Spectra’s filing last Friday with FERC included this
PDF
overview map that shows more detailed context than was visible
in the photographed versions we had before.
JPEG image appended for convenience.
More maps will appear in the Draft Resource Report 1 page, extracted from SABAL TRAIL PROJECT, DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT 1, General Project Description, FERC Docket No. PF14-1-000, Initial Pre-Filing Draft, November 2013. Continue reading Detailed project overview map from Sabal Trail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valdosta, November 19, 2013 –Find out Saturday morning about the huge pipeline proposed to run through our area. Who benefits (not Georgia citizens). What fines have been imposed on the pipeline company. What are the potential dangers of corrosion, leaks and more. Most importantly, find out what our community can do to stop this pipeline from being built.
When:
10 AM to Noon
Saturday, November 23rd 2013
Where:
Valdosta City Hall Annex
300 North Lee Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone:(229) 259-3506
Why: Spectra Energy
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) for no benefit
to local citizens. A one-time payment is nowhere near
adequate for permanent destruction and hazards when FPL and
Spectra would continue to profit forever.
Today is the last day
to file legal protest against the Sabal Trail
pipeline at the Florida PSC.
AARP is already protesting FPL’s rate hikes for that pipeline
all the way to the Supreme Court,
for the health, safety, and financial security of AARP members;
concerns that are just as valid along the whole path of that
proposed pipeline as they are for FPL ratepayers in Florida.
Dr. Richard Swier wrote for watchdogwire.com 3 May 2013, AARP files brief in the Florida Supreme Court challenging the Florida Public Service Commission: Lawsuit involves FPL rate increase,
Attorney Jack L. McRay — representing the AARP — has filed a brief with the Florida Supreme Court asking the Court to remand the recent decision by the Florida Public Service Commission (Commission) to approval a “secret” settlement agreement between Florida Power & Light (FPL) and three other parties related to FPL’s March 2012 petition filed with the Commission to raise electric rates for some 4.1 million customers.
What are these rate increases for? Let’s go to the horse’s mouth, FPL VP of development and external affairs Pam Rauch, the same who filed PF14-2 at FERC for the connecting pipeline Florida Southeast Connection LLC (FSC), wrote in Florida Voices 29 July 2012, FPL Makes Its Case for Rate Increase, Continue reading AARP against FPL rate hike for gas pipeline
How is that “additional 50 feet of construction lane” temporary
after you’ve torn down all the trees, Sabal Trail?
And the route you’re showing Alexander City goes through Valdosta,
while around here you’re telling us a different route.
You told a Lowndes County resident you could
also build feeder pipelines, yet the Alexander City story doesn’t
mention anything about that.
Which of your stories should we believe, Sabal Trail?
Robert Hudson wrote for alexcityOutlook.co 13 November 2013, Citizens hear about proposed gas pipeline,
The proposed corridor is 600 feet wide, but once surveys are done, that area will be decreased to some 50 feet.
“At the end of the day, should our project be approved, that comes down to only being 50 feet,” Grover said. “Then there will also be an additional 50 feet of construction lane that will be temporary so that they can build the pipeline in that easement.”
Let’s go back a month and a few hundred miles south to what Brad McEwen wrote in the Albany Herald 20 October 2013, Continue reading Only 50 feet? Sabal Trail in Alexander City, AL
If Spectra is building a pipeline to export through
a British Columbian Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) port,
what are they building this Sabal Trail Transmission pipeline for?
Could it have anything to do with
the U.S. House Subcommittee
chaired by Spectra’s Houston hometown Rep. Ted Poe
wanting to export gas to India?
Spectra’s own web page about this, Spectra Energy and BG Group Natural Gas Transportation System:
British Columbia, Canada, enjoys an abundance of natural gas resources that can serve the province and North America’s energy needs, and also serve growing global demand. Developing new markets for its natural gas will benefit B.C., through job creation, investment, increased revenues, and enhanced competitiveness. In turn, markets served by B.C. will gain access to cleaner-burning, reliable and affordable natural gas. To benefit B.C. and serve multiple markets, Spectra Energy and our partner, BG Group, propose to build a 850-kilometre (525 mile) natural gas system originating from northeastern B.C. to serve BG Group’s potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Prince Rupert, on the province’s northwest coast.
