ms. Jackson’s contact information is:*
*Toyia Johnson*, FOIA Public Liaison
Office of External Affairs
Telephone: 202-502-6088Respectfully,
Continue reading FERC FOIA not transparent even internally
Update: 10 Feb 2014: Watch it online or go to one of several other upcoming county commission meetings.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valdosta, 6 February 2014 —
Local landowner Monica Martin will speak to the Osceola
County Commission about the proposed Sabal Trail methane gas
pipeline and its effects on the aquifer, native wildlife,
and the landscape, plus property values and property rights.
Other local citizens may also speak in the same "Hear
the Audience" section (turn in a "Request to
Speak" form before the meeting). Anyone from anywhere
can come listen, or protest against the pipeline
outside.
When:
1:30 PM
Monday, February 10 th 2014
Where:
Administration Building 4 th Floor
One Courthouse Square
Kissimmee, Florida 34741
407-742-2000
Why: Spectra Energy,
which had compressor station leaks in Maine last month and
in Pennsylvania last year, plus multiple fines by Pipeline
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for
corrosion and leaks, and a record $15 million EPA fine for
PCB contamination, proposes a hundred-foot-wide gash through
our lands for their huge 36 inch Sabal Trail gas
pipeline from Alabama through Georgia to feed Florida Power
and Light (FPL) and Duke Energy for no benefit to local
citizens and rate hikes for FPL customers. A one-time
payment is not enough Continue reading Question the Sabal Trail pipeline in Osceola County 2014-02-10
Received Sunday on Stranded fossil fuel assets. -jsq
Governmental eminent domain powers have been growing for more than 115 years, to the point where courts have upheld the taking of property from one private owner for the purpose of transferring it to another, as long as it benefits the public. The Natural Gas Act delegates eminent domain powers to the pipeline companies, subject to court approval. However there’s no mechanism in place to dispute the taking. Things to consider:
- How does this benefit the public by taking land from the public?
- Is there an irrefutable study that shows this act of taking of private land is justifiable by needs other than capitalistic greed?
- Also, what about the mineral rights of the property?
- How many “pipes” or infrastructures can the Pipeline Company sell or lease access to other entities without any future benefits paid to the original land owners?
- Are all Continue reading How does this pipeline benefit the public by taking land from the public?
Colquitt County landowner Irvin Allegood came to
the do-over Sabal Trail Open House in Moultrie 27 January 2014
so he could tell FERC he wasn’t going to allow another pipeline.
He wasn’t the only one, but he especially wanted video,
so here he is, talking to John Peconom of FERC.
…the existing pipeline comes through the front corner.
I just don’t think that they should be allowed to, basically, to deface my property. …losing that road, if they put two pipelines on my property.
Their first suggestion, was they would destroy… as far as my property was concerned. all of the wooded area. There’s old growth pines in there, the run of a creek. We’re just not going to allow that to happen.
If they put it on the other side of the existing pipeline. I’ve been planning to put my shop out there when I retire in a couple of years.
Here’s the video:
I just don’t think they should be allowed to deface my property –Irvin Allegood to FERC
Video by John S. Quarterman for SpectraBusters.org,
Moultrie, Colquitt County GA, 27 January 2014.
FERC rep. John Peconom then wanted to be sure to get the spelling of Irvin Allegood’s name, and where his property was. It wasn’t on the map hanging right there, so they looked at the maps on Peconom’s laptop. Peconom had no direct response to the basic point of the pipeline defacing property, or tearing down trees.
You can easily see the existing pipeline on google maps: Continue reading I just don’t think they should be allowed to deface my property –Irvin Allegood to FERC
Speaking of
stranded assets,
let’s compare Spectra Energy stock to SolarCity stock.
Spectra (SE) is up about 20% ever, while SolarCity is up 500% in one year.
Just like solar stocks in general are vastly out-performing fossil fuel stocks
Investors: do you want to make money,
or do you just want to trash our fragile watersheds and take property from
people who won’t profit at all from
Spectra’s proposed methane pipeline?
Stock quotes by
Google Finance.
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Injury to workers or local people, limited local resources, property rights, and more concerns all bubbling to the top in central Florida like methane from a deep well.
Briana Harper reported for GTN 29 January 2014, Natural Gas Pipeline Cause Concern for Property Owners,
The Sabal Trail Gas Pipeline is a project more than 400 miles long spanning across three different states. The purpose is to provide domestically-produced natural gas for the southeast region. But this pipeline comes at a cost to property owners. Eminent Domain Attorney Brian Bolves says, “It’s a big scale project that’s coming through the community. It will change the character of a lot of people’s property,there have been a lot of surveyors assessing people’s property and so people have a lot of concerns about the nature of this facility.”
The project will affect Continue reading Central Florida property owner pipeline concerns –GTN
Its name is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but lately it’s been sounding more like a marketing firm for pipeline companies. You can help fix that.
Bill Thompson wrote for Ocala.com 11 December 2013 about a meeting
in Dunnellon, Florida,
At open house, Sabal Trail presents plans for natural gas pipeline,
About 50 people attended an open house meeting held by Sabal Trail Transmission LLC, the energy firm that will construct the roughly 465-mile line for two of America’s biggest energy companies. The line will go through Alachua and Marion counties, among others….
John Peconom, project manager for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which will have final approval over the pipeline, described Sabal Trails efforts at this point as “shaking the bushes.”
The company, he said, is attempting to identify — and mitigate, if necessary — as many issues as possible before filing its application with the government, which should come in about a year.
Peconom told me in Moultrie, GA 27 January 2014 that that last was FERC’s role. I wonder why Continue reading FERC: regulatory agency or marketing firm for pipeline companies?