Category Archives: Alabama

Alternative routes by Sabal Trail to FERC last Friday

November 22, 2013Alabama, FERC, Florida, GeorgiaAlabama, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Two, not one, alternative routes, one bypassing Georgia through the Florida Panhandle, and the other through Tift County, Cook County, and Valdosta in Georgia.

Extracted from Sabal Trail’s one big PDF document, here is PDF and JPG of the overview map.

Transportation System Alternatives, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, in Alternatives, by Sabal Trail Transmission, for FERC Docket No. PF14-1-000, 15 November 2013, converted by SpectraBusters
SABAL TRAIL PROJECT, DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT 10, Alternatives, FERC Docket No. PF14-1-000, Initial Pre-Filing Draft, November 2013
http://spectrabusters.org/ferc/pf14-1-sabal-trail-transmission/update-2013-11-15/draft-resource-report-10-alternatives/

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Detailed project overview map from Sabal Trail

November 21, 2013Alabama, FERC, Florida, GeorgiaAlabama, FERC, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

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 →

More about the Sabal Trail gas pipeline and how to stop it: SpectraBusters Information Meeting #2

November 19, 2013Alabama, Florida, Georgia, MeetingsAlabama, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Meetings, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

PDF

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.

Agenda:

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Only 50 feet? Sabal Trail in Alexander City, AL

November 18, 2013Alabama, Dougherty County, Georgia, Lowndes County, Tallapoosa CountyAlabama, Alexander City, Andrea Grover, Anniston, Dougherty County, EPA, Georgia, Lowndes County, PCB, PHMSA, property damage, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Tallapoosa CountyJohn S. Quarterman

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 →

Lee County, Alabama, against the Spectra pipeline

November 15, 2013Alabama, Lee CountyAlabama, Auburn, Auburn University, John S. Quarterman, Lee County, Opelika, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

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.

2013-05-27: Commission to hear proposal on regional pipeline, by Drew Taylor, Opelika-Auburn News.
2013-05-28: Ala. Officials Consider Natural Gas Pipeline Plan, AP.
2013-05-28: Alabama officials consider natural gas pipeline plan by Stephanie Wilson, ABC 13, WSET-TV, Lynchburg, Danville, Roanoke Virginia.
2013-05-28: Sabal Trail packet on Lee County Alabama agenda 28 May 2013.
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.
2013-05-30: Pipelines, lower-cost road surfaces among discussion topics at county commission, by Fred Woods, Editor, Opelika Observer.

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Sabal Trail packet on Lee County Alabama agenda 28 May 2013

November 15, 2013Alabama, Lee County, MeetingsAlabama, Bill English, John S. Quarterman, Lee County, Lee County Commission, Logan B. Gray, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

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:

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What is that Sabal Trail gas pipeline and how to stop it: SpectraBusters Information Meeting

November 12, 2013Alabama, Florida, Georgia, MeetingsAlabama, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, Meetings, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

PDF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Valdosta, November 11, 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 Saturday November 16th 2013

Where: Meeting Room B
Clarion Inn Conference Center
2101 W Hill Ave, Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone:(229) 242-1212

Agenda:

In the path of the pipeline: landowners and others on why we oppose it
Allies speak (fossil fuel divestment, clean energy, watershed conservation)
Introduction of elected and appointed officials
Slide presentation about the pipeline
Discussion and opportunities to sign up to help

Spectra Energy proposes Continue reading What is that Sabal Trail gas pipeline and how to stop it: SpectraBusters Information Meeting →

Another Spectra pipeline, TN-AL-GA Renaissance

October 31, 2013Alabama, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Nuclear, Renaissance Project, TennesseeAlabama, Andrea Grover, Atlanta, Bridgeport, Georgia, Gwinnett County, John S. Quarterman, Lawrenceville, Renaissance Project, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, TennesseeJohn S. Quarterman

Spectra is haunting Atlanta, too! They call it the Rennaisance Project, from Columbia, Tennessee through northern Alabama and north Georgia to Lawrenceville in Gwinnett County.

Staff Graphic for timesfreepress.com by Laura W. McNutt

Ben Benton wrote for timesfreepress.com 13 May 2012, Natural gas pipeline considered for tri-state region,

A high-volume natural gas pipeline could wind across a 230-mile gap from South Central Tennessee through North Alabama and Northwest Georgia on its way to link with a pipeline northeast of Atlanta.

Officials with Houston, Texas-based Spectra Energy Corp. say that, if a green light follows assessments by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other federal, state and local authorities, the proposed pipeline will connect directly the company’s Texas Eastern system in Columbia, Tenn., to the Transco Interstate pipeline system near Lawrenceville, Ga.

The pipeline’s capacity is projected at Continue reading Another Spectra pipeline, TN-AL-GA Renaissance →