Spectra PR of 10 September 2012, Continue reading Spectra building pipeline to export through BC LNG terminal
No more, “It caught me off guard.” Landowners are warned now about that pipeline that would cut a 100 foot wide gash through here.
Matthew Woody on the front page of the VDT today, Residents opposed to natural gas pipeline: Concerns about tactics, property damage,
Many landowning residents along the pipeline are either feeling uninformed, or intimidated by Sabal Trail.
Larry Rodgers of Valdosta owns 900 acres in south Lowndes and he allowed Sabal Trail on his property to survey.
“I received a call from a lady, I think her name was Becky, down in Clearwater, Fla., requesting access to my property, and I allowed it,” Rodgers said. “I allowed them to, and I can’t tell you why I did. It caught me off guard. I wasn’t fully aware of all of the facts about the pipeline like I am now, and if I knew then what I know now, I certainly would not have allowed them to survey.”
Rodgers explained that he allowed Sabal Trail access to survey his property because he did not know a lot about the pipeline. But what made matters worse, Continue reading Landowners oppose intimidation and threats from Sabal Trail
Is this what that proposed pipeline is really for, exporting gas for profit of gas company executives at the cost of our local land? Rep. Ted Yoho (R FL-03) of north Florida is on this House subcommittee.
25 April 2013, NATURAL GAS EXPORTS: ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES: HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TERRORISM, NONPROLIFERATION, AND TRADE OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION,
Opening statement by Chairman Ted Poe (R TX-02) of Houston:
Five years ago, companies were building terminals to import natural gas at the cost of billions of dollars because analysts agreed that the United States’ economy was going to need natural gas from overseas. Today, that scenario has changed 180 percent. Import terminals lie dormant. The Department of Energy has 19 applications waiting to get permission to export natural gas. Thanks to breakthroughs, the United States’ natural gas reserves have climbed 72 percent since 2000 and 49 percent since 2005. The amount of natural gas that is technically recoverable in the United States is 97 times greater than all of the natural gas we consumed in 2011. In plain terms, this means we have an abundance of natural gas that we are not using. It is just sitting there, and this is really not smart policy, or smart business.
A big reason why is Continue reading House subcommittee wants to export gas
Lee County, Alabama, home of the cities of Opelika and Auburn,
plus Auburn University, got active about that proposed Sabal Trail gas pipeline way back in May.
2013-05-30:
Lee County Commissioners discuss natural gas pipeline proposal
by Christina Kleehammer and
Annie Hubbell
for WTVM.com.
Lee County Commissioner Robert Ham expressed that his concern is the safety of the citizens there, and the impact it’s going to have on them.
The 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, which left eight people dead, is an example of why the idea of this project is unsettling to some.
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Way back in May, the Lee County, Alabama County Commission did what the Lowndes County, Georgia Commission is going to do December 9th (if they check their work this time): Lee County had Spectra come present about the proposed Sabal Trail pipeline. A different rep presented, but the contact names are familiar: Brian Fahrenthold and Andrea Grover. See also Lee County, Alabama, against the Spectra pipeline. And see Counties and Cities for contacts for every county along the proposed pipeline path.
In the Lee County Commission agenda packet for 28 May 2013, here’s a letter from Logan B. Gray to Chairman Bill English:
Sabal Sheet 1 of 2: Project Need, Overview, Status:
Continue reading Sabal Trail packet on Lee County Alabama agenda 28 May 2013And this was only a 10 inch pipeline, unlike the 36 inch one Spectra wants to build through here.
Joe Kemp wrote for New York Daily News today, Small Texas town forced to evacuate after gas pipeline explodes: Officials called for locals to evacuate the small town of Milford after the gas pipeline exploded on Thursday. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
A small Texas town had to be evacuated after a 10-inch natural gas pipeline exploded on Thursday, officials said.
A construction crew accidentally drilled into the liquified petroleum gas line—operated by Chevron Corp.—before the pipe burst into flames in Milford shortly after 10 a.m., officials said.
All workers were accounted for and no serious injuries were reported.
A raging fire Continue reading Gas pipeline explosion evacuates Texas town